From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 11 15:17:37 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 785625FF for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:17:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Mathias.Picker@virtual-earth.de) Received: from www94.your-server.de (www94.your-server.de [213.133.104.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ABF38FC0C for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:17:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [92.230.244.199] (helo=[192.168.178.33]) by www94.your-server.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.74) (envelope-from ) id 1TiRaS-0003Xi-56 for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:17:36 +0100 Subject: Re: Recommendations for HTPC's? From: Mathias Picker To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <201212110851.47298.hselasky@c2i.net> <1355236174.48552.16.camel@mp> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Organization: virtual earth GmbH Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:17:27 +0100 Message-ID: <1355239047.48552.24.camel@mp> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-Sender: Mathias.Picker@virtual-earth.de X-Virus-Scanned: Clear (ClamAV 0.97.5/15720/Tue Dec 11 03:20:00 2012) X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:17:37 -0000 Am Dienstag, den 11.12.2012, 14:33 +0000 schrieb Tom Evans: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Mathias Picker > wrote: > > I'm thinking about this, too, but have not yet bought / tried anything. > > > > But I will try intel ivy bridge graphics, the new kms infrastructure > > should enable smooth hd playback with a lot less power then nvidia. The > > vaapi driver landet oct 25 in ports: > > http://www.freshports.org/multimedia/libva-intel-driver and I would hope > > it actually works ;) > > > > I don't need this to be running right away, I could tolereate some > > tinkering. If you need rock-solid from the get go, nvidia is probably > > the way to go. > > > > Cheers, Mathias > > > > VAAPI isn't anywhere near as well supported as vdpau, eg: > > http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2012-October/085361.html > http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2012-October/085366.html > Yes, Like I said, some work might be required. And vlc should support vaapi, shouldn't it? At least the port has it as a config option. Cheers, Mathias > Cheers > > Tom > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"