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diff --git a/doc/faq/faq.txt b/doc/faq/faq.txt index c9d91b7d4..181770709 100644 --- a/doc/faq/faq.txt +++ b/doc/faq/faq.txt @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ Table of Contents 4. Running xine I have a lot of dropped frames - what can I do? + Oki, xine doesn't drop frames now but video output still is not really + smooth I have problems when using xine on FreeBSD, Solaris, ... ! What is aalib? How do I use it in xine? What do all these ~/.xine/config (~/.gxine/config) entries mean? @@ -767,6 +769,22 @@ optimizing options. A few things you should check (in order of importance): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Oki, xine doesn't drop frames now but video output still is not really smooth + +video output can be further improved by tuning your linux kernel: + + * set HZ to 1000 in /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386/param.h + + * try applying scheduler patches, especially the O(1) and the preemptive + patches have proven useful at the time of this writing (spring 2003). + +linux 2.5/2.6 will probably have these improvements out of the box. + +Miguel Freitas has written a nice article about his kernel multimedia +experiments here. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + I have problems when using xine on FreeBSD, Solaris, ... ! Check out the the corresponding README files in the directory xine-lib/doc |