On Sun, 2001-10-07 at 16:35, Michel Lanners wrote: > I've uploaded a new Altivec-enabled version of vlc (built from the > 20011004 snapshot). It is available here: > > http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan/ftp/debian/vlc-snapshot-20011004 > > Sorry, single files only. Once I figure out how to make a apt-get'able > repository I'll clean up.
apt-ftparchive (1) - Utility to generate index files It's in the apt-utils package. > This version of vlc is able to play at full framerate essentially > without dropped frames on my TiBook/400. It has Altivec-accelerated IDCT > and Motion Compensation. Great, my account number is available for donations so I can buy a TiBook before the next millenium. :) > You can make this version use even less CPU, by using Michel D�nzer's > DMA patch for the R128 driver (needs DRI; i.e. 16-bit-only on the > Powerbook). However, you will see colour artefacts (blocks of pixels > have wrong colour). > > I suspect that these problems are caused either by alignment problems > with buffers provided to vlc by XVideo (not beeing 16-byte-aligned for > vector ops) or with limited DMA bandwidth (not sure...). Michel? It was simply a thinko when calculating the number of lines to transfer in the last pass. A fixed version is in DRI and XFree86 CVS and will be in XFree86 4.2.0 . -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
