On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 04:17, P Prince wrote: > Hey, > > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel D�nzer wrote: > > > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 03:35, Siggi Langauf wrote: > > > On 4 Jan 2002, Michel D�nzer wrote: > > > > > > (...) > > > > > And can anybody help with some questions that I have regarding > > > > > the new iBooks? Are the 600MHz ones sufficient to play DVDs > > > > > under Debian (say, with xine or vlc)? I've read that both > > > > > programs currently work with altivec, but is altivec strictly > > > > > necessary for playing DVDs with PPCs? > > > > > > > > No, I think the 600 MHz iBook should do it. I think there have been some > > > > posts confirming this. > > > > > > Hmmm, I have already played DVDs using OS X on such an iBook. > > > With xine, DVD streams from hd work fine, but I still get a few dropped > > > frames (~14 out of 200) playing an encrypted DVD with dvdnav/libdvdcss. > > > > In my experience vlc seems to be slightly faster, so it could make the > > difference, it doesn't yet support navigation though. > > > > XFree86 4.2.0 will also use DMA to transfer the Xv images when DRI is > > enabled, which should make for more improvement. > > See http://gatos.sf.net/ > > ati.2 already supports this.
I know, it contains the code I wrote. It's in XFree86 and DRI CVS too. > It is much better. How so? Last time I looked, there wasn't any real difference besides very i386 centric code for video in and TV out and whatnot which isn't any use for us. > > Bottom line: it's gonna be tight. > > > > > > PS: Has anyone gotten anything but a crash out of ogle yet? Funnily, > > xine-dvdnav (which is based on ogle) works. > > Yes, Ogle runs fine for me. I love it. None of Xine's goofy UI :P > > With libdvdcss, it plays encrypted dvds just fine. Hmm, maybe I'm missing that? I tried it with an unencrypted DVD though. Are you using the Debian packages? -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
