I've done some reading about mplayer and the challenges the authors had about getting a reasonably fluid display working given the limitations of the N800's video display hardware. As far as I can tell, given reasonable expectatoins, this is now a solved problem. Could someone tell me if the following approach to watching videos on the N800 will work? (I'm going on a trip in a couple of weeks and have some DVDs around that I'll finally have the time to watch during the flight...)

1) Rip the DVDs using one's tool of choice
2) Transcode the files into MPEG4 using, e.g., DivX (I own a licensed copy) into MPEG4 at 360x240 resolution, perhaps 500kbps or so, 24 or 25fps or thereabouts, and MP3 audio at, say, 96 or 128kbps.
3) Dump the resultant file onto the N800, and run mplayer!

Does that sound as though it'll provide a decent playback "experience?" (i.e., generally solid video without tearing or dropped frames, etc.)

Thanks!

---Joel