HD movie playback on Eee PC

runawayprisoner · 1 Week Ago

Hmm... I know a lot of people are looking at me with "those eyes" as they saw the title. But... truth is... HD movies playback MIGHT be possible on the Eee PC. And I'm not talking about some DivX HD movies, I'm talking about AVC h264 movies.

^= More on that later. And since it's using overlay, you won't see anything in the video frame... sadly.

Edit: Oh yeah, I'll get back to that FFX running at 30fps trick later, Phil... ;p For now, enjoy the ultra tiny HD-capable laptop. Seriously, "who woulda thunk", right???

skoreanime · 1 Week Ago

Interesting. The only thing holding me back on the EEE PC is the screen resolution size. Anything less then 1680x1050 bugs me

Hard core Rikki · 1 Week Ago

HD on EeePC? In XP? May I honorably ask whether you have been abusing caffeine lately? ;p
In a Linux, should run faster, at least. Which softs would you be using ?

runawayprisoner · 6 Days Ago

Naw... I've been abusing water.

Anyway, you can connect the Eee PC to an external VGA monitor, or HDTV.
I'm positive CoreAVC doesn't have a Linux version, and it's the only thing that will decode AVC contents at watchable speed. I've tried VLC, Moonlight, and mplayer with libavcodec. Even AVC with ffdshow. None of the available open-source solutions can achieve this... sadly.

On the bright side, CoreAVC is only $8. Actually $20 if you want to get the most out of it. And anyway, you can try the codec out for 14 days. At this point, I say... it's worth it.

Edit: And did I say that the version of XP on my Eee PC has only 10 services running?

james.miller · 5 Days Ago

they struggle with 720p. i cant see them doing 1080p. ever. we (my friend who owns one and I) even went as far as overclocking the damn thing to 900mhz.

runawayprisoner · 5 Days Ago

Again, seriously consider CoreAVC.

720p is absolutely smooth. 1080p is a bit too overkill indeed. It dies with any 1080p content I put in. Not as in... slide shows, but more like... too much delaying, and too much freezing. It's still somewhat watchable. 720p is still smooth.

james.miller · 5 Days Ago

tried that. its ok with low bitrate content, but not a seriour rip from a bluray and definately not 1080p froma bluray.

this Welcome To Popcorn Hour looks very interesting though. vc1 playback @ 40mbps. 1080p

cottonvibes · 5 Days Ago

my old P4 struggled with 720p, and 1080p was retarded.

runawayprisoner · 5 Days Ago

Really? Because the MGS4 clip I took from my PS3 was at 6MB/sec in total bitrate (4.5MB/sec for video and 1.5MB/sec for audio), and only CoreAVC (1.7.0) can properly play the clip. Any other application just returned slide shows. Audio codec was FFDShow AAC.

And I thought you'd have to re-encode most Blu-Ray contents to get 720p?

By the way, 1080p was really playing at 22.4fps versus the normal 24fps as shown up there.

makotech222 · 5 Days Ago

i think theyre refreshing the pc line during the summer i think im gonna get one then for college. i really look forward to it

Elite Knight · 5 Days Ago

Hey man from GOM player it plays HD it's alos faster then WMP and it also dosent need to load codiacs to play videos it just plays i got my HD videos to work on it you can also resize the screen to 1280X1024 full screen with HD 1980X1080 so on heres the link.

GOM software - Free, Simple, Light, It just plays! - GOM Media Player, GOM encoder

runawayprisoner · 5 Days Ago

Still lags to no end on the Eee PC. Just tried. Seems like CoreAVC really is the world's fastest AVC decoder... or at least it is from my own tests.

NexXxus · 3 Days Ago

i decided to wait for the 900 Series,
20GB SSD for the Linux version and only 12GB for the one with Windows XP...
saves +8GB because of the XP licence, thats fair if you ask me :P

skoreanime · 3 Days Ago

Yeah, the 900 looks and sounds to be a winner. Like how they improved the screen resolution. I may get one myself and give away my current Asus laptop...it's that tempting

runawayprisoner · 2 Days Ago

Uhmm... the 900 is here, but please note that:
- It uses a bit more battery than the 70x series (8.9" screen versus 7" screen), plus the wireless signal is reportedly lower, probably because the antennas are no longer up in the screen bezel.
- Vanilla XP runs really slow on the Eee PC. An nLited version is recommended, and that still means you need a license.
- 900 is still the same machine with a bigger screen, repositioned antennas, and relocated speakers.

Better wait for the 901, or if you don't think you can shell out that much money, just get the 70x series. They are down to around $300 - 350 in price now if you hit up eBay.

Kazuya Mishima · 2 Days Ago

My AthlonXP 2000 can run the Mgs4 trailers at 1080p with Coreavc. Without it it will show like 2 frames in the entire video. That codec is something.

Phil · 2 Days Ago

Rap, im still waiting for those FFX screens. im not letting you off the hook.

runawayprisoner · 2 Days Ago

I'm waiting for a graphics card...

Phil · 2 Days Ago

Use onboard, come on, get to a-postin'

runawayprisoner · 2 Days Ago

Too busy shining the case... I'm going to Fanime next week, so I need myself a pimpin' laptop...

1 Week Ago	#1 (permalink)
runawayprisoner President Emo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 2,783	HD movie playback on Eee PC Hmm... I know a lot of people are looking at me with "those eyes" as they saw the title. But... truth is... HD movies playback MIGHT be possible on the Eee PC. And I'm not talking about some DivX HD movies, I'm talking about AVC h264 movies. ^= More on that later. And since it's using overlay, you won't see anything in the video frame... sadly. Edit: Oh yeah, I'll get back to that FFX running at 30fps trick later, Phil... ;p For now, enjoy the ultra tiny HD-capable laptop. Seriously, "who woulda thunk", right??? __________________ My best friend: Kopu: Asus Eee PC 701 4G w/ 1GB RAM, 12GB of total storage capacity, and 3h of battery capacity. I will get that new battery pack... so we can be together longer, my dear... Last edited by runawayprisoner; 1 Week Ago at 21:36.

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skoreanime Insomniac in training... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 3,116	Interesting. The only thing holding me back on the EEE PC is the screen resolution size. Anything less then 1680x1050 bugs me __________________ Q6600 @ 3Ghz, 333x9 Gigabyte DS3R, Rev1.0 Patriot Extreme DDR2 PC-6400RAM BFG 9800GX2 @ stock

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Hard core Rikki JUMPIN' UP THE NATIONS Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perpetual Hawaii Posts: 4,373	HD on EeePC? In XP? May I honorably ask whether you have been abusing caffeine lately? ;p In a Linux, should run faster, at least. Which softs would you be using ? __________________ < My deviantART \| GENERALEMU \| Webcomics VBA-M \| @ES \| <(^_^<) (>^_^)> <(^_^)> <(^_^<) (>^_^)> <(^_^)> May the fleas of 1000 camels infest the crotches of BIOS swappers! And may their arms be too short to scratch!

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runawayprisoner President Emo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 2,783	Naw... I've been abusing water. Anyway, you can connect the Eee PC to an external VGA monitor, or HDTV. I'm positive CoreAVC doesn't have a Linux version, and it's the only thing that will decode AVC contents at watchable speed. I've tried VLC, Moonlight, and mplayer with libavcodec. Even AVC with ffdshow. None of the available open-source solutions can achieve this... sadly. On the bright side, CoreAVC is only $8. Actually $20 if you want to get the most out of it. And anyway, you can try the codec out for 14 days. At this point, I say... it's worth it. Edit: And did I say that the version of XP on my Eee PC has only 10 services running? __________________ My best friend: Kopu: Asus Eee PC 701 4G w/ 1GB RAM, 12GB of total storage capacity, and 3h of battery capacity. I will get that new battery pack... so we can be together longer, my dear...

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james.miller Mr. Stupendous Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Here, There and Everywhere. Posts: 1,130	they struggle with 720p. i cant see them doing 1080p. ever. we (my friend who owns one and I) even went as far as overclocking the damn thing to 900mhz. __________________ The HTPC E2160 @ 3.1ghz \| Thermaltake The Orb cooler \| Abit ip35-pro \| 4Gb DDR-II pc6400\| 1.00Tb of WD AAKS storage \| Asus Xonar D2\| 360 HD-DVD drive Pioneer bd204 bluray sata drive \| Corsair HX620w PSU \| *BFG GeForce 8800GTX* \| Silverstone SST-LC17b \| 24" DGM TFT \| 40" 1080p SONY 40w2000 ONKYO TX-SR805 \| bi-amped mission m71i fronts \| eltax center & bipolar rears 2x 12" custom built subwoofers powered by a denon pma-100m \| PS3 with linux and a 250gb 3.5" internal drive \| Nintendo wii

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runawayprisoner President Emo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 2,783	Again, seriously consider CoreAVC. 720p is absolutely smooth. 1080p is a bit too overkill indeed. It dies with any 1080p content I put in. Not as in... slide shows, but more like... too much delaying, and too much freezing. It's still somewhat watchable. 720p is still smooth. __________________ My best friend: Kopu: Asus Eee PC 701 4G w/ 1GB RAM, 12GB of total storage capacity, and 3h of battery capacity. I will get that new battery pack... so we can be together longer, my dear...

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james.miller Mr. Stupendous Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Here, There and Everywhere. Posts: 1,130	tried that. its ok with low bitrate content, but not a seriour rip from a bluray and definately not 1080p froma bluray. this Welcome To Popcorn Hour looks very interesting though. vc1 playback @ 40mbps. 1080p __________________ The HTPC E2160 @ 3.1ghz \| Thermaltake The Orb cooler \| Abit ip35-pro \| 4Gb DDR-II pc6400\| 1.00Tb of WD AAKS storage \| Asus Xonar D2\| 360 HD-DVD drive Pioneer bd204 bluray sata drive \| Corsair HX620w PSU \| *BFG GeForce 8800GTX* \| Silverstone SST-LC17b \| 24" DGM TFT \| 40" 1080p SONY 40w2000 ONKYO TX-SR805 \| bi-amped mission m71i fronts \| eltax center & bipolar rears 2x 12" custom built subwoofers powered by a denon pma-100m \| PS3 with linux and a 250gb 3.5" internal drive \| Nintendo wii

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runawayprisoner President Emo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 2,783	Really? Because the MGS4 clip I took from my PS3 was at 6MB/sec in total bitrate (4.5MB/sec for video and 1.5MB/sec for audio), and only CoreAVC (1.7.0) can properly play the clip. Any other application just returned slide shows. Audio codec was FFDShow AAC. And I thought you'd have to re-encode most Blu-Ray contents to get 720p? By the way, 1080p was really playing at 22.4fps versus the normal 24fps as shown up there. __________________ My best friend: Kopu: Asus Eee PC 701 4G w/ 1GB RAM, 12GB of total storage capacity, and 3h of battery capacity. I will get that new battery pack... so we can be together longer, my dear...

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Elite Knight \|N64-NGC-PS2-WII-PC\| Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Who Knows Mabey Behind You Posts: 61	Hey man from GOM player it plays HD it's alos faster then WMP and it also dosent need to load codiacs to play videos it just plays i got my HD videos to work on it you can also resize the screen to 1280X1024 full screen with HD 1980X1080 so on heres the link. GOM software - Free, Simple, Light, It just plays! - GOM Media Player, GOM encoder __________________ Elite Knight My PC Specs \|Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX 712MB 384Bit memory interface\| \|Ram: 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066Mzh ram\| \|Hard Drive: Western Digital 2X 750GB SATA 16 MB Cache 7200 RPM = 1.5 TerraBytes\| \|Prossesor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Clock Speed 3.04 GHz Front Side Bus 1333 Mhz\| \|Operating System: Windows XP Pro 32bit and 64Bit System\| \|Sound Card: Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series\| My Youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/NintedoWii

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runawayprisoner President Emo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 2,783	Still lags to no end on the Eee PC. Just tried. Seems like CoreAVC really is the world's fastest AVC decoder... or at least it is from my own tests. __________________ My best friend: Kopu: Asus Eee PC 701 4G w/ 1GB RAM, 12GB of total storage capacity, and 3h of battery capacity. I will get that new battery pack... so we can be together longer, my dear...

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NexXxus Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 2,798	i decided to wait for the 900 Series, 20GB SSD for the Linux version and only 12GB for the one with Windows XP... saves +8GB because of the XP licence, thats fair if you ask me :P __________________ My System: C2D E6700 @2.67GHz \| Asus P5W DH Deluxe \| 2 GB DDR2 800 \| GeForce 8800GT Extreme My FFXII GSdx9 Highres Screenshot Gallery (link fixed!) \| mixed pcsx2 screenshots Get the latest GSdx here and ZeroGS here If you search for pcsx2 betas, look here (but no support in the forums for it!)

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skoreanime Insomniac in training... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 3,116	Yeah, the 900 looks and sounds to be a winner. Like how they improved the screen resolution. I may get one myself and give away my current Asus laptop...it's that tempting __________________ Q6600 @ 3Ghz, 333x9 Gigabyte DS3R, Rev1.0 Patriot Extreme DDR2 PC-6400RAM BFG 9800GX2 @ stock

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runawayprisoner President Emo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 2,783	Uhmm... the 900 is here, but please note that: - It uses a bit more battery than the 70x series (8.9" screen versus 7" screen), plus the wireless signal is reportedly lower, probably because the antennas are no longer up in the screen bezel. - Vanilla XP runs really slow on the Eee PC. An nLited version is recommended, and that still means you need a license. - 900 is still the same machine with a bigger screen, repositioned antennas, and relocated speakers. Better wait for the 901, or if you don't think you can shell out that much money, just get the 70x series. They are down to around $300 - 350 in price now if you hit up eBay. __________________ My best friend: Kopu: Asus Eee PC 701 4G w/ 1GB RAM, 12GB of total storage capacity, and 3h of battery capacity. I will get that new battery pack... so we can be together longer, my dear...

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Kazuya Mishima The seeker of perfection Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Suing somebody Posts: 2,875	My AthlonXP 2000 can run the Mgs4 trailers at 1080p with Coreavc. Without it it will show like 2 frames in the entire video. That codec is something. __________________ Visit my blog in Spanish: http://andreyirra.blogspot.com

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Phil ePSXe Beta Tester Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lockheed Skunkworks Posts: 2,479	Rap, im still waiting for those FFX screens. im not letting you off the hook. __________________ Antec P182 (Chrome Finish) * ThermalTake Toughpower 650w PSU 500GB Seagate * 74Gb Raptor * Asus P5K * 4GB Corsair Dominator 1066 Ram * Windows 95

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runawayprisoner President Emo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 2,783	I'm waiting for a graphics card... __________________ My best friend: Kopu: Asus Eee PC 701 4G w/ 1GB RAM, 12GB of total storage capacity, and 3h of battery capacity. I will get that new battery pack... so we can be together longer, my dear...

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Phil ePSXe Beta Tester Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lockheed Skunkworks Posts: 2,479	Use onboard, come on, get to a-postin' __________________ Antec P182 (Chrome Finish) * ThermalTake Toughpower 650w PSU 500GB Seagate * 74Gb Raptor * Asus P5K * 4GB Corsair Dominator 1066 Ram * Windows 95

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runawayprisoner President Emo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 2,783	Too busy shining the case... I'm going to Fanime next week, so I need myself a pimpin' laptop... __________________ My best friend: Kopu: Asus Eee PC 701 4G w/ 1GB RAM, 12GB of total storage capacity, and 3h of battery capacity. I will get that new battery pack... so we can be together longer, my dear...

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