[mythtv-users] vdpau - more than just decoding?

[Robert McNamara]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:57 PM, jansenj <jansenj+myth at gmail.com> wrote:
>> VDPAU is nothing more than a hardware decoder.  There is indication that
>> decoded 'textures' can be pulled back to the system after decoding, but
>> something else will still have to be used for encoding.
>
> Is the CUDA api available in linux that someone conceptually would be able
> to do this at some point?
>

Yes, CUDA is available in linux.  However, writing encoders and
decoders is outside the project aim, those are all inherited from
ffmpeg's libavcodec and libavformat.  Until such a thing ends up
there, it's doubtful one would see it in Myth.

>>
>> Deinterlace filters are run on the GPU, rather than the video decoder, and
>> the x400 cards are too slow for the more complex filters.
>
> I'm not sure what you're referring to here with x400.  400Mhz clocked core?
>
>

x is a variable that is equal to 8 or 9.  8400, 9400.


Robert