[Preston] optimizing X11/Video performance for DVD playback

[Jim Skelton]

> I know this is probbaly teaching grandmothers to suck eggs, but did you
> enable DMA and tune the DVD drive as much as possible? (/sbin/hdparm) - you
> can stick your final options in /etc/rc.local to apply on boot.
>

Yup I checked the DMA access, this seems properly enabled in rh7.2, can I do 
anything else other than just ensure that DMA access is enabled?

> FWIW I prefer Xine to Ogle, same menu code but can do more :o) To watch
> encrypted DVDs you would need xine-lib, xine-dvd-nav, libdvdcss,
> libdvdread, xine-ui.
>

Performance with Xine is terrible on my machine. The image is broken up and 
very jerky.