[mythtv-users] HD Help - Slow Guide

Allen Edwards allen.edwards at oldpaloalto.com
Sat Aug 23 00:59:39 UTC 2008


On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 5:07 PM, David Madsen <david.madsen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The 8400 is not on the list so you are correct but just for the
>> record, there are several 8xxx cards on the list.
>> http://www.nvidia.com/docs/CP/11036/PureVideo_Product_Comparison.pdf
>
> It may be true that some of the 8xxx series support hardware
> accelerated video decoding, but this list does not take into account
> whether the cards have XvMC support in *Linux*.  The method of video
> acceleration changed in the GPU architectures, and while the Windows
> drivers do support accelerated decoding on some of the models, none of
> the 8xxx series cards have XvMC support in Linux.
>
> Reference here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=90484
>
> As well as a multitude of other threads on the subject both there and
> in nvidia's forums.
>
> --David Madsen
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Very interesting, thanks for the link.

Allen


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