Scott Fitzgerald

What sort of experience have people had with the Intel Minis? I've

used them for simple kiosk type applications and they work very well

for that, and for simple video playback and networking operations, but

I'm curious if anyone has tried doing HD playback on a macmini

(ideally using opengl) while also doing some simple compositing? And

How much can they be asked to handle? Are the new Intels up to the

task? Is the integrated video card enough, or not so much?

What sort of experience have people had with the Intel Minis?  I've
used them for simple kiosk type applications and they work very well
for that, and for simple video playback and networking operations, but
I'm curious if anyone has tried doing HD playback on a macmini
(ideally using opengl) while also doing some simple compositing?  And
background subtraction?

How much can they be asked to handle?  Are the new Intels up to the
task?  Is the integrated video card enough, or not so much?

hardware-question-mac-mini-opengl-and-hd

In my experience testing Jitter on the Intel Mini, they perform quite 

well as long as you are not doing anything too texture-memory intensive. 

This means you will be limited in the number of jit.gl.slab or 

jit.gl.texture objects you can reasonably use, and some shaders (i.e. 

td.rota.jxs) may be too complex for the graphics card.

In my experience testing Jitter on the Intel Mini, they perform quite 
well as long as you are not doing anything too texture-memory intensive. 
  This means you will be limited in the number of jit.gl.slab or 
jit.gl.texture objects you can reasonably use, and some shaders (i.e. 
td.rota.jxs) may be too complex for the graphics card.

Thanks Andrew. If that's the case, I think they will do well, as the

project is a ways off (+6 months). I would expect any sort of

hardware change in that time would help rather than hinder and also

allow plenty of time to optimize the patch :)

> In my experience testing Jitter on the Intel Mini, they perform quite

> well as long as you are not doing anything too texture-memory intensive.

> This means you will be limited in the number of jit.gl.slab or

> jit.gl.texture objects you can reasonably use, and some shaders (i.e.

> td.rota.jxs) may be too complex for the graphics card.

Thanks Andrew.  If that's the case, I think they will do well, as the
project is a ways off (+6 months).  I would expect any sort of
hardware change in that time would help rather than hinder and also
allow plenty of time to optimize the patch :)

On 9/13/06, Andrew Benson  wrote:
> In my experience testing Jitter on the Intel Mini, they perform quite
> well as long as you are not doing anything too texture-memory intensive.
>   This means you will be limited in the number of jit.gl.slab or
> jit.gl.texture objects you can reasonably use, and some shaders (i.e.
> td.rota.jxs) may be too complex for the graphics card.


Just a quick followup for the archives, I tested a 720p pjpeg encoded

video with 2 640 * 480 images composited on top at at the apple store

on a macbook. While not the ideal test platform, it gave me a good

idea of what to expect on mini hardware (integrated graphics,

comporable speed & memory) and was able to get about 25fps.

> Thanks Andrew. If that's the case, I think they will do well, as the

> project is a ways off (+6 months). I would expect any sort of

> hardware change in that time would help rather than hinder and also

> allow plenty of time to optimize the patch :)

Just a quick followup for the archives, I tested a 720p pjpeg encoded
video with 2 640 * 480 images composited on top at at the apple store
on a macbook.  While not the ideal test platform, it gave me a good
idea of what to expect on mini hardware (integrated graphics,
comporable speed & memory) and was able to get about 25fps.

On 9/13/06, Scott Fitzgerald  wrote:
> Thanks Andrew.  If that's the case, I think they will do well, as the
> project is a ways off (+6 months).  I would expect any sort of
> hardware change in that time would help rather than hinder and also
> allow plenty of time to optimize the patch :)
>
>


Hardware question : Mac Mini, opengl and HD