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diff --git a/doc/faq/faq.sgml b/doc/faq/faq.sgml index 4a829ea33..6f9720bee 100644 --- a/doc/faq/faq.sgml +++ b/doc/faq/faq.sgml @@ -1021,6 +1021,35 @@ </para> </sect1> + <sect1 id="smoothness"> + + <title>Oki, xine doesn't drop frames now but video output still is not really smooth</title> + + <para> + video output can be further improved by tuning your linux kernel: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + set HZ to 1000 in + <filename> /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386/param.h </filename> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + try applying scheduler patches, especially the O(1) and the preemptive + patches have proven useful at the time of this writing (spring 2003). + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + linux 2.5/2.6 will probably have these improvements out of the box. + </para> + + <para> + Miguel Freitas has written a nice article about his kernel multimedia experiments + <ulink url="http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/~miguel/multimedia_sim/">here</ulink>. + </para> + + </sect1> <sect1 id="ports"> |