[Openchrome-users] Slow performance with Flash player#

[Brian Candler]

On Sun, Jun 24, 2007 at 10:23:53PM +0100, Brian Candler wrote:
> I'm finding that playback of streaming video with Flash player 9 seems very
> slow - in the range 1 to 4 frames per second - and I was just wondering if
> there's anything I can do to speed it up. To demonstrate, I use this site:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/video/info.shtml
> (click on "Click here to start")

FYI, as a comparison, I've just installed Flash 9 on another PC at work.
This machine also runs Ubuntu 6.06 and has 512MB RAM, but has a gruntier
processor (Intel P4 2.8GHz) and a different video controller:

0000:01:01.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]
...
(**) I810(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
...
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM: Intel(r)865G Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Intel Corporation
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: Intel(r)865G Graphics Controller
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: Hardware Version 0.0
(II) I810(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 865G
(--) I810(0): Chipset: "865G"

It gives a *much* better frame rate - although it still leaves 0% idle CPU
time during playback.

So maybe video playback really does just require a decent processor.

On my home machine: is there any easy way to confirm that OpenChrome has
acceleration enabled? e.g. is there a 'show status' command, or a standard
benchmark?

Regards,

Brian.