from the buglog I conclude that the problem is present in various forks of mplayer. hardware acceleration is provided by the video driver, so I'm reassigning there.
** Package changed: mplayer (Ubuntu) => nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/627087 Title: Mplayer vdpau slow on ubuntu 10.10 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

