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Hardware-Based Video Acceleration Coming To Linux

Posted by kdawson on from the buh-bye-frame-skipping dept.

sammydee writes "Phoronix reports that GPU based video decoding acceleration will be implemented in Gallium3d sometime this year. Drivers currently using Gallium3d include the open source nouveau driver for NVIDIA cards and experimental Intel GMA drivers. This is definitely good news for anybody who has ever tried to play high-definition 1080p content on any CPU older than about a year."

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  1. 1080p? by willie3204 · · Score: 2, Funny

    first 1080p post?

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    1. Re:1080p? by Kugrian · · Score: 5, Funny

      What does this message say? It doesn't display on my computer.

    2. Re:1080p? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      For your convenience, here it is again:

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      oh, and this is the best part:

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      Best regards,
      Anonymous Coward

  2. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    The got the headline wrong. It should have said:

    Hardware Accelerated High Definition Pr0n vids Coming To Linux

  3. Re:Not really by WaroDaBeast · · Score: 4, Funny

    And yes, it is available in Linux, you will probably be able to watch h264 movies in your new EEEPC

    Yay, 1080p movies on my seven inch screen! Plus I can even hook it up to my newly acquired 35:000 contrast ratio, 24p capable, 1080p fifty-two inch flat TV through a VGA connexion! HURRAY!


    Relax, I'm just poking fun. ;)

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  4. Re:Don't know what to say ... by dotancohen · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've played videos in Linux that were impossible to play in Linux.

    You should try Linux next time.

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  5. Re:Not 1 year by Hektor_Troy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Uhm ... just read through that wiki entry a few times, and it gave me absolutely no information about the quality of the playback. Two of the comments in the "report" are usefull - the rest are quite literally useless when it comes to judging the playback ability. I.e

    CPU: Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
    Speed: 2400.000 MHz
    Memory total: 4050584kB
    Kernel: 2.6.22-14-generic
    Video codec/container: h264 / m2ts
    Resolution: 1920x1080
    Bit rate: 32469 kb/s
    Comment: Blu-ray rip of "Casino Royale."
    Media player: mplayer

    Wauw. How about ... video frame rate vs playback frame rate? The above comment just tells me that the guy ripped Casino Royale. However, if the video frame rate is 29.97 fps, but only plays back at 19.87, the CPU isn't usefull for that particular application.

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  6. Re:Don't know what to say ... by nategoose · · Score: 4, Funny

    That said... Linux video players tend to be a hell of a lot quicker than Windows video players. I've played videos in Linux that were impossible to play in Linux.

    Quite an accomplishment!

  7. Gallium running out by bugs2squash · · Score: 4, Funny

    I though it was only a few days ago that /. reported that gallium is in short supply. Now we're blowing our precious reserves on frivolous video decoding.

    Have some respect for Mother Earth...

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