Comments on: HD Video Playback in Linux http://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:48:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dee Wellshttp://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/comment-page-1#comment-26789 Dee Wells Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:48:48 +0000 http://newblog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/#comment-26789 GTX 470 1.3 GHz >>> 1.3 GB memory... GTX 470 1.3 GHz >>> 1.3 GB memory…

]]> By: Dee Wellshttp://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/comment-page-1#comment-26788 Dee Wells Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:44:56 +0000 http://newblog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/#comment-26788 Trick above with mplayer switches just helped me play full HD 1080p @ 30 fps from my new Canon 550D on an older PC with C2D E6300 (1.86 GHz). I thought about buying a new computer, but got side-tracked by fact that both CPU's are being used (it is now July 2011) only about 45-50% each and less than 75% of RAM is used up. Not sure what torture my ancient Nvidia card is going through (256 MB from 2004), but amazingly I just bought a new card, GTX 470 1.3 GHz and that ran a lot slower. Tempted to upgrade, but not sure what to upgrade. Puzzling. Interesting this simple trick with the mplayer switch worked better than any upgrade I have tried so far. I am using Slackware 13.37 with KDE4, which is most current. Trick above with mplayer switches just helped me play full HD 1080p @ 30 fps
from my new Canon 550D on an older PC with C2D E6300 (1.86 GHz). I thought
about buying a new computer, but got side-tracked by fact that both CPU’s
are being used (it is now July 2011) only about 45-50% each and less than
75% of RAM is used up. Not sure what torture my ancient Nvidia card is
going through (256 MB from 2004), but amazingly I just bought a new card,
GTX 470 1.3 GHz and that ran a lot slower. Tempted to upgrade, but not sure
what to upgrade. Puzzling. Interesting this simple trick with the mplayer
switch worked better than any upgrade I have tried so far. I am using
Slackware 13.37 with KDE4, which is most current.

]]> By: Maartenhttp://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/comment-page-1#comment-23672 Maarten Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:28:43 +0000 http://newblog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/#comment-23672 Wow... thanks!! Very impressive indeed. I tried to play a 1080p movie (Matrix 1999) on my Thinkpad T61 (with intel GFX) with your suggested mplayer options and it runs 100% flawlessly, no matter how much action is going on on screen. Very nice. Wow… thanks!! Very impressive indeed. I tried to play a 1080p movie (Matrix 1999) on my Thinkpad T61 (with intel GFX) with your suggested mplayer options and it runs 100% flawlessly, no matter how much action is going on on screen.
Very nice.

]]> By: Faurhttp://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/comment-page-1#comment-18131 Faur Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:49:24 +0000 http://newblog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/#comment-18131 Hm...what about ati cards i have an ati radeon hd 4570 but i can't get best quality?I've heard about mplayerXP(it's mplayer but use multiple cores)i tried it but cant manage to run it ! Hm…what about ati cards i have an ati radeon hd 4570 but i can’t get best quality?

I’ve heard about mplayerXP(it’s mplayer but use multiple cores)i tried it but cant manage to run it !

]]> By: Luke Murphyhttp://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/comment-page-1#comment-9354 Luke Murphy Tue, 26 May 2009 15:15:11 +0000 http://newblog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/#comment-9354 The article is now out of date.. you can play back 1080p files using most modern NVIDIA cards under linux using VDPAU with <5% CPU usage The article is now out of date.. you can play back 1080p files using most modern NVIDIA cards under linux using VDPAU with <5% CPU usage

]]> By: Octavian Petrehttp://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/comment-page-1#comment-7141 Octavian Petre Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:06:53 +0000 http://newblog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/#comment-7141 Hi Johannes,It should be possible to use an Ahtlon 64 3200+ for HD playback.I remember seeing an fullHD content with an Ahtlon 64 2800+ at 1.8GHz (if I remember correctly) although the CPU was almost 100% utilized. Hi Johannes,

It should be possible to use an Ahtlon 64 3200+ for HD playback.

I remember seeing an fullHD content with an Ahtlon 64 2800+ at 1.8GHz (if I remember correctly) although the CPU was almost 100% utilized.

]]> By: Martijn Bastiaanhttp://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/comment-page-1#comment-2984 Martijn Bastiaan Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:52:16 +0000 http://newblog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/#comment-2984 Very nice!It's a shame we don't have hardware acceleration on Linux.. oh well, let's hope for ffmpeg to support multiple cores or AMD, to provide HA soon.. Very nice!

It’s a shame we don’t have hardware acceleration on Linux.. oh well, let’s hope for ffmpeg to support multiple cores or AMD, to provide HA soon..

]]> By: Johannes Jensenhttp://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/comment-page-1#comment-1980 Johannes Jensen Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:35:57 +0000 http://newblog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/#comment-1980 Great article!We just bought a 40" Samsung LE40A656 HDTV and are pondering whether it's possible to view 1080p HD videos using our current HTPC: An Ahtlon 64 3200+ @ 2.2GHz with 1GiB RAM and an old GeForce 6800 GPU. What do you think? Is it at all possible?We thought that we maybe, just maybe, could upgrade just the GPU to one that could do H.264 decoding in hardware. But that's apparently not possible with the Linux drivers :-/ Do you have any experience with hardware accelerated H.264 decoding on Windows? How much difference in CPU usage would this setup have compared to software decoding?I'll try tomorrow and post my results! Great article!

We just bought a 40″ Samsung LE40A656 HDTV and are pondering whether it’s possible to view 1080p HD videos using our current HTPC: An Ahtlon 64 3200+ @ 2.2GHz with 1GiB RAM and an old GeForce 6800 GPU. What do you think? Is it at all possible?

We thought that we maybe, just maybe, could upgrade just the GPU to one that could do H.264 decoding in hardware. But that’s apparently not possible with the Linux drivers :-/ Do you have any experience with hardware accelerated H.264 decoding on Windows? How much difference in CPU usage would this setup have compared to software decoding?

I’ll try tomorrow and post my results!

]]> By: balitwilighthttp://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/comment-page-1#comment-1778 balitwilight Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:30:59 +0000 http://newblog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/#comment-1778 Thanks for the great article. I have a Dell XPS-420 and a Mitsubishi LT46231 46" monitor running on Ubuntu Hardy. I have a problem with mplayer (even with your configuration). When I run mplayer, my HDTV flashes and seems to take about 2 seconds to change its mode before playing the video perfectly. The same sluggish "mode change" effect happens when I quit the video. The "mode change" effect is an annoying mystery: because before during and after video play my HDTV shows 1080p in the upper left corner. I have tried -noaspect, etc on mplayer to no effect. Any suggestions? Could you please post your xorg.conf file for the LT46131.- Thanks Thanks for the great article. I have a Dell XPS-420 and a Mitsubishi LT46231 46″ monitor running on Ubuntu Hardy. I have a problem with mplayer (even with your configuration). When I run mplayer, my HDTV flashes and seems to take about 2 seconds to change its mode before playing the video perfectly. The same sluggish “mode change” effect happens when I quit the video. The “mode change” effect is an annoying mystery: because before during and after video play my HDTV shows 1080p in the upper left corner. I have tried -noaspect, etc on mplayer to no effect. Any suggestions? Could you please post your xorg.conf file for the LT46131.

– Thanks

]]> By: Joao Barbosahttp://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/comment-page-1#comment-1226 Joao Barbosa Tue, 27 May 2008 13:40:42 +0000 http://newblog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/#comment-1226 Great article!I would like to know your thoughts about the performance of a linux box with two vga outputs configured as an extended screen playing 20-30 HD videos at the same time. Great article!

I would like to know your thoughts about the performance of a linux box with two vga outputs configured as an extended screen playing 20-30 HD videos at the same time.

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