Okay, so it sounds like the Voodoo3 chipset doesn't handle video acceleration. In its heyday, it was a decent 3D accelerator, and 2D performance is fine, just the videos that don't work well.
Thanks for the help everyone.
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Okay, so it sounds like the Voodoo3 chipset doesn't handle video acceleration. In its heyday, it was a decent 3D accelerator, and 2D performance is fine, just the videos that don't work well.
Thanks for the help everyone.
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I found a couple of other PCI video cards that might do better. An S3 Virge and a Matrox Millennium. Any opinions on which would be a better choice?
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I have gotten the S3 Virge to work without too much fuss. It played flash just fine on my 650 MHz PIII. I don't know anything about Matrox Millennium though.Originally Posted by timzak
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Hmmm...just tried both the S3 Virge and the Millennium and both played flash just as poorly as the Voodoo3.
Any trouble-shooting ideas from anyone? Would the output ofprovide any useful info?Code:lshw
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I'm running a Dell Optiplex GX1 with a 6gb Hard drive, with 192 gb of ram, and Running Xubuntu 8.10
It isn't currently connected to the internet, but when i do connect it, and play videos, it is extremely slow, running at about 5fps. But other than that, it's great!
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Well, here is the output of lshw if it helps:
I wonder if the video adaptor being "unclaimed" is significant? The first video is the i810 onboard, which is disabled in the BIOS.Code:zane@debian:~$ lshw WARNING: you should run this program as super-user. debian description: Computer width: 32 bits *-core description: Motherboard physical id: 0 *-memory description: System memory physical id: 0 size: 254MiB *-cpu product: Celeron (Mendocino) vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 1 bus info: cpu@0 version: 6.6.5 size: 450MHz width: 32 bits capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr up *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 0 size: 32KiB *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 1 size: 128KiB *-pci description: Host bridge product: 82810 GMCH (Graphics Memory Controller Hub) vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp *-display UNCLAIMED description: VGA compatible controller product: 82810 (CGC) Chipset Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-pci description: PCI bridge product: 82801AB PCI Bridge vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1e bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master *-network description: Ethernet interface product: MX987x5 vendor: Macronix, Inc. [MXIC] physical id: b bus info: pci@0000:01:0b.0 logical name: eth0 version: 25 serial: 00:80:c6:f9:47:df width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical configuration: broadcast=yes driver=tulip driverversion=1.1.15-NAPI ip=192.168.0.102 latency=66 maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 module=tulip multicast=yes *-multimedia description: Multimedia audio controller product: SB Live! EMU10k1 vendor: Creative Labs physical id: d bus info: pci@0000:01:0d.0 version: 08 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=EMU10K1_Audigy latency=64 maxlatency=20 mingnt=2 module=snd_emu10k1 *-input description: Input device controller product: SB Live! Game Port vendor: Creative Labs physical id: d.1 bus info: pci@0000:01:0d.1 version: 08 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=Emu10k1_gameport latency=64 module=emu10k1_gp *-display UNCLAIMED description: VGA compatible controller product: MGA 2064W [Millennium] vendor: Matrox Graphics, Inc. physical id: e bus info: pci@0000:01:0e.0 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: vga_controller configuration: latency=0 *-isa description: ISA bridge product: 82801AB ISA Bridge (LPC) vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa bus_master configuration: latency=0 *-ide description: IDE interface product: 82801AB IDE Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ide bus_master configuration: driver=PIIX_IDE latency=0 module=piix *-ide:0 description: IDE Channel 0 physical id: 0 bus info: ide@0 logical name: ide0 clock: 33MHz *-disk product: WDC WD200BB-00CFC0 vendor: Western Digital physical id: 0 bus info: ide@0.0 logical name: /dev/hda capacity: 18GiB (20GB) *-ide:1 description: IDE Channel 1 physical id: 1 bus info: ide@1 logical name: ide1 clock: 33MHz *-cdrom product: JLMS XJ-HD163 physical id: 0 bus info: ide@1.0 logical name: /dev/hdc capabilities: packet *-usb description: USB Controller product: 82801AB USB Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd *-usbhost product: UHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 uhci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@1 logical name: usb1 version: 2.06 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s *-usb description: Mouse product: Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) vendor: Microsoft physical id: 1 bus info: usb@1:1 version: 3.00 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=1.5MB/s *-serial description: SMBus product: 82801AB SMBus Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0 module=i2c_i801 zane@debian:~$
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As far as I can tell, I have everything configured correctly, and the poor flash performance is with three different video cards, so I'm guessing the motherboard on this computer has a poor implementation of the PCI bus. Since a few of you have said that flash performs decently on your similar systems, that's the only explanation I can come up with. Anyone else have any suggestions?
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Using Arch with LXDE on the old Compaq PII 400MHZ, 384MB RAM,with an old nVida GeForce3 Ti 500. Plays youtube vids or other vids fairly well. Not smooth-smooth, but still okay enough to watch.
(shocked me it even worked to tell the truth...)
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What happens if you download the video first, close the web browser and then play it with a media player like vlc for example?
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