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VLC 1.1.0 1st release candidate, with VP8 and GPU decoding...

44 points by jbk 16y ago

mootymoots 16y ago
And let's not forget that this will have official 64bit support for OS X!! Hurrah!
- mootymoots 16y ago
  Which also means our Handbrake 64bit encodes will finally work...
andybak 16y ago
Does anyone know the status of DSP/GPU acceleration on OS X? What's the minimum specs to support it (if it's supported at all)?
- ZeroGravitas 16y ago
  Assuming it's using the same API that Adobe use (which I believe is true. Actually looks like they plan this for VLC 1.2, not this release): The new video acceleration API is only available in Mac OS X 10.6.3 or later and is limited to GPUs models such as NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, GeForce 320M or GeForce GT 330M. For more details you can look at Apple’s technote. Here is a list of the Mac models currently supported: * MacBooks shipped after January 21st, 2009 * Mac Minis shipped after March 3rd, 2009 * MacBook Pros shipped after October 14th, 2008 * iMacs which shipped after the first quarter of 2009 (Mac Pros are not supported as of today) from http://blog.kaourantin.net/?p=89 http://blog.kaourantin.net/?p=89
  - zeugma 16y ago
    Too bad, my old 12" ppc powerbook is still OK for my usage except for some video (actually I have to use an old realease of mplayer).
- xenonite 16y ago
  According to the changelog, the GPU accelleration only comprises H.264 decoding on Vista/7 and Linux. http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS So... no OS X speedups yet.
- jbk 16y ago
  We have a patch, but not tested enough... Maybe in 1.1.1 or in 1.2.0
plesn 16y ago
The VAAPI for GPU accelered video decoding on Linux is really interesting. I don't know enough about video to understand how low-level it is from the MPEG2 exemple on their web site: does it have to be a codec already supported by your video card as I understand, or can you code new ones with existing building blocks?
- ars 16y ago
  It needs to be a codec supported by the video card. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_PureVideo#Table_of_PureVideo_.28HD.29_GPUs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_PureVideo#Table_of_PureV... for a list of Nvidia GPUs and which codecs they support.
  - plesn 16y ago
    Oh, so that's a disadvantage for VP8 against h264 on current cards. I wonder how well such a decoding can perform implemented on OpenCL/CUDA vs the pure "supported" version..
surki 16y ago
http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg;a=commitdiff;h=59b0bd570940461ce583daf2173c8d7695403874 http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg;a=commitdiff;h=59b0bd5709404...
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tlack 16y ago
I love how the screenshot has all the UI buttons in awkward, weird locations.

44 points by jbk 16y ago

mootymoots 16y ago

And let's not forget that this will have official 64bit support for OS X!! Hurrah!

mootymoots 16y ago
Which also means our Handbrake 64bit encodes will finally work...

andybak 16y ago

Does anyone know the status of DSP/GPU acceleration on OS X? What's the minimum specs to support it (if it's supported at all)?

ZeroGravitas 16y ago
Assuming it's using the same API that Adobe use (which I believe is true. Actually looks like they plan this for VLC 1.2, not this release): The new video acceleration API is only available in Mac OS X 10.6.3 or later and is limited to GPUs models such as NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, GeForce 320M or GeForce GT 330M. For more details you can look at Apple’s technote. Here is a list of the Mac models currently supported: * MacBooks shipped after January 21st, 2009 * Mac Minis shipped after March 3rd, 2009 * MacBook Pros shipped after October 14th, 2008 * iMacs which shipped after the first quarter of 2009 (Mac Pros are not supported as of today) from http://blog.kaourantin.net/?p=89 http://blog.kaourantin.net/?p=89
- zeugma 16y ago
  Too bad, my old 12" ppc powerbook is still OK for my usage except for some video (actually I have to use an old realease of mplayer).
xenonite 16y ago
According to the changelog, the GPU accelleration only comprises H.264 decoding on Vista/7 and Linux. http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc-branch/NEWS So... no OS X speedups yet.
jbk 16y ago
We have a patch, but not tested enough... Maybe in 1.1.1 or in 1.2.0

plesn 16y ago

The VAAPI for GPU accelered video decoding on Linux is really interesting. I don't know enough about video to understand how low-level it is from the MPEG2 exemple on their web site: does it have to be a codec already supported by your video card as I understand, or can you code new ones with existing building blocks?

ars 16y ago
It needs to be a codec supported by the video card. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_PureVideo#Table_of_PureVideo_.28HD.29_GPUs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_PureVideo#Table_of_PureV... for a list of Nvidia GPUs and which codecs they support.
- plesn 16y ago
  Oh, so that's a disadvantage for VP8 against h264 on current cards. I wonder how well such a decoding can perform implemented on OpenCL/CUDA vs the pure "supported" version..

surki 16y ago

http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg;a=commitdiff;h=59b0bd570940461ce583daf2173c8d7695403874 http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg;a=commitdiff;h=59b0bd5709404...

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tlack 16y ago

I love how the screenshot has all the UI buttons in awkward, weird locations.