Demo HD-Video to test hardware acceleration

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Dominik
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Demo HD-Video to test hardware acceleration

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Hello,
I got my fit-pc2i yesterday and I installed ubuntu 9.10 as described here

xorg.log shows:

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(II) Module iegd: vendor="Intel(R) Corporation"
	compiled for 1.6.4.901, module version = 10.3.1550
	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0
(II) IEGD: Intel(R) Embedded Graphics Driver version 10.3.1550 for:
	Intel GMCH/Gen4 Class, Intel GMCH/Napa Class,
	Intel GMCH/Almador Class
Now I want to test to play a HD-Video-File.
1. Can you suggest me a free video file for testing (Link? Please not much bigger than 100MBs). Which CPU-Load should I have with that file?

2. Can I only use the mplayer-vaapi from fit-PC2 repository to play (HD) Video-Files with hardware acceleration? Or can other video applications from ubuntu repository like vlc also use the acceleration?

Thanks in advance,
Dominik

Dominik
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Joined: Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:05 pm

Re: Demo HD-Video to test hardware acceleration

Post by Dominik »

HD-Videos seem to run fine with mplayer-vaapi at extremly low CPU usage.
But Scrolling in webbrowser windows (Firefox) is horrible. It doesn't run smoothly: I can almost see, how the window is everytime drawn from top to bottom at scrolling.

Maybe, I have to set something in xorg.conf?

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