Misc

There May Still Be Hope For R600g Supporting XvMC, VDPAU

When looking at our 2010 Linux Graphics Survey results, the second most popular technology sought after by Linux desktop users was video playback acceleration. This isn't surprising considering only with NVIDIA's proprietary driver using VDPAU on modern GeForce hardware can you get a decent experience or with select Intel chipsets supporting VA-API. With everything else, you're pretty much limited to nothing or the not-too-useful X-Video. There's also cases like with the ATI Catalyst driver providing XvBA support, but that's often buggy and rubbish, the same goes with the Intel Poulsbo blobs and their VA-API support...

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