Armin K. wrote: > On 06/22/2012 05:24 PM, Andrew Benton wrote: >> On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:29:02 +0100 >> [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Author: krejzi >>> Date: 2012-06-22 08:27:27 -0600 (Fri, 22 Jun 2012) >>> New Revision: 10348 >>> >>> + <ulink >>> url="http://www.splitted-desktop.com/static/libva/xvba-video/";>XVBA Driver >>> for Radeon Cards</ulink> and >> These are closed source precompiled binaries that require the closed >> source precompiled Radeon fglrx driver. Is this appropriate for BLFS? >> >> Andy >> > > Hm ... I didn't pay attention to that. Yeah, they do require catalyst at > runtime (or is it build time?), but it is open source program, so I > can't really figure out if that is apropriate for BLFS. I think same > thing is for VDPAU driver, it needs nvidia_vdpau that is in NVidia > binary driver. I didn't catch anywhere anything about using open source > software that has something to do with closed source one in external > links. I think it is worth mentioning tough. Or not? > > Just for a note, I have tested Intel stuff and hardware decoding works > flawlessly with VLC and Flash Player.
Just for the record, I use the proprietary NVidia drivers because of my dual monitors. I also found it useful when I was using my laptop. It handled connections to a display projector well. Installing the proprietary NVidia drivers is not difficult, but it needs to access the Linux source. You just run 'sh NVIDIA-Linux-xxx.run' and answer a few relatively easy questions. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
