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From: chuck gelm <chuck@gelm.net>
To: urgrue <urgrue@tumsan.fi>
Cc: admin <linux-admin@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: exporting a display
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:26:22 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4051C88E.90108@gelm.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040312115414.GA7268@fede2.tumsan.fi>

urgrue wrote:

> im exporting a display across a network. specifically, mplayer is 
> running on one computer, but displaying it across the network using 
> X11's export functionality.
> it eats up a full-duplex 100mbit connection in one big gulp even 
> though the video stream is only being run at 5 fps (mplayer option 
> -fps 5).
> i presume the bandwith is being eaten up by the exported display 
> refreshing the screen more often than the 5fps, i mean on the X11 level.
> so, is there any way to get X11's export feature to "calm down" and 
> not try so hard?
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Hi, urgrue:

Have you considered running mplayer locally?

HTH, Chuck



  reply	other threads:[~2004-03-12 14:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-03-12 11:54 exporting a display urgrue
2004-03-12 14:26 ` chuck gelm [this message]
2004-03-12 16:46   ` chuck gelm

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