[gentoo-user] Re: Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-17 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 12/16/2011 09:00 PM, Stroller wrote: On 16 December 2011, at 14:27, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 12/16/2011 04:13 PM, Michael Mol wrote: With an (old) $50 card, you can get an old Core 2 desktop system to serve as an HTPC. Core 2 can be an HTPC even with a crap card. You can play 1080p

[gentoo-user] Re: Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-17 Thread James
Walter Dnes waltdnes at waltdnes.org writes: It has properly identified the cpu as core2. But mmx, sse, sse2, sse3 (aka pni), and ssse3 are disabled!!! I'll change my CFLAGS to... CFLAGS=-O2 -march=native -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 -mssse3 -mfpmath=sse -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe I usually

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-17 Thread Walter Dnes
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 01:57:58PM +, James wrote Find the minimal flags and the optimum CFLAGS settings for your needs. Refine by testing. USE a fast hard drive. Avoid apps that soak up ram. Some video apps are ram_hogs... I'd be curious to learn what you finally figure out.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-17 Thread Walter Dnes
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 04:27:13PM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote Core 2 can be an HTPC even with a crap card. You can play 1080p on the 2 CPUs just fine. See the new thread -march=native is *EXTREMELY* conservative. This was not where I had expected to find the solution. -- Walter Dnes

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-17 Thread Dale
Walter Dnes wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 04:27:13PM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote Core 2 can be an HTPC even with a crap card. You can play 1080p on the 2 CPUs just fine. See the new thread -march=native is *EXTREMELY* conservative. This was not where I had expected to find the

[gentoo-user] Re: Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-16 Thread James
Helmut Jarausch jarausch at igpm.rwth-aachen.de writes: I'm trying to make an older PC display high-def streaming video. You could try to install a recent kernel (3.1.5 for me) and enable the CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=y (it's a staging driver, just search for it by entering / in the make

[gentoo-user] Re: Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-16 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 12/16/2011 04:13 PM, Michael Mol wrote: With an (old) $50 card, you can get an old Core 2 desktop system to serve as an HTPC. Core 2 can be an HTPC even with a crap card. You can play 1080p on the 2 CPUs just fine. A Core 2 desktop system is certainly not old.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Any video optimization tips?

2011-12-16 Thread Walter Dnes
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 01:57:58PM +, James wrote Find the minimal flags and the optimum CFLAGS settings for your needs. Refine by testing. USE a fast hard drive. Avoid apps that soak up ram. Some video apps are ram_hogs... I'd be curious to learn what you finally figure out.