[vlc] Re: Using h/w support for MPEG decoding

[Benjamin PRACHT]

On Thu, Sep 16, 2004, Chhaya, Harshal wrote :
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any any hardware (video card or dedicated MPEG-2 decoder or 
> anything else) that I can install in my PC that will reduce the load
> on the CPU when decoding a high-def video stream (.ts or .trp files)?
> This is for a Windows XP PC, if that makes any difference.
> 
> I know that some of the HDTV tuner cards have h/w decoding but they
> have their own players. I want to continue to use VLC and take benefit
> of any h/w acceleration.
> 
> I have asked this question in a different way before and never really
> got a definite answer. Maybe there is no answer but it would really
> help to know that too.
> 
> 

Well, nobody has written any module to use such devices yet (and we
won't, as we don't own any of these devices). Moreover, depending on how
these devices work, it isn't sure that they will fit well with the
way VLC is working. 

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BigBen

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