Floppo said:
Paul ha scritto:
I already installed the latest driver and I already have the /usepmtimer
option in boot.ini.
Silverlight has not a separated entry. I tried to change the affinity
for the iexplorer.exe process but the change doesn't produce any effect.
I tried to install PowerNowDashboard Amd utility but it ends saying
processor not supported. I don't know if my processor supports cool n
quiet technology.
I think your processor is a single core, rather than a dual core.
So the affinity thing in Task Manager, should only have had one
tick box. In other words, that suggestion is a dead end. I thought
the processor was a dual initially, but looked it up on
Wikipedia and it is a single core.
I don't know if this is related to there only being one CPU core.
On the one hand, it means no problem transferring timer information
between cores. So one source of timing problems is removed. But
Cool N' Quiet could still change things. Go to Control Panels
and use the Power control panel. Instead of "Minimal Power", use
"Always On", which should run the CPU at full speed all the time.
Then check the video again.
If you want to monitor the CPU speed in real time, try CPUZ.
This is a Windows program. It doesn't cause enough loading
on the CPU, to cause it to rise above the idle desktop
setting, so if the CPU is normally running at the lower
core clock speed, you should be able to see both states
for your CPU. Your Power control panel would have to be
"Minimal Power" for the CPU to be moving between two different
clock speeds. When using a higher power scheme, such as
"Always On", the CPU should remain at the high clock setting
all the time.
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
*******
I have another test case for you to run. There is a port of
Silverlight available in Linux. The plugin is called Moonlight.
This is the sequence I used to test video playback in Linux.
1) Boot a Linux LiveCD. This allows testing without any data
being stored on a hard drive. I used my Knoppix 5.3.1 DVD
for this test. (knopper.net is the main web site for Knoppix.)
2) My version of Firefox was out of date. Using the Iceweasel
(Firefox with name change) browser on Knoppix (icon at bottom
of screen), you can download the latest version of Firefox
for Linux (3.0.7 ?). It is a bzip2 file. Open the home directory,
using the icon at the bottom of the screen. Move the downloaded
bzip2 file onto the home directory.
3) Open a terminal window. Execute this to unpack the file. The
folder "firefox" is the result. Change directory so you're
inside the new firefox folder.
bzip2 -c -d firefox.tar.bz2 | tar xf -
cd firefox
4) Now, you're in the Firefox directory. Exit the Iceweasel browser,
as you're now going to start the new 3.0.7 browser. Type this
in the terminal window. The "&" on the end, forks the command,
so you can use the terminal window for other commands if you
want.
./firefox &
5) Firefox 3.0.7 should now be running. Go here next.
http://go-mono.com/moonlight
Click the icon, to download the plugin. Firefox will prevent it.
Use the edit button at the top of the screen, where the error popped
up, to give the go-mono site permission to load the plugin.
That is the first step. You can verify the plugin is there, using the
Tools:Add-Ons menu item. There should be one entry there for
Moonlight.
6) Now, for movie viewing, you need a media pack (basic codecs). There is
a trick to this. If you go to a Silverlight web page with a movie
on it, a popup will offer you a codec pack. Accept it. The codec
pack will be stored in a plugins folder. The folder would be
down in ~/.mozilla , as that is where the dynamic junk for
Firefox is stored (in your home directory). Now, the problem is,
the codec pack just downloaded, is 249KB and is the wrong file.
What happens next, is the browser crashes. You'll need to do
ps aguwwwx | grep firefox
to list the currently running processes. The one with a fairly
large memory allocation, is the one you can kill. It has a process
ID or PID. Say that pid is 4709 for example. You'd do
kill -9 4709
and that should clean up Firefox.
7) Well, now you'd like to get the real codec pack. It is mentioned
on this page.
http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Moonlight_Codec_Pack
For X86 (32 bit Linux, like my Knoppix CD), it is
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=133186
That's right, you're downloading a file for a Linux computer,
from the Microsoft web site.
silverlight-media-pack-linux-x86-5-1.so 2,119,776 bytes
Put that in the plugins folder, in place of the other file.
If you use the file manager window, you can move the file
into place with your mouse. The download would be sitting
on the desktop by default.
8) Now, it is time to test Moonlight (Silverlight). Some test
pages are mentioned here.
http://go-mono.com/moonlight/MoonlightStatus.aspx
This site will play a Silverlight video for you.
http://www.mason-zimbler.com/festivegreetings/
I couldn't go to the RAI site and play the video
there, because I'm in Canada, and RAI only plays
for Italians.
In any case, the movie played fine for me, and appeared
to run at normal speed on my Core2 Duo processor. You
can try this test if you want, to see if the Linux
OS results in smooth video playback, at the correct
speed. If the processor is "bugged", then the video
should be bad in both OSes.
Paul
