On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:25:12 +0200 "Yorick Moko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> I have no idea if it will be slow but youtube video's should be possible. > Standard youtube is 320x240 (but they are experimenting with higher > resolution) . > Maybe you would have to encode it to mpeg-4 though, don't know if it will > work through flash. > > nice post about the video acceleration: > http://unadventure.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/accelerating-in-my-pocket/ youtube would be possible if you can live with lower fps (up to 20fps) without converting to mpeg4. frankly a lower fps is probably more than fine for youtube. not like the content is amazing quality anyway! :). you just will need a .swf player that uses standard xvideo acceleration. > y > > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:17 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would like to know more about that too. Especially I would like to > > know how real devices work - are they slow or not? I don't really need > > 3d games or anything, but i don't want my smartphone to be slow. > > Also is it possible in theory to play youtube videos? > > > > On 6/28/08, Michael Stather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was a fan of the openmoko idea even when it was announced at first. > > > Now when the first "real" device was announced I was thinking about > > > buying one but then I realized the situaltion with the 3D chip which I > > > read was "a very big design mistake". At least this is what I read, > > > since neither read 2D or 3D acceleration is possible. > > > So I wonder why this was done that way (since the older model had a much > > > larger bandwidth), and whether it's changed for the next release. I mean > > > e.g. games (3D games, or emulators) are IMHO an important part of the > > > functionality of such a smartphone. > > > Unfortunately, in the wiki wish list nobody complained about this and I > > > didn't find anything on the home page, while this is probably the > > > biggest concern of the users as far as what I've read. > > > > > > regards > > > > > > Michgael > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Openmoko community mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Openmoko community mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > -- Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
