Ok, after a week or so of working with a fresh install of Ubuntu-Mate 16.04.1 that runs off my USB key, i would like to ask a few questions:
My current set up is an AmigaOneX5000 with a Club 3D 250E LP (rebadged Radeon HD7750), the X5000 is also running with 4GB or ram and on my motherboard via the two SATA ports are the two Amiga OS drives I have running.
I also have a SIL3512 Sata controller for which my DVD Rom is attached
Current issues I am concerned about:
1. Video Playback- YouTube streams work well in a small window, but the machine struggles when i try to put this into fullscreen.
BBC I-Player and other video websites like Vimeo struggle with playback with a loss of frame rate and slow playback
I have also downloaded SMplayer and SMTube and there is little improvement on the playback quality of Youtube streams
In SMPlayer I have amended the Video configuration to change the video driver from OpenGL to X11 which means that playback is now 100% in sync howver the picture quality is of a poor quality. Going back to Amiga OS 4.1 and using Emotion full screen for Youtube streams via SMtube works without any issue even in 720HD so this is a real frustration as I would have expected Linux to have been a lot more developed
What can i do or what commands can I enter in the Terminal to try and improve the playback quality? Forgive me but I am a little bit green with Linux so as much detail as possible would be appreciated
2. DVD Rom- I am unable to mount the DVD ROM to playback Audio CD's and DVDs. Could this be linked to Linux supporting the onboard SATA ports only?
3. VLC Player- I am unable to get this to load. Have tried uninstalling and re-installing this but it doesn't work at all