@ktadd

Even 1080p will use 11-13% CPU, all the load is on the GPU and if it cannot cope, it won't use the CPU to get some help so the video will stutter.

@Thread

After many videos tried with Radeon HD Driver v5 on AmigaOne X1000 1,8 Ghz and a Radeon R7 250 with GUI settings : video memory usage and Perfs settings : dynamic with Video profile (using High Power I get the same results with more crashes), here are my thoughts.

1st thing : forget about 1080p videos, none will work. Even if you see 13% of CPU usage, it will be unplayable with any of the video players we have.

Regarding 720p videos : forget about 50/60 FPS videos. They won't be played correctly and it will stutter a lot.

For the 720p videos (25 or 30 FPS), I got mixed results.

1st, let's talk about players.

MPlayer : doesn't use VAAPI so it will be played as before : using CPU power.

Emotion : best quality and smoothness (I mean comparing to DvPlayer on the exact same video, the global feeling is that the video is smoother) BUT most of the time Emotion cannot read correctly a video without sound stuttering. Some videos will play without any problem but I think they are low compression ones (for these ones, I will use Emotion for the better smoothness).

DvPlayer : as mentionned above : lack of smoothness, even on low videos. But it can play lots of 720p videos without sound stuttering. On huge ones, there are video hickups unfortunately.

What is weird is that when using VAAPI, CPU is doing nearly nothing. Why doesn't the CPU help the GPU when this one can't cope with decoding (like on ather systems?).

At the moment, the only thing I can say is that I paid the driver to support Hans' work but it does just a little bit better that what I used to have with comp_yuv formely (eg read 720p videos and having some that can't be played correctly).

And I want to mention that on regular basis I only get a grey display when trying to load a video (whether with Emotion or DvPlayer) and the system becomes unresponsive as if the whole video ram (above the 256MB) had been used.

So I'm compelled to to a cold reboot (warm reboot doesn't work anymore with Radeon V5 driver).

Hopefully the driver will be enhanced a little bit more.

Edited : important note : use a fast HDD or better a SSD (and for the tests, use RAM: ).

Edited 2 : I fogot about another weird behaviour : some videos will use VAAPI with Emotion and not with DvPlayer (it will fall back to comp_yuv).

Never mind...

@vagappc

This not really the topic here.

In the OS4 World, we don't have any problem paying for software. It's a niche platform and we know it. People developing on AmigaOS 4.1 (and MorphOS or AmigaOS 3.x) deserve to get paid for their work.

The main problem is with how selling OS4 software is handled by the actual main reseller (namely AmigaKit) : a total mess that no one understands anymore :(

I've just asked for a refund. I don't think I will pay for it eventually.

If it had been announced that it was a pre-order, I would have had no problem with this.

Here, it's just some sort of false claims that a product is available to make people pay for a not finalised product.

This way of doing these kind of things is just what upsets OS4 users all the time.

@mdr

Great for you. They should have done this for everyone who purchased the box version.

Anyway...

@Thread

Still waiting for my order to be processed (still in "pending" status).

Just imagine mdr who has paid for it nearly a month ago.

Let's be honest : it was a hidden preorder of an unfinished driver (and if the driver has been finished by Hans, it's worse because it prevents him from getting money for his work).

If no news on next monday, I will get back my funds, I don't like being fooled.

WBStartup prefs.

Pyramid Quest on AmigaOS 4 would be great

@samo79

Ah yes, probably. I thought the latest version of Odyssey OS4 had the most recent webkit used by MorphOS' version.

@Kas1e

Thanks for the hard work put in Odyssey

BTW, do you know why https://www.amiga-ng.org (new version) is badly displayed wheras with Odyssey MorphOS there is no problem ?

Under MorphOS : https://www.amiga-ng.org/getfile.php?a ... p-1%20-%201671x977x24.png

Under OS4 : https://www.amiga-ng.org/getfile.php?a ... me=OdysseyOS4-AmigaNG.jpg

Kas1e spoiled nearly the whole game (so I did not watch your videos since I want to discover the levels by myself :) ).

I bought it today (15 bucks given). I made a news here : https://amiga-ng.org/article.php?sid=1297

A a simple video (I'm not very good since I was all new to the game) : https://video.amiga-ng.org/w/uwyeUyEKvbQDgRRS6PC52T

Ah. I've just ordered it too. Hopefully it is not some kind of hidden pre-order.

Hi,

Waiting for the release of everything that will allow hardware video acceleration for the X1000 (I wonder if all the mess regarding this specific topic and what is/will be needed has been settled), would be possible to implement some kind of deinterlace filter in either Emotion or DvPlayer.

MPlayer can do this but I did not find such optionin these ones.

Edited : typos in the title

No driver unfortunately.

I honestly think that people who already own an AmigaOS 4.1 system should not buy one of these new Sam460cr.

It'd be better to let those that have been waiting for months (years?) to get an entry level system to discover the AmigaOS 4.1 world to be able to finally buy one.

I don't think there will be 500 Sam460cr tyo be sold (not even 100). It would be too costy to produce for ACube.

What AmigaOS 4.1 needs is more users, not few people owning lots of differents OS4 hardware.

@Spectre660

Quote:

How simple it is, isn't it (sarcasm inside)...

@Rob

V2 of what? Of RadeonHD? Of ESP? You see how all this is not clear?

PS : nice from the modo who has deleted my previous post explaining why I decided to change my operating system regarding all this.

@amigakit

I think you totally misunderstood the anger of everyone in this thread, not only towards Hyperion but also towards A-EON.

You should read again the thread especially the messages explaining that you are acting exactly as Hyperion regarding communication.

The only thing I read in your answer is that you have nothing to tell, no news to inform us about the ESP, ...

You even talk about the X5000 Plus which I guess should be released at the same time the A1222 Plus will be releases (in 2029 or 2030 or something like that, no?).

You tell us that some people are working on some things. Great. We all already knew this since it's been like this for years.

So excepting telling us what is Hypersion's domain (we all already know this), nothing new.

@thread

I was fed up waiting. Yesterday, I broke the CR2032 support of my X1000 wen I wanted to change it.

I wanted to changed it because me X1000 stated to shut down without any notice.

Since it's broken, it will have to wait until repair.

And since absolutely nothing happens regarding AmigaOS 4.1 whether it is from Hyperion or A-Eon, I've just bought (for 300 Euros) a PowerMac G5 2,7 Ghz that I got this morning.

I'm now having a lot of fun with MorphOS 3.14, Wayfarer, MPlayer, Iris and so on. And this on the faster supported Amiganoid system (way faster than the expensive X1000 or X5000).

Sorry A-Eon and Hyperion but a lot of people will leave and then you will have no one anymore using your OS or the ESP. Too late.

I'm not waiting for anything during AmiWest : talks and talks and talks but nothing will come out after the event.