I don't think local decoding is as trivial as it sounds. Even if the
necessary firmware was available to decode mpeg, how would you redirect
the mpeg data from the application (say mplayer) to the Sun Ray? And, to
add more complexity - how would you make an app running via RDP do the
same? Of course, even if both the app and firmware were available this
would still not help anyone watch embedded media such as video.google.com
Cheers,
-Theron
Ivar Janmaat wrote:
Hello Jimmy,
At the moment I only have the SR 2, not the 2FS.
The CPU is a AMD Alchemy 1550, 500 MHz.
I think Sun chose this one for its ipsec and ssl hardware acceleration
not for mpeg decoding.
The graphic chip is a ATI es 1000.
I believe this chip has no DVD hardware decode options:
See: http://www.ati.com/products/embedded/overview.html
This is really to bad because the ATI Radion 7000 in the Sunray 1G does
have DVD hardware decode acceleration.
Sun could have used this already to improve on video support.
It rather amazes me that this was not done earlier because there is a
lot of demand for training videos support on sunrays in education and
business settings.
I am now hoping the 2 FS still has the ATI Radion 7000.
Ivar
Jimmy Fox wrote:
What CPU is in the 2/2FS? Would it be powerful enough to decode the MPEG?
Jimmy
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