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["Ali Linx (amjjawad)" <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I take that back. The issue is not yet solved :/
More headache, the machine is HOT and I can't even touch the heat-sinks. I
opened the case so that it became cooler a bit.


On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> But before I increase the on board display video memory from 32MB to 64MB,
> I had problem (tearing, sluggish, etc) on that machine. The trick was just
> to increase the on board memory. But for those who don't have the same
> option that I do have (on BIOS), then I guess they might face the same
> issue.
>
> Thanks to zRAM and I must say, special thanks to Leszek Lesner, who was
> the first to suggest adding zRAM by default as far as I remember.
>
> Now, the system memory allocated to my system was dropped from 464MB to
> 432MB but this is not a problem as far as I've seen because of zRAM :)
>
> I can imagine how sluggish it would be on P3. So, I don't think those with
> P3 can enjoy watching high quality videos :(
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Federico Leoni <effelle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Ali,
>> tried the video of Naruto now. It's a low-res, no problem so far apart
>> a little tearing due to a missing vsync/nvidia on lxde but with
>> Compton enabled and the correct options all play fine.
>> Just to let you know, the video is suggish on my P3 866mhz with i830
>> and 24 mb Vram...
>>
>> Search an hd video and you will see how worse things are with a P4. :(
>>
>> F.
>>
>> 2013/7/10 Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > Guys, so far, I guess the problem is okay now.
>> >
>> > I have: http://i44.tinypic.com/a4ug5s.jpg
>> > Set it to 64MB (was 32MB) and quality seems better. Also, CPU Usage is
>> not
>> > 80% anymore, it is between 55%-75%
>> >
>> > I did set the memory before I read your reply, Federico so guess you are
>> > right, I'm glad P4 can handle it. I was a bit worried.
>> >
>> > Sorry, what link? for that Ep? it is on my video I sent earlier :)
>> >
>> > P.S.
>> > Yes, in Japanese much better but subtitles are too fast for my eyes to
>> catch
>> > up.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Federico Leoni <effelle@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Ali the P4 can handle this kind of video flows with no issues. Give
>> more
>> >> ram to the video will help for sure but can't do miracle. If you can
>> fins
>> >> the stream path of the video you can try to reproduce directly on
>> vlc...
>> >> Give me the link, I would like to have a look on it.
>> >>
>> >> F.
>> >>
>> >> PS.: Naruto it's better in Japanese with subtitles. :-)
>> >>
>> >> OK amigo, will give that a go ;)
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> P.S.
>> >> Any kind of tweaks or something similar I can do to the
>> machine/browser so
>> >> it would play a bit better?
>> >>
>> >> P.S. 2
>> >> If P4 can't handle videos probably then, for sure, P3 or less powerful
>> >> machine can not do that, right?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Federico Leoni <effelle@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> XBMC is a media center.
>> >>>
>> >>> http://xbmc.org/
>> >>>
>> >>> Should be on repos too but th latest stable version is on PPA
>> >>> (ppa:team-xbmc/ppa ). Give it a try.
>> >>>
>> >>> F.
>> >>>
>> >>> 2013/7/10 Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> >>> > If Firefox can't handle this correctly because the CPU is not strong
>> >>> > enough
>> >>> > for nowadays videos, then I don't believe Chromium will, specially
>> that
>> >>> > machine has less than 512MB RAM. Oh, and it is not about RAM - as
>> you
>> >>> > can
>> >>> > clearly see on the video I recorded for my desktop, it is not a RAM
>> >>> > issue.
>> >>> > zRAM is enabled by default anyway and there is so much space. CPU
>> is at
>> >>> > 80%-90% all the way.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > XBMC? is that a downloading tool and a player?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > The Eps I'm watching are 20mins length. It is true that my internet
>> is
>> >>> > a bit
>> >>> > fast but not SO fast. Downloading and then watching means more time.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I was looking for a way that I can watch without downloading :)
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Federico Leoni <effelle@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> > wrote:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Ali, I tried  even with forced GPU rendering on Chrome. In this
>> way is
>> >>> >> a little bit better but video are not smooth like with video played
>> >>> >> locally. Try to watch yourself a Youtube video using XBMC or other
>> app
>> >>> >> or download it a watch locally. You'll see the problem is we cant
>> >>> >> handle correctly the html code for some reasons but I do not know
>> >>> >> which one... I'm not  a programmer. :P
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> F.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> 2013/7/10 Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> >>> >> > Hello Federico,
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > So, are you saying there is no way to have a better quality on
>> that
>> >>> >> > very
>> >>> >> > machine?
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Federico Leoni <
>> effelle@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> >> > wrote:
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> For me has always been so. And I have a P4 3 ghz, a GT210 and
>> I'm
>> >>> >> >> using Nvidia drivers. No composite manager enable. I always
>> thought
>> >>> >> >> that it was the fault of the P4 that is too "old" to manage at
>> the
>> >>> >> >> best Flash or html5... Video on XBMC, even if 1080p play fine.
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> F.
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >> 2013/7/10 Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> >>> >> >> > Hi,
>> >>> >> >> >
>> >>> >> >> > Problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blgJ-v2IkVI
>> >>> >> >> > Idle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wmaxoo6Cpg
>> >>> >> >> >
>> >>> >> >> > I have no idea if you can tell from the video or not? I guess
>> it
>> >>> >> >> > is
>> >>> >> >> > clear.
>> >>> >> >> >
>> >>> >> >> > I'm having hard time watching anything on that machine:
>> >>> >> >> > http://phillw.net/hardware/BnA9pw11
>> >>> >> >> >
>> >>> >> >> > Any one else having the same problem? I'm not sure who has the
>> >>> >> >> > same
>> >>> >> >> > machine
>> >>> >> >> > that I do or even similar?
>> >>> >> >> >
>> >>> >> >> > Any way to make this better and faster? I'm using that
>> machine at
>> >>> >> >> > the
>> >>> >> >> > moment
>> >>> >> >> > as a video player and I'm connecting it to my 32" LCD.
>> >>> >> >> >
>> >>> >> >> > Thanks!
>> >>> >> >> >
>> >>> >> >> >
>> >>> >> >> >
>> >>> >> >> >
>> >>> >> >> > --
>> >>> >> >> >
>> >>> >> >> > "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>> >>> >> >> >
>> >>> >> >> > Best Regards,
>> >>> >> >> > amjjawad
>> >>> >> >> > Start Ubuntu
>> >>> >> >> > My Own Business
>> >>> >> >> >
>> >>> >> >> >
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>> >>> >> > "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > Best Regards,
>> >>> >> > amjjawad
>> >>> >> > Start Ubuntu
>> >>> >> > My Own Business
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > --
>> >>> >
>> >>> > "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Best Regards,
>> >>> > amjjawad
>> >>> > Start Ubuntu
>> >>> > My Own Business
>> >>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>> >>
>> >> Best Regards,
>> >> amjjawad
>> >> Start Ubuntu
>> >> My Own Business
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>> >
>> > Best Regards,
>> > amjjawad
>> > Start Ubuntu
>> > My Own Business
>> >
>>
>
>
>
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