[mythtvnz] XVMC support for 8xxx cards

[Mike Russell]

Hi

As far as I know VDPAU also accelerates MPEG2.  So I guess it will be
accelerated when Myth gets VDPAU support.

Regards


On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:41 AM, Graeme Woollett <g.woollett at irl.cri.nz>wrote:

> I'm have a 6500 series card and have recently acquired a 8400GS card in
> anticipation of VDPAU/H264 support for mplayer and mythtv.
>
> I was surprised to find out that XVMC acceleration is not available in
> 8xxx cards and up.
> This was confirmed when I replaced the 6500 with the 8400, consequently
> my 5600 CPU topped out and jittery video followed.
>
> I have a lot of MPEG2 recordings, but if I choose to go HD with the
> 8400, does this mean I have to transcode all my MPEG2 stuff to H264 to
> get reasonable performance?
>
> Or have I got it all wrong?
>
>
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