[mythtv-users] Cards with Linux Support for XVMC Hardware Acceleration

[Scott D. Davilla]

>  > Does anyone know of any cards which have hardware (under linux xvmc)
>>  h264 support. Seems NVIDIA XVMC on Linux doesn't have support for H264
>>  for some reason so I have to use software to watch HD stuff in NZ
>>  (which is H264) (well all channels even SD under DVB-T are)
>  >

xvmc is hardware assisted mpeg2 decode only. There is no existing 
support under linux for hardware decode of mpeg4/h264. The under 
development new Intel video drivers hold promise for hardware decode 
support but it's not there yet.