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Is an Eee Pc (with Atom N450 processor, 1 Gb memory, integrated graphics, 1024x600 screen and Windows XP SP3) good enough to play full HD AVCHD High profile 1920x1080 50i 17 Mbps?

If not - can I buy something that might make it possible? i.e. more RAM, Windows 7 32 or 64 bit or???

In the standard version my Eee PC and Splash lite plays the first 2 seconds of the AVCHD well - and then it starts stuttering.
I know, that the netbook is not the right thing for AVCHD but as it only weighs about 1 Kg it is ideal for me for a first preview of the video I recorded during the day on travel to places like Far Away...

does it have a ion(2) chipset?

Without hardware acceleretion (like ION on netbooks) it isn't possible.
And with 1 atom core... It can't even play some 720p videos.

vivan wrote:Without hardware acceleretion (like ION on netbooks) it isn't possible.
And with 1 atom core... It can't even play some 720p videos.

I think it isn't possible with or without ION. I have a notebook with ION but I have troubles with fullHD video playing. Especially if you'll turn Motion2, it will be "cartoon-like" (pic-by-pic) or audio won't be synchonised with video.

Joco1114 wrote:I think it isn't possible with or without ION. I have a notebook with ION but I have troubles with fullHD video playing. Especially if you'll turn Motion2, it will be "cartoon-like" (pic-by-pic) or audio won't be synchonised with video.

With ION - any (avc, mpeg2, vc-1 at 1080p/i) video plays flawlessly... At least on my Compaq mini
Of course Motion2 requires a lof of CPU power - so turning it on (for 720p - 1080p video) on Atom is insane

i know this is a very late response however it is possible to play 720 files on a netbook

NOW keep in mind i did upgrade my ram to 2gb.

HOWEVER i found as long as you dont do anything else while watching a clip, it can be done by installing CCCP with media player classic, then either the DIVX codec or better yet the coreavc codec. you need to make sure the EXTERNAL FILTER optin in MPC is set to either the DIVX or coreavc codec. I am able to play 720 files with this configuration.

MPC + CoreAVC is the best solution for low powered CPU's with no GPU acceleration. Splash should work also but only with dual-core or higher clocked Atoms. All situations will eat CPU resources near 100 percent. AFAIK you can seek the Broadcom HD chipset and use an free Mini PCI-ex slot. Your 1080p CPU load will be ~50% in most situations.

Come on, seriously, you're not thinking of playing HD videos on a netbook (sans the ion chipset). It just doesn't make any sense.

insect000 wrote:Come on, seriously, you're not thinking of playing HD videos on a netbook (sans the ion chipset). It just doesn't make any sense.

You are right. It doesn't justify the file size and the useless system resources (CPU fan will work at full potential). 480p AVI files are a much better match.

insect000 wrote:Come on, seriously, you're not thinking of playing HD videos on a netbook (sans the ion chipset). It just doesn't make any sense.

Oh yes, I do :- ) - and why:
At home I have a double Xeon 4 core machine for video editing.
For more "luxurious" film trips I use a 13 inch SU Core 2 Duo with an ATI HD 4330.

But there are situations where even that laptop is too heavy at its 2 Kgs - so for this I use a simple Eee 10 inch Atom 450 netbook weighing 1,1 Kgs to copy my footage from camera to HDD and to backups and for basic preview.
Even if my footage is full HD at 1920x1080 50i AVCHD compressed I do get an impression of the video shots (shooting angles, zoom, pan, light, shaking, focus etc etc) - and the tiny netbook is very near to play the footage fluently - I think that only 20-30 percent more power would do.

What I will do now is wait for the 3-4 months near future when netbooks with stronger processors like the Fusion arrive.