Re: video card with hardware mpeg decoding with free driver?

[Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@bellsouth.net>]

* Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> [2007-08-21 13:34:53 -0400]:

> > Another good test scene: Maria in the Mother Superior's office, the
> > Nvidia driver lets the viewer see the MS's facial expression change as
> > Maria talks, with the nv driver you miss this subtle facial acting.
> > 
> > I too was surprised that having the hardware decoding made a qualatative
> > difference rather than just using more system resources.  
> 
> Wow, I hadn't expected the Xv extensions to be able to make that kind of
> difference to the decoded video.  Or perhaps there is some serious bug
> in the open nv driver.

Or try different video output drivers.  In mplayer, -vo I think is the
switch.  The selected driver can make a difference.

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