Operating System:keniv wrote:...
The trouble is I don't know if my card is "3D" and don't know how to try 16bpp. Is this something that can be set up by editing an mplayer file?
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QUIRKY LINUX 1.40
Video Card:
S3 Virge
Variant of booting:
from CD-ROM
Options of booting:
puppy pfix=nox,ram
Command for receiving the information about video card:
lspci|grep VGA
Command for preparing the launch of X Window System:
xorgwizard
Steps in XORGWIZARD:
[ Xorg ] ---> [ Probe ] ---> [ 1024x768x16 ] ---> [ OK ]
If X Window System has been activated:
Steps in JWM:
[ Menu ] ---> [ Multimedia ] ---> [ MPlayer media player ]
If MPlayer has been activated:
Steps in MPlayer:
(when mouse's arrow is above the player's box, then one click by right button will give the menu)
[ Menu ] ---> [ Preferences ] --->
Audio = alsa
Video = x11 / xshm
I tested one publicly accessible .MP4 file and MPLayer was good at this experiment.
Information(about video file), which was taken from SMPlayer box:
Video:
Resolution=640 x 480
Aspect ratio=1.33333
Format=H264
Bitrate=512 kbps
Frames per second=29.970
Audio:
Format=MP4A
Bitrate=149 kbps
Rate=44100 Hz
Channels=2