recent ACube updates solve DVD playback problems on Sams

[takemehomegrandma]

I hope this goes for all Sam owners, but the recent updates by ACube  have totally removed all slight glitches and audio timing issues from my  system..actually there were only a few DVD's that had this issue before  but now they are completely ok...thanks ACube

Good news for Sam owners!

But isn't the Sam CPU too weak to play all DVD streams without frame skipping anyways?

[takemehomegrandma]

I don't see why.

Well, it would be because the Sam CPU is a very low performing and weak "G2" class CPU, never really intended for desktop or media usage.

Nice to see Acube releasing bug fixes though!

[takemehomegrandma]

Hmmm I doubt a Trident video card with a mere 16MB of RAM had alot of acceleration going on.

Even the Gamebube (G3) @ 487MHz could do it. ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panasonic_Q

Point is you are comparing apples and oranges, and maybe you are also putting too much attention to clock frequencies? And who was speaking about HW acceleration in video cards?

A G3 is usually faster than a "G2", for some application more than others. AFAIK a Pegasos 2 G3 is faster than any Sam. And a G4 is even faster, especially the newer ones, and especially for applications where Altivec make sense. As a result, MorphOS on a Mac Mini 1.42GHz plays x.264 720p streams better than a Sam plays DVD streams. A difference in work task that is a magnitude greater than the difference in clock frequency (of course other things affects the results as well, such as bus speed, etc).

[takemehomegrandma]

Since you are bringing different hardware in for comparison, I see your puny mac mini and raise you my (now not so hot) Q9450 with fully hardware-accelerated video decoding courtesy of nVidia's proprietary X drivers, which handles multiple 1080p streams no sweat at all :lol:

I'm sure it was also cheaper than the Sam, I know my PC was! One of the many strenghts with x86. But my Mac Mini was ahelluvalot cheaper than my PC, and it runs MorphOS! Not using it for 1080p movies though...

Anyway, I'm not the one using the "I was watching DVDs on an Athlon 650Mhz way back in the day ... Even the Gamebube (G3) @ 487MHz could do it ...  Even a P2 can decode ... so surely the Sam can do it as well" logic in this discussion. Apples and oranges!

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