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==XvMC== | ===XvMC=== | ||
MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 offloading (NVIDIA's closed driver only supports MPEG-2, prefering VDPAU) via motion compensation and iDCT offload. Extends the Xv extension, using XvPorts. The [http://www.xfree86.org/~mvojkovi/XvMC_API.txt 1.0 API specification] was introduced in 2000. | MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 offloading (NVIDIA's closed driver only supports MPEG-2, prefering VDPAU) via motion compensation and iDCT offload. Extends the Xv extension, using XvPorts. The [http://www.xfree86.org/~mvojkovi/XvMC_API.txt 1.0 API specification] was introduced in 2000. | ||
==VAAPI== | ===VAAPI=== | ||
The Video Acceleration API, a vendor-independent replacement for XvMC. | The Video Acceleration API, a vendor-independent replacement for XvMC. It has backends for both VDPAU and XvBA. | ||
==VDPAU== | ==VDPAU== | ||
NVIDIA's proprietary [[Xorg hell|X.org]] video acceleration API, comparable to Microsoft's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX_Video_Acceleration DXVA]. It is independent from [[CUDA]]. | NVIDIA's proprietary [[Xorg hell|X.org]] video acceleration API, comparable to Microsoft's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX_Video_Acceleration DXVA]. It is independent from [[CUDA]]. Builds atop NVIDIA's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_PureVideo PureVideo]. On [[Debian]], I have to manually link libvdpau. From <tt>/usr/lib</tt>: | ||
<pre>sudo ln -s vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so.260.19.29 libvdpau_nvidia.so | |||
sudo ln -s vdpau/libvdpau_trace.so.260.19.29 libvdpau_trace.so</pre> | |||
==XvBA== | |||
ATI's answer to VDPAU, built atop ATI's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVD2 Unified Video Decoder]. | |||
==See Also== | |||
* [[Xorg hell]] page | |||
* "[http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Enable_XvMC_for_NVIDIA_video_cards Enable XvMC for NVIDIA]" at the ArchLinux wiki | |||
Latest revision as of 01:23, 26 December 2010
Linux offers access to video accelerators through programs like mplayer, VAAPI and vlc.
X-Video
Offloads 2D scaling and YUV colorspace conversions. Use xvinfo to determine Xv support:
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
Adaptor #0: "NV17 Video Texture"
number of ports: 32
port base: 313
operations supported: PutImage
supported visuals:
depth 24, visualID 0x21
depth 24, visualID 0x24
depth 24, visualID 0x25
depth 24, visualID 0x26...
XvMC
MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 offloading (NVIDIA's closed driver only supports MPEG-2, prefering VDPAU) via motion compensation and iDCT offload. Extends the Xv extension, using XvPorts. The 1.0 API specification was introduced in 2000.
VAAPI
The Video Acceleration API, a vendor-independent replacement for XvMC. It has backends for both VDPAU and XvBA.
VDPAU
NVIDIA's proprietary X.org video acceleration API, comparable to Microsoft's DXVA. It is independent from CUDA. Builds atop NVIDIA's PureVideo. On Debian, I have to manually link libvdpau. From /usr/lib:
sudo ln -s vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so.260.19.29 libvdpau_nvidia.so sudo ln -s vdpau/libvdpau_trace.so.260.19.29 libvdpau_trace.so
XvBA
ATI's answer to VDPAU, built atop ATI's Unified Video Decoder.
See Also
- Xorg hell page
- "Enable XvMC for NVIDIA" at the ArchLinux wiki
