In order to play the MirrorDome videos, I need a computer. The tests were done with my laptop, which could comfortably play 1920x1080 at native resolution, since it has nVidia graphics - GeForce 9100M G. Trying to run on saispace2 was altogether different. It has a 2.7 GHz P4 processor, so it should be capable of playing 1080p. But the integrated Intel graphics can only go up to 1600x1200, though it plays the video fine. With the Matrox G400, the driver in WinXP doesn't seem to be accelerated. (Also, 1920x1440 is available, but not 1920x1080, even when "List all modes" is enabled.) So, the video plays at something like 1 fps! Tested the mga driver using puppy linux 5.11 - that too doesn't play the video. Now probably I will test with a graphics card "borrowed" from P.
Meanwhile, the network card stopped working on saispace2 - the device was just not seen on device manager, and was not seen in Linux either. Maybe due to inserting it without unplugging the power from the cabinet. Swapped it out for another DLink DFE 538 TX card, same problem. Then tried an old 10 Mbps card, NEC compatible - that one is working.
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