[vlc] Re: New Streaming Problem

[Jean-Paul Saman]

Manu Abraham wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 Mar 2004 11:23 am, you wrote:
> 
>>Les LaZar wrote:
>>
>>>On Friday, March 26, Manu Abrham wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>The EPIA MB requires the kernel to be patched , i believe for the
>>>>onboard, MPEG decoder. Using a generic VESA driver is like throwing away
>>>>lot of computing power.
>>>>
>>>>Manu
>>>
>>>Yes, I realize the optimized CLE266 driver for the EPIA MB will improve
>>>performance in some cases.  One of the questions that I have is whether
>>>the CLE266 driver will impact the performance of any of the applications
>>>that I am trying to use, including VLC and GnomeMeeting (whic uses X for
>>>display).
>>
>>Do not think so. The MPEG decoder is used for the Video Out AFAIK. 
> 
> 
> 
> 	Do you mean to say that even after patching X does not use the MPEG2 decoder 
> onboard ? That sounds like a bad implementation ? Wouldn't there be a 
> performance improvement rather than using the Generic driver ?
> 
AFAIK it does not use the MPEG2 decoder, but only VIA can answer this 
question.

> Regards,
> Manu.
> 
> 
> For
> 
>>plain X you need the full support of the Graphics chip, this means
>>patching your XFree86 with the Via linux driver. This will give you Xv
>>extensions (XVideo) support for all X applications.
>>
>>--
>>Kind greetings,
>>
>>Jean-Paul Saman
> 
> 


-- 
Kind greetings,

Jean-Paul Saman


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