[Nouveau] "Decode videos"

[Mikhail Ramendik]

On 7 December 2010 01:07, Jimmy Rentz <jb17bsome at gmail.com> wrote:

> Initially I would say XVMC.  VDPAU expects full hw bitstream
> decode.  XVMC only does decode starting at idct/mb.  I am guessing it
> is possible to support VDPAU by doing the earlier stages in software
> then handling the reset to hw.  Well, unless someone figures out some
> way to handle the full pipeline in hw via shaders which is something
> I have no time or knowledge.

Just had an idea - perhaps VAAPI would be easier to support than VDPAU?

The main thing would probably be h264, as that is the only format
which some modern CPUs are not strong enough to decode.


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