[mythtv-users] Mac Mini Video Acceleration Question (h.264)

[Robert McNamara]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Bill Williamson<bill at bbqninja.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Brad DerManouelian<bderman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Aug 13, 2009, at 5:36 PM, Robert McNamara wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard<jyavenard at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> 2009/8/14  <doug at fawnanddoug.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm confused - Jarod seemed to suggest that hardware acceleration was
>>>>> possible on the intel chipset on the Mac Mini:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Intel has announced hardware acceleration for their GPU in a similar
>>>> way than VDPAU with nvidia chipset works, it's called VAAPI.
>>>>
>>>
>>> In this case, that's not what Jarod was alluding to.  What he has in
>>> mind will not use the GMA for hardware decode.
>>>
>>> Seriously, just wait!
>>
>> No! Must speculate and shoot it down before I know what it is. Can't stop...
>> ;)
>
>
> But in all seriousness:
> -the CPU is not powerful enough to do good deinterlacing on 1080i
> -the GPU is not powerful enough "" "" """ ""
>
> What does that leave?  Has someone found a way to run shaders on the audio chip?

It's definitely none of the above.  :)

Robert