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On May 12, 2014 1:43 PM, "Jim Oltman" <<a href="mailto:jim.oltman@gmail.com">jim.oltman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p>
<p dir="ltr">> May I ask why nVidia is a requirement? Why not a lower power Intel NUC?<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">It's my understanding that vdpau still can't be beat. My poor little atom has been happily handling HD h.264 for years without breaking a sweat. And that's because the gpu is doing the heavy lifting. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Based on other threads, alternatives like Intel graphics can be coerced. into working, but you still may end up with artifacts like tearing or dropped frames that are most noticeable in scenes with horizontal panning. Which is unacceptable for me. Working with video over the years has tuned my vision to be very aware of these things. :-/ </p>
<p dir="ltr">Is this still the case, or have other technologies caught up with vdpau? </p>