Actually, the CPU bit is not true. Its at 50-60% regardless, sorry for the noise.
Still though, I guess the main issue is that Gem crashes upon loading videos into pix_film. Anyone know a way to track the reason for Gem troubles? cheers, Martin On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Martin . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Im a bit desperate to find a way to play video on an external screen > without Gem (or even X/Gnome) crashing. > > Ive set up xorg.conf to a virtual screensize of the double > horizontally so as to have a projector read the video from the "right > part" of the screen, and still have my GUIs visible on the "left part" > (what is visible on my laptop screen). > > This is how it looks in xorg.conf: > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Device "Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated > Graphi$ > Monitor "Generic Monitor" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Virtual 2048 768 > EndSubSection > EndSection > > The CPU jumps to 60% when playing video with the external screen on, > but lays nicely on 8-9% when only playing on the normal screen. I > guess lots of people are working with similar stuff - are there other > (more stable/safe/efficient) ways of getting to this? or is the high > CPU something to expect when using an external screen? > > Are there any good ways of finding the source of Gem crashes btw? > > Im very happy for any feedback as Im quite fresh on both Gem and projections > :) > > cheers, > Martin > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
