I want to run WMS on my linux box, and I am investigating two options:
1) Run WMS under wine
2) Run WMS in a Windows virtual box (under Xen 4.0.1 - hvm)
I want to use the transcoding feature as well, as my Panasonic Viera GT20 tv does not support mkv.
If using wine, I do not see subtitles or the transcoding fps either on the media device.
The questions:
1) Wichi would be the more preferred approach Wine or XEN?
2) What could be wrong with the subtitles in Wine?
3) Is is possible to use CoreAVC under wine (it looks to me the most efficient transcoder)
4) I'm planning to upgrade my CPU to Athlon II X4 630. Would this be sufficient for a fullhd->mpg transoding in any of the scenarios above?
5) This tv supports AVCHD playback. Isn't it planned to include a functionality such as remxing mkv h.264 into AVCHD format? (a great app called multiavchd does it, though only offine)
6) One strange thing I noticed during transcoding: I get fps values that are below the required target (e.g. 17 instead of 23+) but the CPU is far from being fully utilized. This happens in Windows, Wine and XEN as well. What could be the reason for this? (HDD is a Raid-1 mirror, 7200 rpm, so it shouldn't be the bottleneck - it has over 40 MB/s)
Some details on the system:
Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS, 4 GB RAM, 1.5T HDD Raid1, Kernel 2.6.32.25, Xen 4.0.1
I appreciate your help in advance!
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