Re: [vdr] new graphics processor from VIA S3 for HD video

2008-04-23 Thread Theunis Potgieter
So in an ideal world, it would be great to have a pci add-on card, that does not only do assisting, but actually does all the features, so by sending the compressed stream directly to board, and it does all the un-compressing and uses its own internal memory (on board memory) to do movement of unco

Re: [vdr] new graphics processor from VIA S3 for HD video

2008-04-23 Thread Martin Emrich
Hi! Igor schrieb: > there's VAAPI - Video Decode Acceleration API Specification > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi > > but seems it hasn't finished yet :( But the Idea sounds quite nice... I dream of a VDR box with an S3 graphics card, decoding full HD DVB-S2 with only free softwa

Re: [vdr] new graphics processor from VIA S3 for HD video

2008-04-23 Thread Martin Emrich
Hi! Theunis Potgieter schrieb: > So it appears there is no hope for my old machine with an AGP port, and > nvidia G-Force 4 MMX 440. I sit in a similar board (GF3 / GF2MX). > Looks like I will have to upgrade, but the craze > will have to settle first before I buy anything. I wonder why they d

Re: [vdr] new graphics processor from VIA S3 for HD video

2008-04-23 Thread Theunis Potgieter
And I was just about to get exited, until I read this: XvMC issues ● Limited hardware driver support – Intel i810, i915/945 MC, 965 MC working in progress – Unichrome VLD – ATI, Nvidia (?) ● Limited modern video codec support, just for MPEG1/2, can't support H.264/AVC. – Multiple intra/inter predi

Re: [vdr] new graphics processor from VIA S3 for HD video

2008-04-23 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 09:56:23AM +0400, Igor wrote: > > > The question is: Which of them will offer decent open source drivers for > > > HD decoding, and when? > > > > I wonder if every vendor pushes his own API for using these decoding > > accelerators? Or is there some "standard" (It's surely

Re: [vdr] new graphics processor from VIA S3 for HD video

2008-04-22 Thread Martin Emrich
Hi! Udo Richter schrieb: > There's a lot going on in the hardware accelerated HDTV area lately. > Beside the two big graphic chipsets, there's the Intel Atom/Poulsbo > chipset offering full HDTV acceleration at low power, the Intel G45 > chipset, the AMD 780G chipset, and a cooperation of NVid

Re: [vdr] new graphics processor from VIA S3 for HD video

2008-04-22 Thread Udo Richter
Igor Nikanov wrote: > Chipmaker Via's S3 Graphics division has announced a high-performance > discrete graphics processor positioned as the first to meet the > embedded industry's thermal requirements. The 4300E targets gaming > and signage, offers HD video, DVI or HDMI output, and mixes dedicated

[vdr] new graphics processor from VIA S3 for HD video

2008-04-22 Thread Igor Nikanov
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9502138983.html Chipmaker Via's S3 Graphics division has announced a high-performance discrete graphics processor positioned as the first to meet the embedded industry's thermal requirements. The 4300E targets gaming and signage, offers HD video, DVI or HDMI o