[mythtv-users] Re : Is there a way to activate Video Acceleration API for Intel Ironlake (HD Graphics) on MythTV?

[R. G. Newbury]

On 06/23/2010 09:26 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 6/23/2010 21:17, R. G. Newbury wrote:
>> On 06/23/2010 06:01 PM, Gavin Hurlbut wrote:
>>> What setup do you have for testing on? There is already a starting patch
>>> sitting in Trac that Mark created.
>> It's an Asus P5 something something motherboard, with a builtin Intel
>> 945GM chipset...I think. Been a while, since I've been using a fanless
>> Nvidia 9500GT board in it since about 2 weeks after Isaac released the
>> first myth svn trunk version of vdpau!
>
> VAAPI is only supported on chipsets that support full offload. That
> means the GMA500, the GMA4500HD (in the G45 chipset), and the GMA HD in
> the i3 and i5 processor lines. An old GMA950 won't cut it.
> _______________________________________________


Ahh well, so much for that idea. Although I was toying with the idea of 
doing a parallel installation anyway, to test the newest iteration of 
xvmc, which is back in the intel driver (again) in myth.

Geoff


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