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A Hackfest To Improve Linux Video Playback

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A Hackfest To Improve Linux Video Playback

Site: Phoronix

Publication date: 10/26/2009 10:27 AM

When it comes to video playback on Linux, the premiere choice for video acceleration is currently using VDPAU with its CPU-efficient, GPU-accelerated capabilities that even has no problems playing 1080p video files with extremely low-end hardware. However, VDPAU is not yet widespread in all Linux video drivers, and other free software developers have been working on improving other areas of the Linux video stack too...