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Where can I get Power Cinema Linux?

post #1 of 12
9/24/04 at 2:59pm
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I have searched throughout the net and found nothing other than presss release information, Cyberlink's website included.
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post #2 of 12
9/24/04 at 3:15pm
This laptop comes with Power Cinema:

http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux-laptop-lc2100.html

Is Power Cinema supposed to be a hardware solution? In that case, I'm not surprised you don't see much of it. Okay, this site (http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Aug/1068265.htm) confirms my theory. Seems that Power Cinema is a chip on the motherboard. So, unless a laptop ODM decides to put it on their board, you're basically out of luck. If you're looking for hardware specs, I'm sure you need to pay through the nose and sign an NDA before you see anything.

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zakaluka2.
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post #3 of 12
9/24/04 at 3:20pm
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Originally Posted by zakaluka2
This laptop comes with Power Cinema:

http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux-laptop-lc2100.html

Is Power Cinema supposed to be a hardware solution? In that case, I'm not surprised you don't see much of it. Okay, this site (http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Aug/1068265.htm) confirms my theory. Seems that Power Cinema is a chip on the motherboard. So, unless a laptop ODM decides to put it on their board, you're basically out of luck. If you're looking for hardware specs, I'm sure you need to pay through the nose and sign an NDA before you see anything.

Regards,

zakaluka2.

That's the Uniwill Laptop that's also the platform for the Alienware Sentia, which also has PowerCinema.
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post #4 of 12
9/24/04 at 3:27pm
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From what I have gathered, it is like any other Linux Distro. Install Power Cinema Linux on a separate partition, and set it as bootable. The P button next to the power button on the Sentia can be used to boot into it, but I am sure that I *should* be able booted through boot manager or Lilo.

Another nice thing about Power Cinema used with the Sentia is that it boots up at a slower clock speed for DVD and media play only to save on battery.

I have version 1 Sentia which does not have the P button and did not come with Power Cinema.
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post #5 of 12
9/24/04 at 3:32pm
From what I've read, Power Cinema is composed of Linux code/microcode + a hardware decoder. That uniwill model up there doesn't need to boot up in order to play DVDs, CDs, etc. From the linuxcertified website:

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Power Cinema with Instant-Play (using Embedded Linux):
Plays CD/MP3/DVD/View Photos -- without loading full Operating System
So, even if you found the software part of Power Cinema somewhere, you will still need the hardware decoder with it. That's the beauty of Power Cinema and probably why not a lot of laptop manufacturers have gone with it yet.

In the case that there is a version of it that is a full linux distro, you will still not get the benefits of the hardware decoder. However, you should be able to just contact another Sentia V2 user and get an image of that partition from them.

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zakaluka2.
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post #6 of 12
9/24/04 at 3:35pm
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So my first generation Setia will not have it then. I am reading some nice things about Power Cinema. I hope to see some review with details on it at the AW Sentia section.

The Dell 700m is using the same ODM as the Sentia, right? Then I will expect the same review from the Dell section.

I like the idea of Power Cinema.
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post #7 of 12
9/24/04 at 5:45pm
I was hoping to get a linux distro too and have it work. But yes the PowerCinema seems like it's an embedded solution.

Judging by that and how the cpu runs so slow. THe Uniwill should have more battery life i presume if you run it in power cinema mode for the longest time to test how long it can run?
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post #8 of 12
9/24/04 at 5:52pm
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I'll convince someone in AW Sentia forum to test it and post results.
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post #9 of 12
10/25/04 at 9:30pm
I made a image of my uniwill 223 powercinema linux partition if anyone wants it. I ripped it using Partimage using Knoppix 3.7. I have been talking to the uniwill technician about powercinema and how it works. It seems that the bios will seek out 500MB ext2 partition /dev/hda4 and then /dev/hda2 and it must be on a primary partition. Since Powercinema is a linux distro therefore it must be release under GPL! If we can get together and give Cyberlink some pressure, I am sure they will have to release the powercinema source code so we can hack and code and add even more features and newer programs! For those having issues trying to get X to run at 1280x800 checkout my other post.

Lenk
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post #10 of 12
1/28/05 at 2:12pm
Hi Lenk!

I bought an Laptop based on the same uniwill barebone in europe and it also should have power cinema. But when I want to boot the software the following message comes: No mesa partition found... My seller in europe can not sent me the needed software but as I read you did make a image. I would be very happy if you could send me the software in an e-mail ( mail2mpm@gmx.de ) or loading up to a server.
thx very much Rehuus (and I hope you understood my really bad english but I am not a native speaker, sorry!)
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post #11 of 12
2/9/05 at 6:32am
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Originally Posted by booga
From what I have gathered, it is like any other Linux Distro. Install Power Cinema Linux on a separate partition, and set it as bootable. The P button next to the power button on the Sentia can be used to boot into it, but I am sure that I *should* be able booted through boot manager or Lilo.

Another nice thing about Power Cinema used with the Sentia is that it boots up at a slower clock speed for DVD and media play only to save on battery.

I have version 1 Sentia which does not have the P button and did not come with Power Cinema.
Hi I'm not computer literate at all how do you set the partition as a bootible?
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post #12 of 12
3/20/06 at 9:37pm
is this the source code??
http://www.cyberlink.com/english/pro...cmlinuxgpl.jsp



http://download.gocyberlink.com//ftp...PL_sources.zip
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