Here's a good link of tests to kill curiosity. Download videos starting from the first and see where you can go without issues. <a href="http://jell.yfish.us/">http://jell.yfish.us/</a> <div class="gmail_quote">Em 15/07/2013 23:14, "Andre Rodovalho" <<a href="mailto:andre.rodovalho@gmail.com">andre.rodovalho@gmail.com</a>> escreveu: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div dir="ltr"><div><div>It's too much for this P4... it's not for nothing the new i3, i5, i7 processors has specific pieces of hardware to encode/decode this high compressed videos... </div>I was curious about that, and I searched wikipedia, and checked that this p4 was released by the years of 2000 up to 2006. The first draft of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec was finally released in 2003. So, you know what I mean... I guess you might have much better luck on DivX and Xvid videos, and probably with a maximum of 720p as Federico says. </div>Nowdays we have some very specific hardware, as those apple TV, google TV on android devices, that are able to play this files with a clock of about 1Ghz up to 1.8Ghz, but these were projected to do so... </div> <div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">2013/7/15 Federico Leoni <<a href="mailto:effelle@gmail.com" target="_blank">effelle@gmail.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> 2013/7/15 Ali Linx (amjjawad) <<a href="mailto:amjjawad@gmail.com" target="_blank">amjjawad@gmail.com</a>>: <div><div>> > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <<a href="mailto:amjjawad@gmail.com" target="_blank">amjjawad@gmail.com</a>> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Problem: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blgJ-v2IkVI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blgJ-v2IkVI</a> >> Idle: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wmaxoo6Cpg" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wmaxoo6Cpg</a> >> >> I have no idea if you can tell from the video or not? I guess it is clear. >> >> I'm having hard time watching anything on that machine: >> <a href="http://phillw.net/hardware/BnA9pw11" target="_blank">http://phillw.net/hardware/BnA9pw11</a> >> >> Any one else having the same problem? I'm not sure who has the same >> machine that I do or even similar? >> >> Any way to make this better and faster? I'm using that machine at the >> moment as a video player and I'm connecting it to my 32" LCD. >> >> Thanks! > > > > Update: > > > Media (Local File /home/Videos) : > <a href="http://i42.tinypic.com/znmy3s.jpg" target="_blank">http://i42.tinypic.com/znmy3s.jpg</a> > > > VLC (VERY bad quality - tearing and sluggish): > <a href="http://i40.tinypic.com/m7aq7n.jpg" target="_blank">http://i40.tinypic.com/m7aq7n.jpg</a> > <a href="http://i44.tinypic.com/5x64u9.jpg" target="_blank">http://i44.tinypic.com/5x64u9.jpg</a> > <a href="http://i39.tinypic.com/2dt69nk.jpg" target="_blank">http://i39.tinypic.com/2dt69nk.jpg</a> > > > GNOME Player (Picture Quality is fine but there is 2mins gab/delay between > the sound and the picture - Synch problem and sluggish as well) : > <a href="http://i43.tinypic.com/2dvip2s.jpg" target="_blank">http://i43.tinypic.com/2dvip2s.jpg</a> > <a href="http://i41.tinypic.com/zwi7i0.jpg" target="_blank">http://i41.tinypic.com/zwi7i0.jpg</a> > <a href="http://i40.tinypic.com/33omt93.jpg" target="_blank">http://i40.tinypic.com/33omt93.jpg</a> > > > Summary: > I can NOT watch anything on that PC. > > > TO-DO: > I think I will install different systems on that machine (I have 80GB HDD > empty) and check it out. If the same issue with other systems, it means this > is the limit of my machine. If other systems will play better quality, then > there must be something wrong. > > > > -- > > "All of us are smarter than any one of us." > > Best Regards, > amjjawad > Start Ubuntu > My Own Business > > </div></div><div>> -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users</a> > </div>Ali, you can watch movie on this computer trust me but you need to do some adjustment and choose the right videos... I don't understand why you want play a FULLHD video on a HD screen. Your PC has enough power to play HD video and your 32" is 1360x768, a little more than the standard HD resolution of 1280x720, but has not horsepower for 1920x1080 video. Anyway I have had problems too with VLC, even with the Nvidia card it doesn't handle well h264 videos, and I never use GnomePlayer to see HD videos. I always used xbmc with just a few issues with the integrated video but nothing excessive, no one with the Nvidia. As already told you give it a try, is in the repos (apt-get install xbmc). The unique differences with my computer and yours is I have 2gb ram, but seems you never passed the limits and you are using just a little swap. Obviously could be an issue with the Saucy alpha (or daily build) you are using too... Test with a 720p video, if the result with xbmc doesn't change I'll remove my Nvidia card and I'll do some test with 13.04 here as soon as I can. Let me know. 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