ATI Driver for Touch Pro

[gator352]

Maybe it's just the station? Heck I dont know....I have never used slingplayer at all. It must be like sprint tv or something but better?

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by gator352

. It must be like sprint tv or something but better?

Yea, it's better than Sprint TV. I get about 200 cable channels including all the on demand (HBO, Cinemax etc etc) & PPV channels, all with no extra monthly fee.

~John

[jmorton10]

IE: I get all the same channels on my phone that I do when I am home.

~John

[jmorton10]

Wow, this is not good. I just lost the SM connection totally & the phone is smoking hot (I have never once had that problem before)

~John

[Kash76]

sm connection?

[iNTaYkE]

Ayyee. I'm using Dream's ROM which I believe uses Omnia drivers.
Can I run this cab on it to improve performance? Or do you think it'll make it worse?

[510jungleboy]

Originally Posted by diplomat2387

Has anyone tried this driver for the phone...I was browsing another forum and came upon this...They said that it makes the phone a little bit faster after doing this..Here is the link..

http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1479000

I have used this , and if you want to run an app that is noticable , use coreplayer ( flickering screen issue).

Coreplayer without this driver = flickering normal
Coreplayer with this driver = less flickering and watchable.

Coreplayer is just an example to test out this driver.

[jmorton10]

latest update:

I just uninstalled the driver, Sling Mobile is one of my most used apps & this was messing with it somehow (the Omnia driver conflicts with SM also)

I reconnected to SM probably 10 times in a row just to make sure it wasn't a coincidence. SM was taking a LOT longer to connect with the SlingBox(it had been connecting almost instantly with the latest software release) & the phone was getting much hotter than it ever did before.

I uninstalled the driver & it seems to be back to normal (I hope it completely uninstalled). The fps didn't change much, but it is back to quickly connecting & the temp problem seems to be gone.

~John

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by stevedusa

Well HTC, when you gonna fix the graphics performance issue? And Sling, you can do batter than this...

I agree 100%. First HTC releases a $600 phone with old obsolete video drivers & then Sling releases a new software version with "support for the HTC TouchPro" but it doesn't have a setting for true VGA resolution........

Very disappointing on both fronts.......

~John

[Sideman7]

Originally Posted by stevedusa

Yeah, the installer requires a soft reset.

P.S. Just did some test. Turned off automatic encoding and set it at 300kbps with full frame rate support and GDI rendering. I am getting constant 25-30 fps around 320 kbps.

Sometimes change the setting manually would be better. Of course, depends on your upstream speed at the source (20m down 2m up for me)

Really? So far I have had best results at 15 fps and 500 kps. If I try to turn the frame rate up (and kps down) it jumps around a bit at full screen. Even though sling recommends using GDI rendering, I have found the results to be much worse if using it. It stops tearing, but the frame rate goes in the toilet (and jumps around a lot). Also, if I let slingplayer do the settings automatically, it decides on something around 7 fps and 80 kps... (completely worthless). That is with stock and ATI video drivers. Honestly I haven't seen any difference with the ATI driver and slingplayer. It does make a difference with the phone interface though, and the camera doesn't seem to take as blurry photos in low light...