[mythtv-users] Good video card with HDMI out?

[Richard Shaw]

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:42 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:37 PM, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
>> Calvin Harrigan wrote:
>>>
>>> Steven Adeff wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> 2009/2/4 Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is the 9400GT better (faster, more powerful, etc.) than the 8400GS or
>>>>>> not?
>>>>>
>>>>> As I wrote earlier my 8400GS card can do VC-1 but can't do Advanced
>>>>> (1X or 2X) and Temporal (1X or 2X) on HD content.
>>>>> My 9400GT can't do VC-1, but can do Advanced 1X and Temporal 1X on HD
>>>>> content..
>>>>>
>>>>> My 8600GT can do all deinterlacing on all type of content
>>>>
>>>> There are *THREE* 8400GS card types!!!!!
>>>> Only the newer ones have the VP3 capable, faster clocked, G98 chip.
>>>> The other two have either the G84 or G86 chip which are only VP3
>>>> capable.  My guess is that Mr Avenard has one of the older cards
>>>> (because the G98 can do what his can't).
>>>>
>>>> Until we get a report from someone that has a 8400GS with a verified
>>>> G98 chip don't make any assumptions.
>
> I have an asus 8400GS 512 MB model. How do I tell the chip version?
>

I don't know how to tell the chip type but there is a utility to get
the VDPAU info from it.

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=124978

To get this to compile under F10 I had needed the nvidia-devel and the
X11-devel package.

Also, I had to modify a few files. I'm trying to recall this from
memory as I'm at work right now but it was something like this.

vdpinfo.cpp:
Add nvidia to the front of the vdpau.h and vdpau_x11.h include
statements so it will find the files.

Makefile
add -L/usr/lib64/nvidia to the front (but after the =) of the LDFLAGS
line so it will find libvdpau.so.

Richard