[haiku-development] Re: Asus Eee PC B202

On 2009-02-09, Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Audio is supposed to be a Azalia ALC888 Audio Chip.  Any thoughts on a
> > driver for this?
>
> You have not mentioned if you tried it with the OpenSound optional package.
> have you done that?

Not yet.  I will try that next.

> > Video is a Intel GMA 950.  Has anyone else got that one working?
>
> IIRC, this is a problem in the app_server when it tries to use double
> buffered drawing with acceleration (you can disable it in
> src/servers/app/drawing/AccelerantHWInterface.cpp::SetMode()).

So you get a blank screen?

>In any case,
> you don't need to be sorry at all to use VESA, you don't miss out on
> anything except video overlays. And that doesn't mean much because you can
> enable smooth scaling in the MediaPlayer.

Video Overlay allows the decoder to use YUV output instead of RGB for
faster decoding.

I am hoping to use this sort of machine as a media viewer.  I
currently use a MediaGate 350.  It outputs 1080i but does not handle
mkv files and has problems with a number of mp4 files.

Under windows 720p works fine but then starts to struggle as we head
towards 1080p.

I am not expecting miracles for performance under Haiku (The CPU is
unlikely to be up to the task of 1080p) but a machine where I can fix
decoder issues does appeal to me.

>And if you really, really want
> smooth scaling in VLC as well, you can hack app_server to check the app
> signature in ServerWindow::DispatchGraphicsMessage() when handling
> DrawBitmap() and add the smooth scaling option for calls comming from
> VLC... ;-)

Not interested in VLC.  Trying to improve all the decoders so that
MediaPlayer works the best.

But first step is getting this machine to a state where I can develop
on it.  Reduce that code->compile->transfer to other machine->test
cycle.

-- 
Cheers
David

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