Anyone have any feedback on 480p mp4 video playback on Sam460's with AmigOS4.1 FE and the latest Mplayer?

@LiveForIt

I have ordered a copy since 19th Dec 2014..
Should get it about a week after Acube ship it .
Until then I wait patiently .

@Hans

This is my output under OS 4.1 Update 6.
Sam460ex. RadeonHD6670 .
Radeon HD 2.4 driver .
Onboard SM502 audio .
Playback works with cgx_wpa .

libavformat version 55.33.100 (internal)
libavformat file format detected.
[lavf] stream 0: video (vp8), -vid 0
[lavf] stream 1: audio (vorbis), -aid 0
VIDEO: [VP80] 540x360 0bpp 30.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
encoder: Google
VO: [comp_yuv2] You need graphics.library version 65.100 or newer.
VO: [comp_yuv] You need graphics.library version 65.100 or newer.
VO: [comp] You need graphics.library version 54.0 or newer.
VO: [cgx_wpa] Welcome man !.
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 55.52.102 (internal)
Selected video codec: [ffvp8] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg VP8)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, floatbe, 0.0 kbit/0.00% (ratio: 0->352800)
Selected audio codec: [ffvorbis] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg Vorbis)
==========================================================================
Not supported format 0000001c
Endian: BE
Signed: Yes
Float: Yes
BITS: 32
SPECIAL TYPE: 0
Using Format AF_FORMAT_S16_BE
AO: [ahi_dev] 44100Hz 2ch s16be (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
libmpcodecs/vd.c:mpcodecs_config_vo:d
Movie-Aspect is 1.50:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [cgx_wpa] 540x360 => 540x360 Planar YV12
VO: Disabling blanker
[swscaler @ 0x498dfcb0]using unscaled yuv420p -> argb special converter

@gerograph

You can create a NTFS partition for transfer between AMIGAOS 4.1 and Linux for now.
The NTFileSystem3G plugin in AMIGOS 4.1 works very well.
Create the partition under AmigaOS 4.1 and format it as NTFS under Linux.
Create the DOSdriver for AmigaOS using giggledisk.
Screen shot showing setup details at
http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.b ... 52&t=2238&start=30#p30912

@Elwood

One that I have always needed when connecting a second hard drive on a Sam440epflex was

s4sii_maxbus=2

@gurus2000

I am getting rusty.

Check your boot order in the uboot menu also .

boot1=s4siicdrom
boot2=s4sii

@gurus2000

Just reread you posts and edited my previous post.

@gurus2000


By the way parthenope wont boot SFS/02 partitions so this may be an issue. You may need to connect the hard drive to the non bootable SATA port and install SLB after booting from the Install CD then reconnect to the original SATA port or reformat the boot partition and reinstall Amiga OS using an SFS/00 partition .

@gurus2000

for you it should be setenv sii3114ide_conf 1022

Then to save it to nvram
saveenv

The bootable DVD should be connected to J23

@gurus2000

Sounds like order of the hard drive and CD drive may be reversed in your setup . I recall this problem has happened to a few people who reformatted their boot partition.

You can specify the drive type in Uboot using
setenv sii3114ide_conf=1002.


The "1002" code means:

1: HDD connected to port 0
0: nothing on port 1
0: nothing on port 2
2: a CD-ROM drive on port 3

@interrogative
This would have to b e supported by the RadeonHD driver first. If you just nned to make sure your cooler is working ok and not constantly monitor it then Linux is your friend for now .
http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.b ... ic.php?f=33&t=2696#p30465

http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.b ... =52&t=2238&p=30789#p30789

@interrogative


Linux,Debian Jessie,has a sensor viewer that shows the temperature of a Radeon graphics card on Sams. dont think that there is anything under AmigaOS 4.x . I am getting between 34C and 38C with a Radeon HD6670 .

Edit;
There is also a tool called psensor that works under Lubuntu .

@LiveForIt

Running from Ram: with no previous config drawer

"Ram:mplayer" -benchmark -nosound -ao null -vo null -lavdopts skiploopfilter=all User:Work/Downloads/big_buck_bunny_720p_surround.avi

BENCHMARKs: VC: 574.085s VO: 0.183s A: 0.000s Sys: 11.185s = 585.452s
BENCHMARK%: VC: 98.0583% VO: 0.0312% A: 0.0000% Sys: 1.9104% = 100.0000%

Ran a benchmark to see how the cpu on a Sam460ex does on 720p video decode. The video is 596 seconds long.

"AmigaOS 4.1:C/mplayer" -benchmark -nosound -ao null -vo null -lavdopts skiploopfilter=none User:Work/Downloads/big_buck_bunny_720p_surround.avi
MPlayer LiveForIt V5.1 - SVN-rSVN-r32634-4.2.4(C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
160 audio & 349 video codecs

Playing User:Work/Downloads/big_buck_bunny_720p_surround.avi.
AVI file format detected.
[aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0
[aviheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
AVI: ODML: Building ODML index (2 superindexchunks).
VIDEO: [FMP4] 1280x720 24bpp 24.000 fps 4001.7 kbps (488.5 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
Software: AVI-Mux GUI 1.17.7, Aug 8 2006 20:59:17
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
==========================================================================
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [null] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12


BENCHMARKs: VC: 601.852s VO: 0.170s A: 0.000s Sys: 14.805s = 616.826s
BENCHMARK%: VC: 97.5723% VO: 0.0276% A: 0.0000% Sys: 2.4001% = 100.0000%

Exiting... (End of file)

@Hans
http://www.corecodec.com/products/coreplayer
http://www.corecodec.com/products/coreavc
http://www.corecodec.com/products/coreavc/guide

@tommysammy

Thank you.
This would project the Sam460 at around 583s for the Big_Buck_Bunny decode.
So maybe 720p playback will be possible.
We await an actual Sam460 benchmark to see.

@SinanSam460

Try the mplayer benchmark your sam460

http://download.blender.org/peach/big ... uck_bunny_720p_stereo.avi


mplayer -benchmark -nosound -ao null -vo null -lavdopts skiploopfilter=none big_buck_bunny_720p_stereo.avi


I think that the results would have to be 596s for realtime cpu decode . (18.20% of an AMD FX 4300 quad core 2.8GHZ =108.4732s)

Using the benchmark figures for the Prometheus 1080p clip that I have of 23.778 and 399.791, the Sam460 may take up to 1825s to complete the big_buck_bunny benchmark though.

@AmigaSociety

These should be the supported series from my understanding of the published compatibility.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product ... d&Order=PRICE&PageSize=30

@Severin

now we can compare to this.
Benchmarking your AROS machine with MPlayer
http://aros-exec.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=63722

@Severin

Thanks.
I think that it is always good to post benchmarks as it allows you to see improvements over time.