[Intel-gfx] Versions required for h264 acceleration on Intel HD chipset

[Xiang, Haihao]

On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 02:01 +0800, Pedro Ribeiro wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> tomorrow I will be getting my new shiny new laptop, a T410 with an
> Intel HD graphics adapter.
> 
> Currently I'm using Debian testing (soon to become stable) with these packages:
> - intel xorg driver 2.13
> - cairo 1.8.10
> - libdrm 2.4.21
> - mesa 7.7.1
> - libva 1.0.1
> - xorg server 1.7.7
> 
> I always use the latest stable kernel (at the moment 2.6.36.1).
> 
> Given that the versions of the software above differ from the
> recommended in the Intel Q3 graphics package, I'm wondering if I will
> be able to make use of the h.264 acceleration or do I need to upgrade
> the software?
Libva1.0.1 doesn't support h.264 decoding for Intel® HD Graphics. You
need to upgrade libva to 1.0.4 or later.


> Apart from that, are there any features of Intel HD that I will be missing out?
> 
> The reason I would not like to upgrade is that I like to maintain the
> Debian stable packages as most as possible...
> 
> Thanks for your help.
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