Comments on: 1080 Video in Linux with CoreAVC

By: sumdog

sumdog — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:38:04 +0000

Matt, are you getting that error with the -vo option using the codecs.conf I posted in the instructions? The codecs.conf is the tricky part. I’m hoping that in the next release of coreavc-for-linux, there will be a patch applied to the codecs.conf that it built directly into mplayer itself.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:28:58 +0000

I actually got around the issue about (added release 20070930 to the top of the file).

However, when I try to play a file I get: error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.

Thanks

By: matt

matt — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:58:57 +0000

These instructions are great, except I can not find the correct format for the codecs.conf in any of the comments. I still get the:

This codecs.conf is too old and incompatible with this MPlayer release! at line 1

What do I need to correct in there to get this to work.

Thanks

By: acmelabs

acmelabs — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:44:26 +0000

I’m not really sure you really understood this crap. I’ve been in to CoreAVC for quite a while and most things described above I’ve already posted in my blog months ago. VDPAU is the big thing at the moment, and it’s definitely not about pimping anything, but only using something many systems have already built in. Ppl with Nvidia 8xxx+ GFX cards would go the wrong way using this great docu today. Before November the 14th 2008 (VDPAU release date), it would have made a lot of sense, later than this date, I would really think about it.

Did I feed a troll?

By: acmelabs_wth

acmelabs_wth — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:06:45 +0000

acmelabs…. why do you post a crap reply pimping a hardware solution to such a great software article? Think man, think.

By: acmelabs

acmelabs — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:13:18 +0000

Very nice article.

Are you aware of the fact, that a Nvidia 8400GS for about $25 can do hardware decoding of H.264 (HD) content, too?
This is all possible with Nvidia’s new driver (180.25) and mplayer.
If you’ve got a Nvidia 8xxx or above, just use Nvidia’s new driver for hardware decoding.
Your description above makes sense for old NVidia cards and current ATI and Intel GFX cards though.

Again, very nice work.

If you are interested, just go to my blog.mymediasystem.net and search for VDPAU.