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I downloaded and got an error playing it back when it was trying to create the dsp node. This file "should" play back fine without any new stuff to install. I suspect we need an update for gst-dsp and the file should play ok then. I will ask the relevant people and get back to you.

I managed to play it with a custom GStreamer pipeline without using the dsp video decoder and it started playing but the cpu is not enough to decode 720p MPEG4 without help from the dsp.

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I have done this (well not wmv but another format) with flumotion. I plan on cleaning up packages etc. and putting up in extras-devel to make this easy.

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So 720p mpeg4/divx is not supported by the dsp decoder. That is why these don't play.

i filed a bug on maemo bugzilla at:

https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6165

so they can clean up the error message.

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From a practical point, why would we want 720p?

1. Pointless on 800X480 display
2. Space hog
3. Battery hog
4. N900 has no practical heat dissipation (720p is hot)
5. Archos 5 with both a metal case and a heatsink runs hot with 720p.
6. The composite output would be 480 lines interlaced of resolution, so no advantage outputting externally either.

Is this just to test the ceiling of the chipset? I can say that 720p does work with the 3430, because I have last year's Archos 5 and it uses the same chipset and plays them fine- but REAL hot.

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Why Rushmore?

Because we can. It's about pushing the boundaries.

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Not having to convert if you happen to come across that high res, downloading directly from the browser

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Understood, just the point that the device would probably fail after about ten minutes due to no practical heat dissipation for such heavy bandwidth. Perhaps if it had a metal case, it could have piped to that, but it does not. Still be warm to hold though ;)

Again, the 3430 DOES play 720p, so it would be a case of drivers being made. Archos may suck with sound quality, but they are kings with video drivers.

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Sorry to sound like a complete newb, but I just want to know, is VLC available for the N900 yet?
I've checked both the downloads section here and VLC's website, and I've yet to see a Maemo5 version. But, I can always hope. :D

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There's a version of VLC available, but it isn't for "newbs". It is missing a GUI (meaning it can only run from the command line) and it has to be installed with root and "dpkg -i" from a developer's server...

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We have the WIndows/Linux PC UI somewhat working now using Qt4.5. You can get it from the "fremantle" branch at http://git.remlab.net/git/vlc.git/

Better than CLI, but still far from satisfactory. Also, the build process still needs to be cleaned up. So I am dubious about releasing to Fremantle Extras in this state.

Basically, a UI developer would be needed and there is currently none.