From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 19 13:06:25 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B74016A4B3 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:06:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freshaire.wiz.com (freshaire.wiz.com [66.143.183.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B3F143F85 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:06:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc@wiz.com) Received: from freshaire.wiz.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freshaire.wiz.com (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h8JK6B1d060455 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 15:06:17 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from marc@freshaire.wiz.com) Received: (from marc@localhost) by freshaire.wiz.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8JK6BMY060454 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 15:06:11 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 15:06:11 -0500 From: Marc Wiz To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20030919200611.GM58480@freshaire.wiz.com> References: <20030919173626.GE33563@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD up to this job? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 20:06:25 -0000 On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 01:35:26PM -0600, Jeremy D. Pavleck wrote: Stuff deleted. > I had some time to reflect on the design, and my main problem I was facing > was the visualizations of music. Initially I thought I'd need a fairly > high output video card to be able to properly display the vis. in close to > real time. My current rig @ 1024x768 with a Radeon 8000 can only run the > Winamp vis full screen at 40fps with a noticeable delay in the music beats > and the vis interpretation on the screen. Drop the window to a size where > it hits 70fps or so and the music and vis stay in tune, so I figured a > more powerful vid card was the answer. > But I forgot that a standard TV resolution is only 640x480, so I should be > able to get away with a lot less then top of the line. > I'm going to try to test all this by using the 1Ghz Nehemiah Mini-ITX > board ( http://www.mini-itx.com/store/default.asp?c=2#p243 ) with 256mb > ram. I have one of these boards. I know of at least one person who has booted up FreeBSD on it. Right now I'm just playing with mine. > Install a RAID card and setup 1 20Gb drive RAID 1 array and 1 100Gb RAID 1 > array. 20Gb raid for FBSD and the 100GB RAID for media files. > Then pick up the bill validator, buttons and what not and see if I can't > make it work sans enclosure, which will save me a ton of cash. > Someone suggested trying Freevo, so I'll see if I can't hack the interface > of it to see if I can achieve what I want. If I was more of an artist I > could mockup the overall look of the display I'm going for, but I'm not > (I'll see if a friend of mine can tackle this part). Try Freevix. http://www.freevix.org which is a bootable distribution which has mplayer built-in. The OS is Linux not FreeBSD. Marc -- Marc Wiz marc@wiz.com Yes, that really is my last name.