[linuxdc-dev] RedBoot CD booting and MPEG playback

[Gavin H. <gd...@ac...>]

Hullo :)

I bought a DC + BBA a year ago to tinker with Linux / NFS stuff, but at the time there was no audio support in 
the Linux kernel for the DC's onboard sound hardware, and real life got in the way, so I lost interest...

Now I see sound has been added and I have a bit of free time to produce a DC-based 'Media Station'...

Certainly mp3 and MPEG-1 movie playback is possible from what I've read on the mailing list, but is there 
sufficient grunt in the DC to play MPEG2 at broadcast quality (702x576 at about 6Mbps) with mp2-sound under X, 
or if not X, is the framebuffer device adequate for mplayer usage?

Cheers!
Gavin.