On 2/28/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Todd Ignasiak</b> <<a href="mailto:ignasiak@gmail.com">ignasiak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="direction: ltr;"><div style="direction: ltr;"><div><br>Yeah, they clearly claim 1080i/p support on that web page. It'll be interesting to see how it really performs.
<br><br>Two other video questions I have:<br><br>- What is "High Definition Content Decode - up to two stream support" from their datasheet?? I assume their not talking about MPEG decoders, like in the Unichrome.. Given the otherwise weak MPEG2 offload capabilities (MC support, but no iDCT). Is this anything real, or just marketing-speak for something less exciting?
<br><br>- Is the 950 'Core Video' capable, to support all the MacOS GUI effects, and interesting video processing capabiltiies? I suspect 'yes', given the specs about Dx9 support and Pixel Shaders.</div></div></div></blockquote>
<div><br><br>This page: <a href="http://www.apple.com/macmini/intelcore.html">http://www.apple.com/macmini/intelcore.html</a> says "The Intel GMA950 graphics supports Tiger Core Graphics". So, it sounds like it should offer some "Core Video" benefits.
<br><br>Apple's Core Image page says: "Core
Video, joining Core Image in Mac OS X Tiger, delivers a modern
foundation for video services, providing a bridge between QuickTime and
the GPU for hardware-accelerated video processing. This highly
optimized pipeline for video presentation increases performance and
reduces CPU load, freeing up resources for other operations."<br><br>There has been talk about using the Core Video stuff for better de-interlacing and scaling. Interesting potential..<br></div></div>