Re: PowerBook G4
Hey,
On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 04:17, P Prince wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 03:35, Siggi Langauf wrote:
> > > > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > >
> > > > (...)
> > > > > > And can anybody help with some questions that I have regarding
> > > > > > the new iBooks? Are the 600MHz ones sufficient to play DVDs
> > > > > > under Debian (say, with xine or vlc)? I've read that both
> > > > > > programs currently work with altivec, but is altivec strictly
> > > > > > necessary for playing DVDs with PPCs?
> > > > >
> > > > > No, I think the 600 MHz iBook should do it. I think there have been some
> > > > > posts confirming this.
> > > >
> > > > Hmmm, I have already played DVDs using OS X on such an iBook.
> > > > With xine, DVD streams from hd work fine, but I still get a few dropped
> > > > frames (~14 out of 200) playing an encrypted DVD with dvdnav/libdvdcss.
> > >
> > > In my experience vlc seems to be slightly faster, so it could make the
> > > difference, it doesn't yet support navigation though.
> > >
> > > XFree86 4.2.0 will also use DMA to transfer the Xv images when DRI is
> > > enabled, which should make for more improvement.
> >
> > See http://gatos.sf.net/
> >
> > ati.2 already supports this.
>
> I know, it contains the code I wrote. It's in XFree86 and DRI CVS too.
>
> > It is much better.
>
> How so? Last time I looked, there wasn't any real difference besides
> very i386 centric code for video in and TV out and whatnot which isn't
> any use for us.
In that it supports accellerated Xv image support...
> > > Bottom line: it's gonna be tight.
> > >
> > >
> > > PS: Has anyone gotten anything but a crash out of ogle yet? Funnily,
> > > xine-dvdnav (which is based on ogle) works.
> >
> > Yes, Ogle runs fine for me. I love it. None of Xine's goofy UI :P
> >
> > With libdvdcss, it plays encrypted dvds just fine.
>
> Hmm, maybe I'm missing that? I tried it with an unencrypted DVD though.
> Are you using the Debian packages?
I am, on Sid.
> --
> Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
> XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
>
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