[mythtvnz] XVMC support for 8xxx cards

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Mike Russell <mikerussellnz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> As far as I know VDPAU also accelerates MPEG2.  So I guess it will be
> accelerated when Myth gets VDPAU support.

That is correct from the announcements I have read.

Its also quite well documented that XvMC is not supported in 8 and 9
series nVidia cards (possibly 7 series too, but don't quote me).

>
> 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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