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Wishes, Dreams, and Unicorns

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      trwidick @Emphrath
      last edited by 14 Jun 2021, 22:40

      @emphrath Like OpenGl?

      Currently Using: Google Pixel 3a (sargo) OTA-17

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        Keneda @trwidick
        last edited by 14 Jun 2021, 22:46

        @trwidick
        Like for decoding videos in media player or on websites like youtube i believe ^^

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          trwidick @Keneda
          last edited by 14 Jun 2021, 22:57

          @keneda A agree this can be very Important. I use youtube at work everyday. No better way to find a teardown of a laptop that needs a new motherboard or jack replaced. I wish i could code our problems away, but i do not code. The pixel 3a i think has hardware encoding, youtube works quite well, with out buffering, or skipping frames I might be wrong tho.

          Currently Using: Google Pixel 3a (sargo) OTA-17

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            Keneda @trwidick
            last edited by Keneda 15 Jun 2021, 01:21

            @trwidick no device under uTouch has hardware decoding working for now, as where the GPU decoding feature is directly used for that purpose.

            But devices with enough CPU power can decode without GPU acceleration help, wich is software decoding.

            In fact any device can, but some you'll have to stay on SD, where some other will allow HD 720 or 1080p without problem.

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_acceleration

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              trwidick @Keneda
              last edited by 15 Jun 2021, 02:40

              @keneda Thank you, I did not know that no UT device did not have Hardware decoding.

              Currently Using: Google Pixel 3a (sargo) OTA-17

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                dobey @magnargj
                last edited by 15 Jun 2021, 18:11

                @magnargj said in Wishes, Dreams, and Unicorns:

                protonmail bridge or similar, generic solution

                A webapp should work fine for that, and you can use Webber to make it a bookmark on your device. Their client app is also now open source, so it should be possible instead to create a proper application rather than using the odd bridge thing.

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                  dobey @Keneda
                  last edited by 15 Jun 2021, 18:14

                  @keneda Well, nothing has hardware decoding working in browser. There is some fixes where hardware rendering of video can be done, on some devices, but I think it's not merged yet.

                  Android devices do have accelerated decoding in mediaplayer app, though, through the hybris plug-in for gstreamer we use.

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                    magnargj @dobey
                    last edited by 15 Jun 2021, 18:15

                    @dobey indeed, that is what I'm doing now. But getting those e-mails into dekko would be nice too. I saw someone had done this on mobian, but it was a bit too involved/complicated for me...

                    I didn't know it was open, maybe we'll see an app eventually 👍😀

                    Volla 22, Xiaomi Mi A2, Nexus5 (backup)

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                      Keneda @dobey
                      last edited by 15 Jun 2021, 18:23

                      @dobey said in Wishes, Dreams, and Unicorns:

                      Well, nothing has hardware decoding working in browser.

                      When you say nothing, you mean on PC too ?

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                        dobey @Keneda
                        last edited by 15 Jun 2021, 18:28

                        @keneda Nothing in the context of running Ubuntu Touch on phones. I don't know if the ffmpeg stuff does hardware decoding on PCs or not, but I think probably it doesn't either.

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                          Keneda @dobey
                          last edited by Keneda 15 Jun 2021, 18:31

                          @dobey said in Wishes, Dreams, and Unicorns:

                          Nothing in the context of running Ubuntu Touch on phones.

                          OK that's clearer ^^

                          I don't know if the ffmpeg stuff does hardware decoding on PCs or not, but I think probably it doesn't either.

                          I imagine you talks here about GNU/Linux PC, because as i remember, on windows, GPU is used in webbrowsers (that's why i was confused by the "nothing").

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                            dobey @Keneda
                            last edited by 15 Jun 2021, 18:38

                            @keneda Well, yes, GPU is used in Linux by browsers too, at least for rendering acceleration. Using hardware decoding if available, in Linux, has always been trickier because it's not something drivers tend to provide, for example, and AFAIK GStreamer and other things don't have decent detection or handling of such things.

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                              Emphrath @dobey
                              last edited by 15 Jun 2021, 22:44

                              @dobey I have extensively used ffmpeg for livestreaming, and with the correct flags, you can force hardware decoding on some architectures, and it drastically decreases cpu usage

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                                Fuseteam @Moem
                                last edited by 18 Jun 2021, 05:35

                                @moem sure that can be done......by someone from the community 😛 most contributors have their hands full hehe. as said the source for the docs is on github; anyone can contribute more to the docs from there 😉 it's made out of mostly markdown files iirc so it shouldn't be too diffy to get into

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                                  Moem @Fuseteam
                                  last edited by 18 Jun 2021, 06:06

                                  @fuseteam said in Wishes, Dreams, and Unicorns:

                                  @moem sure that can be done......by someone from the community 😛

                                  No need to 😛 at me, that is exactly what I had in mind. The next time someone comes up and says 'I want to help, what can I do?' this is one of the things we can point them towards. It's nice because there is no coding experience needed.

                                  Is currently using an Op5t
                                  Also owns an Op1, a BQ E4.5 and an Xperia X, as well as a BQ tablet and a Pinetab2. Please, someone... make it stop.

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                                    Fuseteam @Moem
                                    last edited by 30 Jun 2021, 14:10

                                    yeah definitely coding is once facet of the work that has to be done hehe

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                                      cregox @dobey
                                      last edited by 19 Aug 2021, 04:07

                                      @dobey in portugal, MMS costs 30 cents.

                                      not being able to use MMS is a bonus for me.

                                      and pulsesms can do groups without MMS. 😘

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                                        cregox @cregox
                                        last edited by Lakotaubp 19 Aug 2021, 04:18

                                        i wished all phones would run linux instead of f******google android.

                                        and global 2g + 3g would be free, accessible everywhere. i don't need 4g or any higher.

                                        phone calls and MMS should obviously be free as well, world wide. charge premium for voice quality, video, etc.

                                        more to the topic, i wished that smartphones could be turned into "feature" phones, with:

                                        • last longing battery
                                        • an emergency physical button to call pre defined contacts, including cell tower emergency
                                        • 12cm (4 inches) screen at most
                                        • light and small enough that it wouldn't break when falling

                                        i would keep a 23cm screen one as a backup phone + powerbank ultrabook with screen projection on the other pocket, with the exact same os, everything synced... but only because i work with tech.

                                        everyone would have 2 phones.

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                                          Lakotaubp @cregox
                                          last edited by Lakotaubp 19 Aug 2021, 04:34

                                          @cregox Please do not use swear words in your posts. We try and keep this a family friendly place for people of all ages and nationalities. I have taken the liberty to edit your post slightly. Thanks for your understanding.

                                          Edit: Forgot to add this. We follow the Ubuntu code of conduct https://ubuntu.com/community/code-of-conduct

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                                            cregox @Lakotaubp
                                            last edited by 19 Aug 2021, 09:59

                                            @lakotaubp feel free.

                                            at the cost of our freedom... 🙃

                                            to me, a much better way to handle this is making lists of words per user. everyone can choose their own filters, and how to handle their sensitivity.

                                            and thanks for the friendly warning!

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