On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Jean-Michel Pour? <jm at poure.com> wrote: > Dear friends, > > I found a patch for FFmpeg h264 decoding using Nvidia VDPAU: > http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20081130.210339.c1c512ae.fr.html > > I don't know to what extent it would also speed up AVCHD display. > > A Nvidia GForce 9400 GT 512 video card cost 40? and has 16 cores. VDPAU > can also run on GForce 8400, which are old card available for less > money.
I believe all cards that support VDPAU and CUDA require PCI Express x16. I do not have any computers that support that! My main workstation is a dual Athlon 2000 from 2001, which was high end for the time. It only has AGP, but it is still a decent desktop system by even today's standards. I can not even locate a video card at a physical retailer that carries cards for AGP! Last spring I built a Quad Core system to mimic the setup of the a product I was helping to develop for a commercial MLT user. It only supports up to x8 PCI Express. I do have a MacBook Pro from my employer with an 8600M GT, but it is not clear if it is supported. I have 64-bit Arch Linux running on it, and I will see if I can get it working. -- +-DRD-+
