So you guys are in agreement that this will render HD quality without it blowing up?
what about multitasking? can i pause a film to quickly jump into a browser for 5 mins and then back to my film? 2009/12/9 Rob Beard <r...@esdelle.co.uk> > On 09/12/2009 08:32, Joseph Hughes wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 7:55 AM, javadayaz <javada...@gmail.com > > <mailto:javada...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > you know specs wise this doesnt look like it will be able to play > > HD....its a atom processor after all...!!! > > > > Or am i wrong? > > > > > > It works if the software supports VDPAU. This is hardware acceleration > > for certain modern nvidia graphic chips, like the nvidia ION. The > > latest betas of XBMC and boxee have this working out of the box. > > > > Joseph > > I gather it's also the case with newer builds of MythTV too. > > The ION chipset basically does the video decoding leaving the Atom CPU > free for other tasks. > > There is an article about this sort of thing here: > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_vdpau_gpu&num=1 > > Although it covers and AMD Sempron CPU and Geforce 8400GS, essentially > the ION chipset is pretty much the same spec as a low end Geforce card, > so although i may not be the fastest card ever for 3D stuff, it is low > power and does pretty good video acceleration. > > Rob > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Regards Javad
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