[ltp] movies on x20

Heinz Rath linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 7 Mar 2003 08:34:15 +0100


Hi

I am watching movies on my A20m (Celeron 500 192 MB Ram) without problems.
For playing i use mplayer http://www.mplayerhq.hu

Heinz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nils Grundback" <nils@e.kth.se>
To: <linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:35 PM
Subject: [ltp] movies on x20


> I'm thinking about buying a used Thinkpad x20, the P3-600 model.
> 
> I usually watch a lot of movies on my computers so I'm very interested
> in knowing how well this works with this model.
> So have any body tried to watch divx/xvid and/or mpeg2 (svcd etc) movies
> with the x20?
> 
> How well did it go, did it drop any frames etc?
> What program did you use?
> what was the bit-rate and the resolution of the movie?
> How is the sound (built in/head phones/separate speakers)?
> Does the screen handle fast moving action movies?
> 
> I'm also interested in other small ( <2 kg) laptops that work good in
> linux and are capable to play movies nicely.
> 
> Are there any other things that I should know about the x20 series.
> 
> Many thanks in advance
> 
> /nils
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