Re: reports from the GPU trenches

[adr <adr%sdf.org@localhost>]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2025, Robert Elz wrote:
> I have one of those, and have been using in in HEAD kernels from
> 9.99.97 (May 2023?) until now (11.99.2) with few observable graphics
> problems (it certainly works well enough to use) though for 1080p
> video (from mplayer) it doesn't really have enough grunt, and video
> falls behind the audio quite quickly (but it can cope if mplayer scales
> the video down to 720p).  1920p (4K) video is so slow it may as well be
> a slide show.

A little off topic, but if your cpu is good enough you should try:

xine: xshm
mpv: --profile=sw-fast
mplayer: play with -sws, &c.

I used to play 1080p h264 with an rpi4 (and 720p with slower
machines). I had the best results with xine, but there are some
irritable bugs and the project seems to be a one person hobby now.

adr