[Cbe-oss-dev] Framebuffer Video Playback

[Stefan Wald]

> cbe-oss-dev-bounces+wald=de.ibm.com at ozlabs.org
>
> I am aware that access to the RSX 'Reality Synthesizer' is blocked by
> a hypervisor.
> Is the hardware that we are provided with powerful enough to output a
> 720p film to the framebuffer?
>
> I tried to use mplayer:
> mplayer -vo fbdev foo.mpg
>
> Not only was there video and audio stuttering, the application told me
> itself that my "system was too slow".
>
> Should I try allocating more memory to the frame buffer?
> Should I try using a library such as DirectFB for video output?
>
> Or is the hardware I am provided with just not powerful enough to output
720p?

mplayer executing on the PPE is not powerful enough to play back 720p.
with SPE support for mpeg2 decoding, scaling, etc. it is possible to play
back mpeg2 and h.264 video up to 1080p.
unfortunately this support is not available in public.