[Cbe-oss-dev] Framebuffer Video Playback

[Giambattista Bloisi]

Brandon Ros wrote:
> 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?
>   
Have a look to this (http://forums.ps2dev.org) forum. Here I found an 
mplayer patch that exploits SPEs.
There is also an experimental Xv driver, but it is very unstable.

Regards,
Giambattista