Re: how to apply video-filters with mpegpes output

luukes wrote:
> my problem is not the scaling - that was just an -vf example. most of the 
> video-filters lead to a stuttering playback over my DVB-card while the
> playback on X is fine.
> 
> if i play my video without any video-filters, the playback is perfect.
> mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes myvideo.mpg

This just copies the mpg-data to the dvb card, so this doesn't need much
CPU power and should work even on an old Pentium 1.

> so my question is - how to apply video-filters that i still get a smooth
> playback?
> mplayer -ao mpegpes -vo mpegpes -vf <filter> myvideo.mpg

This needs much more CPU power as (if I'm not wrong here) the video has
to be MPEG-decoded, filtered and then MPEG-encoded all in realtime.

> in my specific case i want to do some overlay with bmovl.

How fast is your CPU?

Cheers,
Juri