Eds Status On The Pandora Os - Disheartening

[gruso]

It's still an aftermarket solution though - not really an argument for Windows being as flexible as Linux. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of XP. But taking to it with a hammer after the fact is not quite the same as opting out of the bloat in the first place.

 

[Aninhumer]

x264 is an H264 codec implementation. Mplayer on Pandora can play H264 but i think can play 720P or more vids but maybe 480p (DVD res).

To be clear as well x264 is an AVC encoder, so I doubt you'd be running it on the Pandora very often.

 

[MDave]

It's still an aftermarket solution though - not really an argument for Windows being as flexible as Linux. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of XP. But taking to it with a hammer after the fact is not quite the same as opting out of the bloat in the first place.

It is a perfectly valid argument. It doesn't matter if its an after market solution. The option is there. You can remove things like Internet Explorer and MSN messenger and old legacy drivers, and replace it whatever you want instead. Even include the latest service packs. It's like how OEM's customise Windows for their specific machines, you can do the same.

I use that, it's good. You need to be careful, though, Windows is chocked full of so many stupid little dependencies, it's amazing what little thing can prevent stuff running or bring basic functionality crashing down.

It's no different to knowing what your doing when customising it the same as you would roll your own Linux OS. Even less so because N-Lite thankfully tells you what things can effect what when removing things! Maybe older versions didn't, but the latest ones are very simple and easy to use with full explanations on it I'd like to see a Linux distro do the same.

Anyway, I don't really want to take this off-topic any more I just wanted to bring people's awareness that such things like N-Lite exist.

 

[ashdjones]

It's still an aftermarket solution though - not really an argument for Windows being as flexible as Linux. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of XP. But taking to it with a hammer after the fact is not quite the same as opting out of the bloat in the first place.

Much to my dissapointment, mainstream Linux disros like Ubuntu always run far slower than XP on my laptop. Much much slower. Anybody know why?

 

[matzesu]

What if whe use a WLAN USB Stick until the Problem whit the SDIO isnt fixed?, USB schould work, but what for a Stick can whe use? I have heard AVM Sticks dont work in Linux, so whe need a other Stick,

Meybe if i get my Pandora, the isue whit the Wifi is fixed because it was in November i ordered.., or somewhone can make a Forums Post which Stick works out of the Box..

 

[Yod4z]

x264 is an H264 codec implementation. Mplayer on Pandora can play H264 but i think can't play 720P or more vids but maybe 480p (DVD res).

To be clear as well x264 is an AVC encoder, so I doubt you'd be running it on the Pandora very often.

480p x264 maybe only on ARM with overclock, 720p if DSP is used

 

[Aninhumer]

480p x264 maybe only on ARM with overclock, 720p if DSP is used

Playback yes.

My point was x264 is an encoder, not a decoder.
It does actually have various optimisations for ARM and NEON, but I can't see many use cases where you'd want to encode video on the go.

 

[Karel Jansens]

480p x264 maybe only on ARM with overclock, 720p if DSP is used

Playback yes.

My point was x264 is an encoder, not a decoder.
It does actually have various optimisations for ARM and NEON, but I can't see many use cases where you'd want to encode video on the go.

Well, here's one: You record some video on your fancy HD camera and want to play it back on the tv (you know, to relive that "special" moment and get yourself ready for the second set). As usual though, you forgot the cables for your camera.

However, noone ever forgets the tv-out cable for their Panda. So, you plonk the camera's card in the Panda (for hopefully obvious reasons this trick won't work with tape-based cameras!), recode and play. Presto.

[Insert seedy and pornographic details according to preference]

 

[Aninhumer]

Well, here's one: You record some video on your fancy HD camera and want to play it back on the tv (you know, to relive that "special" moment and get yourself ready for the second set). As usual though, you forgot the cables for your camera.

However, noone ever forgets the tv-out cable for their Panda. So, you plonk the camera's card in the Panda (for hopefully obvious reasons this trick won't work with tape-based cameras!), recode and play. Presto.

[Insert seedy and pornographic details according to preference]

I assume mplayer can play DV files anyway, (probably even HD, they're intended for editing, so not heavily compressed iirc).
Also, I'd imagine the transcode would take much too long on a Pandora for that particular use case (unless you've got an interest in progress bars )

Anyway, just to be clear:
H.264 (aka MPEG4 AVC) is the video standard (not Apple's codec as someone said, btw)
x264 is an open source encoder for the H.264 standard

 

[sryidc]

 

[GhostChaserUK]

It just looks so good thing's can only get better

 

[Karel Jansens]

I assume mplayer can play DV files anyway, (probably even HD, they're intended for editing, so not heavily compressed iirc).
Also, I'd imagine the transcode would take much too long on a Pandora for that particular use case (unless you've got an interest in progress bars )

So.... you think that was going to be a long video then? B)

 

[WizardStan]

I assume mplayer can play DV files anyway, (probably even HD, they're intended for editing, so not heavily compressed iirc).

Yes, it can. It can also handle MOD/TOD format (an MPG like container used primarily in JVC cameras)

 

[Aninhumer]

I assume mplayer can play DV files anyway, (probably even HD, they're intended for editing, so not heavily compressed iirc).
Also, I'd imagine the transcode would take much too long on a Pandora for that particular use case (unless you've got an interest in progress bars )

So.... you think that was going to be a long video then? B)

I was just commenting on the performance of the hardware...