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-rw-r--r--doc/faq/faq.sgml14
-rw-r--r--doc/faq/faq.txt6
3 files changed, 50 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/doc/faq/faq.html b/doc/faq/faq.html
index 2c7e6eab3..41afb7569 100644
--- a/doc/faq/faq.html
+++ b/doc/faq/faq.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>The xine engine FAQ</TITLE
><META
NAME="GENERATOR"
-CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"></HEAD
+CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.77+"></HEAD
><BODY
CLASS="BOOK"
><DIV
@@ -319,12 +319,12 @@ HREF="#SBLIVESPDIF"
><DL
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN358"
+HREF="#AEN361"
>Requirements</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN370"
+HREF="#AEN373"
>The OSS driver is maintained by creative and can be downloaded at
<A
HREF="http://opensource.creative.com/"
@@ -334,12 +334,12 @@ TARGET="_top"
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN392"
+HREF="#AEN395"
>Setting up xine for SPDIF (AC3_passthrough) output</A
></DT
><DT
><A
-HREF="#AEN397"
+HREF="#AEN400"
>The cable used for the SBLive can easily be self-made
or buy a stereo 3.5mm jack to dual RCA cable.</A
></DT
@@ -1996,6 +1996,28 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>
</P
></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> For slow / high-latency dvd drives it might help to increase
+ the number of video buffers xine allocates.
+ Try setting
+ <TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
+WIDTH="90%"
+><TR
+><TD
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> video.num_buffers:500
+ </PRE
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
+>
+ to a higher value (e.g. 1000 or 2500)
+ </P
+></LI
></UL
>
</P
@@ -2335,7 +2357,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN358"
+NAME="AEN361"
></A
>Requirements</H3
><P
@@ -2370,7 +2392,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN370"
+NAME="AEN373"
></A
>The OSS driver is maintained by creative and can be downloaded at
<A
@@ -2585,7 +2607,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN392"
+NAME="AEN395"
></A
>Setting up xine for SPDIF (AC3_passthrough) output</H3
><P
@@ -2616,7 +2638,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN397"
+NAME="AEN400"
></A
>The cable used for the SBLive can easily be self-made
or buy a stereo 3.5mm jack to dual RCA cable.</H3
@@ -3512,4 +3534,4 @@ HREF="mailto:xine-user@lists.sourceforge.net"
></DIV
></BODY
></HTML
->
+> \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/faq/faq.sgml b/doc/faq/faq.sgml
index fcbe01343..4a829ea33 100644
--- a/doc/faq/faq.sgml
+++ b/doc/faq/faq.sgml
@@ -1006,6 +1006,17 @@
</programlisting>
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ For slow / high-latency dvd drives it might help to increase
+ the number of video buffers xine allocates.
+ Try setting
+ <programlisting>
+ video.num_buffers:500
+ </programlisting>
+ to a higher value (e.g. 1000 or 2500)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
@@ -1018,8 +1029,7 @@
<para>
Check out the the corresponding README files in the directory <filename>xine-lib/doc</filename>
</para>
- </sect1>
-
+ </sect1
<sect1 id="aaxine">
diff --git a/doc/faq/faq.txt b/doc/faq/faq.txt
index c4261df7a..c9d91b7d4 100644
--- a/doc/faq/faq.txt
+++ b/doc/faq/faq.txt
@@ -759,6 +759,12 @@ optimizing options. A few things you should check (in order of importance):
raw /dev/raw1 /dev/hdc
+ * For slow / high-latency dvd drives it might help to increase the number of
+ video buffers xine allocates. Try setting
+ video.num_buffers:500
+
+ to a higher value (e.g. 1000 or 2500)
+
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