[vlc-devel] Re: VIA acceleration

[Dan Brennan]

Dermot,

I have the hardware and will test it if you send it to me.

Dan

Dermot McGahon wrote:
> Dan,
> 
> I've had a response from Christophe. Since it's a h/w decoder, the 
> method of implementing this does not really fit cleanly into the 
> existing (good) architecture. Deinterlacing and other video filters will 
> not be possible for h/w decoded streams, since the picture data is not 
> available to be modified. Christophe does not have time to port up to 
> svn. The bottom-line is that this is still proof-of-concept work and 
> unlikely to get into the tree in a useful state without substantial work 
> from a vlc developer. And since none of the developers use the h/w, 
> don't expect that to happen as a matter of course.
> 
> Christophe is going to send me the code for review anyway. I will not be 
> able to justify spending much time on it, given that deinterlacing and 
> marquee filtering won't be possible.
> 
> 
> Dermot.
> -- 
> 
> Dan Brennan wrote:
> 
>> Okay, I'll be available for testing if needed.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> Dermot McGahon wrote:
>>
>>> Dan Brennan wrote:
>>>
>>>> I recently started an HTPC project using a C3/CN400 based board. I 
>>>> saw a post in the archives about someone porting VIA hardware 
>>>> acceleration to VLC. Has this been completed? If not, can I assist 
>>>> in the task?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It is being worked on in-house by somebody. When he is ready, he will 
>>> release it to some developers for porting to SVN and subsequent testing.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dermot.
>>> -- 
>>>
>>
> 

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