2009/11/29 Rob Beard <r...@esdelle.co.uk>: > Tony Travis wrote: >> Kris Douglas wrote: >> >>> [...] >>> The PS3 is perfectly powerful enouugh for playing HD videos, but they >>> DELIBERATELY crippled linux in order for only PlayStation games to >>> work. As far as I know, you have full access to the CPU, but graphics >>> and BR are a no-go. Format a hard drive with Fat 32, i think a >>> 1280x720 BR film loads in about 4 gig, which is the max file size for >>> F32, then just check the format works, and play it through the PS3's >>> own OS. >>> >> >> Hello, Kris. >> >> I don't think that's quite right, at least for YDL: >> >> from: http://www.ydl.net/support/hardware/sony.shtml >> >> >>> Sony PS3 40GB, 60GB, 80GB >>> >>> 1. Notes: The Nvidia graphics card is not supported beyond framebuffer >>> mode. This does not reduce the quality of the image, but does not provide >>> accelerated (3D) video nor OpenGL support. >>> >> >> Not that I'm suggesting using YDL as an alternative to Ubuntu ;-) >> >> [I've got Hardy on my iMac] >> > I'm still tempted to go down the PS3 route, although I may just put > together an old PC with a newer NVidia graphics card for media playback > (other than Bluray). > > Rob
I didn't say the graphics didn't work, but try playing HD on an un-accelerated graphics card. -- Kris Douglas -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
