Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 14:40:20 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: VCDs on a 50CT
Thanks for the good info. Just one question - are you using Windows Media Player,
Xing, or something different? As far as CD speed, I've copied several movies over to
my hard drive (1 or 2 at a time on my 4G drive) to see if that made any difference and
it doesn't.
I'll try all advice this evening and see if it makes a difference.
Thanks,
Joe
"Berlant, Michael S" wrote:
>
> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 12:23:01 -0500
> From: "Berlant, Michael S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: VCDs on a 50CT
>
> I play VCDs on my Libretto 60 (100MHz) and, yes, it is choppy. I did two
> things that David mentions to maximize performance. I reduced the audio
> settings to the lowest quality, monophonic setting possible. I also reduced
> the color depth, though I don't remember to what. As to David's comment
> about the parallel interface, he is dead on there. I use a PCMCIA CD player
> (6x), which is much faster than any parallel port player.
>
> That still only got me to about 15 frames per second, which I decided to
> live with. After all, the upside is that you are playing a video on a very
> portable system.
>
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Chien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 10:11 AM
> To: Libretto
> Subject: Re: VCDs on a 50CT
>
> You may need to adjust some settings and/or use a different player.
> Also, the CD-ROM that you are using may not have enough bandwidth to
> play a VCD properly, esp. if it is a parallel port model.
> Using Xing Player, you can adjust the settings for performance vs. quality,
> and that'll speed things up a little bit.
> Also, use full screen mode or a tiny window -- anything in-between will
> slow the Libretto 50 down a lot because it is running only at 75Mhz.
> You may want to reduce the color depth from 32-bits to 16-bits or lower -
> adjust and play until you find something that works.
>
> The best you maybe able to get is dithered 256 colors in full screen mode
> or full colors in a tiny window on the L50 -- that's what I remember
> getting until I overclocked it to 100Mhz, and it was a little more
> responsive
> then, but certainly nothing amazing still.
>
> The L50 will play VCDs, just not at the 30fps you'd expect off a desktop
> system
> -- nothing you can do at the 75Mhz it is running at (unless you overclock;
> maybe like Xin's L50 @ 166Mhz would probably do a whole lot better).
>
> d =)
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