That should defintiely work, I've run it on slower machines. It depends a lot on your graphics card too. As for video playback, if you want to manipulate the video, then you should convert it to a JPEG (aka MJPEG) codec. .mov is a pretty common container format for JPEG videos.
.hc On Nov 30, 2011, at 11:08 AM, Nicola Pandini wrote: > Hi list! > I'm trying to use an old laptop with a Celeron 2,6Ghz to playback some videos > with a basic GEM chain (pix_film, pix_gain, pix_texture), but the > performances are very poor. > It's only due to the crappy celeron :-) ? What are the minimum requirements > to play a video with GEM? > Is there any optimization possible, like using videos encoded with a lighter > video codec, or something like this? > I'm using Debian with open video drivers (ATI dropped the support for the > laptop's video card). > > Thanks! > > -- > Nicola > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "[W]e have invented the technology to eliminate scarcity, but we are deliberately throwing it away to benefit those who profit from scarcity." -John Gilmore _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
