MyMediaSystem – 1080p – AVCHD – H.264 – Linux – GPS & GPX
NVIDIA released on 15th of December 2008 a new VDPAU (PureVideo for Linux) capable Beta Driver.
I wrote in the test of 180.11 driver, that only OpenGL3.0 was added to the new driver. That was obviously wrong, because the ‘.02′ seems to accomplish this task.
[UPDATE] Read here about the latest development of NVIDIA’s vdpau video output driver: Tag: vdpau
NVIDIA’s hardware acceleration for HD (H264) content is now reality since they published their first beta driver, the 180.06 on the 14th of November 2008. I’ve tested these new Beta driver here, and found a few bugs. I skipped the test [...]
Well, let’s start with the conclusion: setting XV_SYNC_TO_VBLANK has no effect, if a second monitor is attached.
But let’s start at the very beginning: What is tearing? Well, this is how Wikipedia defines it:
Screen tearing is a phenomenon in video where a previously rendered frame overlaps a newly rendered frame, creating a torn look as [...]