[Open-graphics] decoding video in real-time

[Attila Kinali]

On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:31:57 -0400
Nicholas S-A <nova at macintoshclub.com> wrote:

> What levels of H.264 should we support to make an implementation  
> worthwhile?
> Probably either High or Main.

Well, if we want to go that way, we could start
from MPEG4, which is a subset of h.264 and then slowly
add features until we see how much fits in. 

> > I think a 3GHz cpu should be enough for 1080p content,
> > even without DMA. But i don't have such a system available.
> > (3GHz real clock, not AMDs rating)
> 
> I can try it out over here with my 3Ghz P4D. What software do I need?
>  From what I understand, "HD" DVDs are only 720p. Where would I get
> a 1080p source to decode?

Do you have a G550? If so, get MPlayer[1] and mga_vid[2]
from svn, compile, install and load mga_vid, compile MPlayer.
While you are downloading, you can get Elephants Dream
from [3] (the 1920 version) and try it. If it doesn't
play smoothly, try using -framedrop or -nosound 
and let me know what the percentage of dropped frames is.


			Attila Kinali

[1] svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk
[2] svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mga_vid/mga_vid/trunk
[3] http://orange.blender.org/download

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