hoolabaloo !!! <hoolabaloooo <at> gmail.com> writes: > i've lost track of things about the subject, can you help me understanding > what's the current situation? http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=14340 http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19983 Note especially the comment from an AMD employee who explains that XvBA was never released, that no SDK is available (for you and me) and that XvBA's goal is not adoption by open source players (pages 23 and 24). If somebody wants to help, reverse-engineer the API out of xvba-video, but note that it obviously changes with each (or at least some) driver release. [...] > the question comes from the fact i'm planning to build a new htpc system or > buy one, and lots of new "smallish" systems employ amd video hardware > instead of nvidias; the "problem" is that i want to stick with linux+mplayer > instead, but still be able to hw-decode hd videos .... Since my opinion would be seen as biased by some, I suggest you read Kano's (the Debian developer who supports XvBA) comment on page 42 of above forum thread. Carl Eugen
