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[Federico Leoni <effelle@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here's a good link of tests to kill curiosity. Download videos starting
from the first and see where you can go without issues.
http://jell.yfish.us/
Em 15/07/2013 23:14, "Andre Rodovalho" <andre.rodovalho@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:

> It's too much for this P4... it's not for nothing the new i3, i5, i7
> processors has specific pieces of hardware to encode/decode this high
> compressed videos...
>
> I was curious about that, and I searched wikipedia, and checked that this
> p4 was released by the years of 2000 up to 2006. The first draft of
> H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec was finally released in 2003. So, you know what I
> mean... I guess you might have much better luck on DivX and Xvid videos,
> and probably with a maximum of 720p as Federico says.
>
> Nowdays we have some very specific hardware, as those apple TV, google TV
> on android devices, that are able to play this files with a clock of about
> 1Ghz up to 1.8Ghz, but these were projected to do so...
>
>
> 2013/7/15 Federico Leoni <effelle@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> 2013/7/15 Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <
>> amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 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!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Update:
>> >
>> >
>> > Media (Local File /home/Videos) :
>> > http://i42.tinypic.com/znmy3s.jpg
>> >
>> >
>> > VLC (VERY bad quality - tearing and sluggish):
>> > http://i40.tinypic.com/m7aq7n.jpg
>> > http://i44.tinypic.com/5x64u9.jpg
>> > http://i39.tinypic.com/2dt69nk.jpg
>> >
>> >
>> > GNOME Player (Picture Quality is fine but there is 2mins gab/delay
>> between
>> > the sound and the picture - Synch problem and sluggish as well) :
>> > http://i43.tinypic.com/2dvip2s.jpg
>> > http://i41.tinypic.com/zwi7i0.jpg
>> > http://i40.tinypic.com/33omt93.jpg
>> >
>> >
>> > Summary:
>> > I can NOT watch anything on that PC.
>> >
>> >
>> > TO-DO:
>> > I think I will install different systems on that machine (I have 80GB
>> HDD
>> > empty) and check it out. If the same issue with other systems, it means
>> this
>> > is the limit of my machine. If other systems will play better quality,
>> then
>> > there must be something wrong.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>> >
>> > Best Regards,
>> > amjjawad
>> > Start Ubuntu
>> > My Own Business
>> >
>> >
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>> Ali,
>>
>> you can watch movie on this computer trust me but you need to do some
>> adjustment and choose the right videos...
>> I don't understand why you want play a FULLHD video on a HD screen.
>> Your PC has enough power to play HD video and your 32" is 1360x768, a
>> little more than the standard HD resolution of 1280x720, but has not
>> horsepower for 1920x1080 video.
>> Anyway I have had problems too with VLC, even with the Nvidia card it
>> doesn't handle well h264 videos, and I never use GnomePlayer to see HD
>> videos.
>> I always used xbmc with just a few issues with the integrated video
>> but nothing excessive, no one with the Nvidia. As already told you
>> give it a try, is in the repos (apt-get install xbmc). The unique
>> differences with my computer and yours is I have 2gb ram, but seems
>> you never passed the limits and you are using just a little swap.
>> Obviously could be an issue with the Saucy alpha (or daily build) you
>> are using too...
>> Test with a 720p video, if the result with xbmc doesn't change I'll
>> remove my Nvidia card and I'll do some test with 13.04 here as soon as
>> I can. Let me know.
>>
>> F.
>>
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