From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 14 17:41:55 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2BCE106564A for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:41:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 419228FC0C for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:41:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p2EHfcBk081163; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:41:54 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id p2EHfcLo081162; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:41:38 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:41:38 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <201103141741.p2EHfcLo081162@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-x11 User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.5 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:41:54 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: AMD E-350 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:41:55 -0000 Tom Evans wrote: > No, its with a 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo, but that is largely irrelevant. With > VDPAU and a co-operating nvidia graphics card, you can decode full HD > no problem, with close to zero CPU usage: > > tom 47467 0.9 2.1 278464 87360 0 S+ 4:32pm 0:01.21 > mplayer -v /tank/video/recordings/hd.bbc.co.uk/2011/03/12/16_50_rugby-wales-vs-ireland-2011-6-nations.0.ts > > This is a 1440x1080 MPEG-4 AVC HD stream I captured over the weekend, > playing back using 1% CPU. I wouldn't have thought the CPU would have > that much effect on that. Ah, very nice. I didn't know that VDPAU has that much of an effect on decoding. My workstation has AMD graphics which doesn't have VDPAU support, but it also has a much faster processor so decoding full HD works fine. So the only problem left is the fan. On my router board i have replaced the noisy 40mm fan with a low-noise 60mm fan, using a 40-to-60mm adapter. Maybe I can do the same with such an Atom+Ion board. Or maybe I can omit the fan altogether if the HTPC case provides sufficient airflow. (Of course, I'll monitor the temperature sensors.) Anyway, thank you for the suggestion, Tom! This really looks like it might solve my problem. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Perl is worse than Python because people wanted it worse. -- Larry Wall