SMPlayer Support Forum

Hey there,
I once asked a friend if it is possible to play 1080p-MKVs on my old whacky PC. He said yes, but try SMPlayer (I was using VLC). I did so and now it nearly works but in fast scenes it stutters still a bit. So I looked in the preferences menu and there're a lot of things you can adjust....and I don't know what!
So I'm asking you: What should I do? I already made the cache bigger, since I know what a cache is and I set the priority on realtime, but didn't helped .
Thx for your help!

If you have a multi-core processor I suggest to install a package with mplayer-mt, and then increase the threads for decoding in preferences -> performance.

If you don't have a multi-core processor then you can try to set the "loop filter" option to "skip".

If you use linux, and have a graphic card supported by vdpau, then select "vdpau" as video output in preferences -> general -> video.

Thank you for your answer.
Yes, I have Core 2 Duo CPU. But I'm a bit confused with all the different versions and downloads and names....
Maybe you could give me a link

If you use windows, try this one:

(this is a experimental package)

Select a multithreaded mplayer on the setup.

Don't forget to set the decoding threads to at least 2 in preferences -> performance.

WUHUUU, it works perfectly! thank you so much!

Be sure to choose "Change settings (advanced)" during install so you can select the MPlayer build for Intel, otherwise you won't see that page and you'll get the regular one.