Playback of 1080p mkv file?

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Freddo
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Playback of 1080p mkv file?

Post by Freddo »

Hi!

Is the fit-PC2 powerful enough to play 1080p mkv files thru the hardware video acceleration without any problems?

Like the Big Buck Bunny video that can be downloaded for free from the DivX 7 website.

If so, what sort of software is needed to take advantage of the hardware video acceleration?

Thanks for reading :ugeek:

arie

Re: Playback of 1080p mkv file?

Post by arie »

Hi Freddo,
I'm doing Fit-PC2 beta testing with Ubuntu 8.04.

"Big Buck Bunny" is playing smoothly, taking about 40% CPU resources.
Awesome graphics. My kids loved it. :D

Freddo
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Re: Playback of 1080p mkv file?

Post by Freddo »

arie wrote:"Big Buck Bunny" is playing smoothly, taking about 40% CPU resources.
That sounds awesome, glad your kids enjoyed it :mrgreen:

arie

Re: Playback of 1080p mkv file?

Post by arie »

I also tried "elephantsdream-1024-h264-st-aac.mov" - played well with only 11% CPU load - I wonder why it is so low.

Freddo
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Re: Playback of 1080p mkv file?

Post by Freddo »

Yeah, very impressive that the hardware video acceleration manages to take care of so much.

Also wonder if the hardware video acceleration is as effective in Windows XP too as it is in Ubuntu 8.04.

Abusimbal
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Re: Playback of 1080p mkv file?

Post by Abusimbal »

Please see also this topic on 1080P playing
http://www.fit-pc2.com/forum/viewtopic. ... p=209#p209

aartk
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Re: Playback of 1080p mkv file?

Post by aartk »

arie wrote:Hi Freddo,
I'm doing Fit-PC2 beta testing with Ubuntu 8.04.

"Big Buck Bunny" is playing smoothly, taking about 40% CPU resources.
Awesome graphics. My kids loved it. :D
Arie,

are you using vlc-player to play this movie ?

Best regards,
aartk

arie

Re: Playback of 1080p mkv file?

Post by arie »

Arie,

are you using vlc-player to play this movie ?

Best regards,
aartk
Hi aartk,
Unfortunately not, although VLC is my favorite. I'm using a special version of Mplayer which is supplied with the Fit-PC2.
The reason being that the codec with hardware acceleration support is not supported by VLC.

cionica
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Re: Playback of 1080p mkv file?

Post by cionica »

I'm using a special version of Mplayer which is supplied with the Fit-PC2.

can we download this version?
i am planing to get a diskless system, install Win7 and use this player.

yogev_ezra
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Re: Playback of 1080p mkv file?

Post by yogev_ezra »

This is a player for Linux. Windows has Cyberlink codecs but they are not free.

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