divx in linux, low-end hw.

[isw]

Hello,

I'm thinking of buying a toshiba libretto 110ct, it has the following hw-setup:
Libretto 110CT / PA1280xx
Processor MMX Pentium 233MHz
Memory(MAX) 32MB(64MB)
HDD 4.3GB
Display 7.2inch WideTFT 800x480
Display controller NeoMagic MagicGraph 128XD (NM2160)
Video RAM 2MB
Sound Yamaha OPL3-SAx

I will probably run Slackware or maybe ubuntu.

But what about divx? ffdshow codec and mmx registers, will it be enough? I will re-encode to fit screen/resolution.

Thanks,

-- isw

[zzzqzzz]

I was able to play divx movies with following HW using movix (special linux dist. to play multimedia file.)

P 233 Celeron
128M Ram.
20Gb Hdd.

[isw]

celeron probably has lower cache memory and perhaps not mmx register? So it should work with p233 mmx. Only one way to find out for sure I guess...
Movix, will look into that distro.

Thanks!

[bigtrouble77]

The Celeron is probably a little better because I think they were based on the pentium II's. The regular p233 is gonna be based on the pentium 1.

You may wanna try a distro like Gentoo to squeeze out every ounce of performance possible. You definately don't want to be using gnome. You also may want to try out Damn Small Linux.

I think memory will probably hold you back, tho.

[zzzqzzz]

bigtrouble is right about CPU and Memory.
Celeron is based PII and better than P233 mmx. and also
I dont think 36Mb memory would be enough.

On the other hand, If I can play divx files on my nokia 6630 (files re-encoded for lower resulotion and quality), It would be also possible to do such thing on P233 mxx + 32Mb. What you need is just right software.