Alpha 1 Release notes:
We finally have hardware video decode working largely thanks to some help from yjwong. This release is primarily just to get hardware decoding out for folks to enjoy while other work continues. This build does not work with Netflix yet. However, hardware accelerated video decoding does work for Youtube HD and playback of local media. This build still uses the 2.6.35 kernel. The 3.0 kernel is still being heavily worked on and is also the primary focus for development. Don't expect hardware video decoding to be perfect yet. Its half a miracle it works at all on our current kernel.
Similar to the last build I will provide flashable zips to make it easier to switch to lcd density 120 with proper launcher layout. The hardware video decoding will not make it into the nightlies for a few days. There is still some work to do in order to get it merged into repositories and ensure it doesn't break other devices.
- Hardware video decoding support. As a result, Youtube HD and 720p and 1080p local media will now be playable. Netflix does not work yet.
- Includes touchscreen improvements by Dees_Troy
- Now able to enable use of 2D companion core to offload composition
It seems that Alpha 1 had the same problem as CM7 when using c2d - videos get scaled using nearest neighbor instead of Bicubic, Bilinear or whichever method Android normally uses.
This can be fixed by changing this line in the build.prop:
debug.composition.type=c2d > debug.composition.type=gpu
Sweet! After changing the composition type everything is humming right along.
I've been installing it via ACMEInstaller2 with no problems. It just installs over the previous version, so nothing gets wiped.How easy is it to update? I think I have .6 right now, and I've never been sure if I can perform a .zip update (via I think ClockWorkMod?) or just do a full reinstall.
Assuming you meant a player that can play your 720p mkv files, you can try MX Player or BS Player both of which are free (with ads though).
Alpha 2 Release notes:
This is for video playback fixes only, no other changes.
- Fix netflix and other apps that rely on http live streaming
- Fix blocky video due to bad scaling
Good heavens that was fast.CM9 Alpha 2 is out. (And I haven't even flashed alpha 1 yet )
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/18843-releasealpha2-cyanogenmod-9-touchpad/
Good heavens that was fast.
Edit: Unless you need Netflix or are not already on Alpha 1, you don't need Alpha 2. It's just Netflix support plus the composition fix listed above (they didn't actually fix C2D itself)
High power drain compared to WebOS.
If you log out of Google Talk, idle times should be a lot better but in active use, still worse than WebOS.
I get over 6 hours of active use time (as in, screen on the entire time) so that's sufficient but really, 8 hours should be what we're getting.
Then install CM9a2 GAPPS
You specified alpha 2 Google Apps... are these different than the ones I installed with alpha .6?
I would avoid Bricked with Alpha1/2 if only because there's some changes that were likely made to make everything work. Bricked will probably have a newer version based off the latest CM9 kernel later.How well does alpha 2 play with bricked kernel 0.5? Alpha 1 got stuck in a reboot loop when I tried to run it with 0.5, but it worked fine with 0.35.
I would recommend a wipe if you're coming from 0.6