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