[SOLVED] Older NVIDIAs - (quite poor) performance when watching movies

I'd like to ask what packages and configuration you use to achieve the best performance for NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200, mainly for watching movies. I've come to this observation:
Global parameters
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (AGP 4x, 128 MB)
1680x1050, 60 Hz
Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, 1 GB RAM
SMPlayer 0.6.9 (SVN r3447)
Used video: 1280 x 720, 23.976 FPS, fullscreen
Windows XP (SP2):
Driver: 16. 5. 2008 (version 6.14.11.7519)
MPlayer SVN r30369
Output method: directx(fast)
Video: fluent
Ubuntu 11.04:
Driver: nvidia-173 (probably, Ubuntu is so confusing)
MPlayer 1.0rc4-4.5.2
Output method: xv
Video: fluent but often with a diagonal break
Arch Linux:
Driver: nouveau
MPlayer SVN r34426
Output method: xv
Video: goes to few FPS after a minute
Last edited by nemamradfazole (2011-12-26 00:02:23)

I'm not an A/v guy, but I think you can encode stuff in different ways and that might make a difference, so just because I haven't had any problems with 720p doesn't mean you're doing something wrong, maybe you're viewing higher-quality material.
I don't get choppy video even when I'm maxing-out the cpu.
mplayer --framedrop -vfm ffmpeg -lavdopts lowres=1:fast:skiploopfilter=all
is the magic incantation I use to view some 720p stuff on my other PC which has just and old, unsupported integrated Intel card. I get "almost-fluent but often with a diagonal break" video.
Yes, this not 30fps 720p anymore, so I'm cheating ;P
nemamradfazole wrote:I am curious, can you watch 1080p as well?
Not really.

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