lör 2010-05-15 klockan 09:34 -0700 skrev Grant: > >> I've been using the proprietary Nvidia driver and I just found out > >> about Nouveau. Does it support VDPAU or are there plans to implement > >> it? Does it support the 8400GS card? > >> > > > > VDPAU is not supported. > > > > From what I've seen on IRC, it seems like a big mess, with each card > > family having (several?) different video decode engine. > > The only work I know about is an initial support for mpeg2 decode > > engine on nv40 : > > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/nouveau/linux-2.6/commit/?h=nvfx-vpe&id=538d6ef8aac1cd861f6336e24e79a315fe58aba0 > > And afaik, the other engines are mostly unknown (no RE and no code). > > > > Some of these details could be wrong, in that case hopefully someone > > can correct me :) > > > > About 8400GS, I suppose it's supported as well as any nv50 card, so > > look at the nv50 column to see what to expect : > > http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix > > > > > > Below the main IRC discussion I read about video engines. > > > [SNIP] > > 23:04 < calim> mwk: yes; and my CPU says it doesn't need all this > [SNIP] > > Has anyone been able to reliably decode 1080p in software? It always > ends up getting choppy and out of sync for me unless I use VDPAU. > > - Grant
On my Core i7 everything works fine.;) And sometimes on a Core Duo, unless there is REALLY much movement in a really high-quality video... That said, it would be nice with proper hw-deconding, since from time to time even my Core i7 has problems when having it work on something else in the background... _______________________________________________ Nouveau mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau
