Recommendations for HTPC's?

[Mathias Picker]

Am Dienstag, den 11.12.2012, 14:33 +0000 schrieb Tom Evans:
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Mathias Picker
> <Mathias.Picker at virtual-earth.de> wrote:
> > I'm thinking about this, too, but have not yet bought / tried anything.
> >
> > But I will try intel ivy bridge graphics, the new kms infrastructure
> > should enable smooth hd playback with a lot less power then nvidia. The
> > vaapi driver landet oct 25 in ports:
> > http://www.freshports.org/multimedia/libva-intel-driver and I would hope
> > it actually works ;)
> >
> > I don't need this to be running right away, I could tolereate some
> > tinkering. If you need rock-solid from the get go, nvidia is probably
> > the way to go.
> >
> > Cheers, Mathias
> >
> 
> VAAPI isn't anywhere near as well supported as vdpau, eg:
> 
> http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2012-October/085361.html
> http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2012-October/085366.html
> 

Yes, Like I said, some work might be required. 

And vlc should support vaapi, shouldn't it? At least the port has it as
a config option. 


Cheers, Mathias



> Cheers
> 
> Tom
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