Tony Travis wrote: > Kris Douglas wrote: > >> [...] >> The PS3 is perfectly powerful enouugh for playing HD videos, but they >> DELIBERATELY crippled linux in order for only PlayStation games to >> work. As far as I know, you have full access to the CPU, but graphics >> and BR are a no-go. Format a hard drive with Fat 32, i think a >> 1280x720 BR film loads in about 4 gig, which is the max file size for >> F32, then just check the format works, and play it through the PS3's >> own OS. >> > > Hello, Kris. > > I don't think that's quite right, at least for YDL: > > from: http://www.ydl.net/support/hardware/sony.shtml > > >> Sony PS3 40GB, 60GB, 80GB >> >> 1. Notes: The Nvidia graphics card is not supported beyond framebuffer >> mode. This does not reduce the quality of the image, but does not provide >> accelerated (3D) video nor OpenGL support. >> > > Not that I'm suggesting using YDL as an alternative to Ubuntu ;-) > > [I've got Hardy on my iMac] > I'm still tempted to go down the PS3 route, although I may just put together an old PC with a newer NVidia graphics card for media playback (other than Bluray).
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