On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 17:29 +0000, Tony Houghton wrote: > On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 15:01:41 +0000 > Laz <laz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The trouble with a purpose-built decoder is that it takes up a valuable > PCI(-E) slot when there are plenty of motherboards with onboard graphics > which should be able to do hardware decoding, even if it does currently > limit the choice to NVidia. In the short term (providing software as > well as drivers supports these cards) a separate decoder has the > advantage that you could pair it with ATI graphics and benefit from FRC > too. > > I think that the future may ultimately lie with OpenCL. The Crystal HD decoder will doubtless appear in netbooks very soon, and I fully expect thin Intel Atom PCs to also feature it on-board. When those boards/machines appear, we will be on the way to a *reliable* open source STB which supports modern HD codecs + playback. As the driver is being taken into the linux mainline kernel, it'll be one less piece of the puzzle to have to checkout nightly SVNs for or rely on a binary blob from NVidia for. That additional choice is surely of great benefit to us all. Maybe then I'll be able to replace my aging FF technotrend card + full-height case :) ... and best of all I'll then be able to justify spending a small fortune on an LCD or Plasma :D gdh _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
