Comments for Blog on Charlie's Server http://blog.charlies-server.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:10:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on HD Video Playback in Linux by Martijn Bastiaan http://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux#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..

]]> Comment on iPhone 3G Dropped Calls: Solved? by Pak Tam http://blog.charlies-server.com/2008/08/22/iphone-3g-dropped-calls-solved#comment-2604 Pak Tam Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:57:07 +0000 http://blog.charlies-server.com/?p=162#comment-2604 Nice. Thanks. :) Pak Tam Nice. Thanks. :) Pak Tam

]]> Comment on HD Video Playback in Linux by Johannes Jensen http://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux#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!

]]> Comment on HD Video Playback in Linux by balitwilight http://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux#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

]]> Comment on Comcast Says “No Blast For You!” by ed http://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/08/09/comcast-says-no-blast-for-you#comment-1579 ed Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:05:58 +0000 http://newblog.charlies-server.com/2007/08/09/comcast-says-no-blast-for-you/#comment-1579 Comcast's Blast! service is a joke as far as I am concerned. I have been on it for a year and I have yet to see any uploads speeds that exceed 150kbp/s. And this truly annoying since as a graphic artist I am tranfering huge files all the time. So what has comcast to say about all this? Not anything useful. I always get the lame "turn off your equipment and turn it back on." directive which does absolutely nothing. It's comcast problem plain and simple and they are just using marketing to hide deficient networking. Comcast’s Blast! service is a joke as far as I am concerned. I have been on it for a year and I have yet to see any uploads speeds that exceed 150kbp/s. And this truly annoying since as a graphic artist I am tranfering huge files all the time.

So what has comcast to say about all this? Not anything useful. I always get the lame “turn off your equipment and turn it back on.” directive which does absolutely nothing.

It’s comcast problem plain and simple and they are just using marketing to hide deficient networking.

]]> Comment on HD Video Playback in Linux by Joao Barbosa http://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux#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.

]]> Comment on HD Video Playback in Linux by Lithium17 http://blog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux#comment-1195 Lithium17 Thu, 22 May 2008 21:22:15 +0000 http://newblog.charlies-server.com/2007/09/13/hd-video-playback-in-linux/#comment-1195 Thanx for the article. As a Linux greenhorn (OSX user), I found it extremely useful. I'm actually running Hardy-32bit on my lil sister's old Acer laptop (AMD Turion 2.2ghz) using Wubi at the moment. A few minor issues, but I got MPlayer to play most of my videos...audio seems to stutter after long hours of playback (some say it's a PulseAudio issue) but other than that, no problems so far. 576p/720p h.264 runs great....not tried any 1080p yet. Will be building a Linux HTPC soon. Cheerz! Thanx for the article. As a Linux greenhorn (OSX user), I found it extremely useful.

I’m actually running Hardy-32bit on my lil sister’s old Acer laptop (AMD Turion 2.2ghz) using Wubi at the moment. A few minor issues, but I got MPlayer to play most of my videos…audio seems to stutter after long hours of playback (some say it’s a PulseAudio issue) but other than that, no problems so far. 576p/720p h.264 runs great….not tried any 1080p yet.

Will be building a Linux HTPC soon.

Cheerz!

]]> Comment on Smarter Searching with VideoDB by Steph http://blog.charlies-server.com/2008/04/05/smarter-searching-with-videodb#comment-803 Steph Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:20:15 +0000 http://blog.charlies-server.com/2008/04/05/smarter-searching-with-videodb#comment-803 I feel so lucky to be your friend. Totally not being an ass, promise. I feel so lucky to be your friend. Totally not being an ass, promise.

]]> Comment on Secondhand Serenade @ The Webster Underground by Steph http://blog.charlies-server.com/2008/03/18/secondhand-serenade-the-webster-underground#comment-591 Steph Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:12:07 +0000 http://blog.charlies-server.com/2008/03/18/secondhand-serenade-the-webster-underground#comment-591 Ho. Hum. My name's Hasan. I like weird bands and threatening my friends. I'm gonna rock out on the mic, yeah. No one touched my butt on the subway. This week! Ho. Hum. My name’s Hasan. I like weird bands and threatening my friends. I’m gonna rock out on the mic, yeah. No one touched my butt on the subway. This week!

]]> Comment on Major Blog Cleanup by Steph http://blog.charlies-server.com/2008/03/02/major-blog-cleanup#comment-256 Steph Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:50:27 +0000 http://newblog.charlies-server.com/2008/03/02/major-blog-cleanup/#comment-256 OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH SNOOOOOOOPY. It's great that you listen to your followers. OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH SNOOOOOOOPY. It’s great that you listen to your followers.

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