[mythtv-users] I thought I'd try VDPAU

[Dave Richardson]

 On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:40:18 +0000, Julian Edwards 
 <myth at julian-edwards.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 March 2011 21:13:14 Jan Johansson wrote:
>> >This is not a VDPAU capable card.
>>
>> Damn, I missed one small thing: I fully intend to replace that with
>> something like a GT240 once I figure out if I can safely get VDPAU 
>> on my
>> box without breaking something.
>
> You need to upgrade to at least 10.04 first.  It has working VDPAU 
> but the
> drivers are old.
>
> If you add this PPA:
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
>
> it'll upgrade your nvidia/vdpau drivers to the latest stable versions 
> and it
> all works very well - I know, this is how I have mine set up.
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 Guidance to move to ubuntu 10.04 is not necessary.  You can add the 
 newer nvidia drivers and vdpau libraries to older ubuntus.
 I'm not sure what the absolutely latest experience have been on the 
 nvidia 260.x drivers, but many folks on this avoid them.  I've stayed at 
 nvidia 256.x drivers and have been happy.  You may also find the nvidia 
 195.x drivers to be of good stability and functionality.