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From: Philippe Anel <philippe.anel@noos.fr>
Subject: Re: [9fans] dvd decoding/playing
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:29:31 +0100
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At 11:17 27/02/04, you wrote:
>does anyone know how powerful an x86 i'd need to do
>dvd decoding and playing with a good bit of spare capacity?
>i was hoping to use (perhaps) EPIA 800 but i wondered if anyone actually
>knew, before i went ahead and bought one.  actually, i was hoping
>to use a non-x86 but i get the impression that might be more
>expensive and less practical.
>
>i tried a google search but i didn't find the right words.

I can play a DVD under FreeBSD with my P3-450MHz. So I thing it would work
with the EPIA 800 proc too. However, it seems the EPIA 800 has very slow
floating point unit.
If you want to play the DVD with Plan9, I also suggest you to implement
the overlay part of your video driver.

         Philippe,

http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/
http://liba52.sourceforge.net/