mplayer output driver Output drivers (directx, xv, x11, gl, alsa, oss…) what are they? Which one is the best?
MPlayer has several output drivers, for video and sound. SMPlayer allows you to select the one you want among all of them (Preferences -> General -> Video/Audio).
For video it’s recommended that you use xv (linux) or directx (windows). They use hardware acceleration and give the best performance. The inconvenience about directx for Windows Vista users is that it disables Aero.