Hi, i just came across this thread and wanted to test out hevc decoding via vdpau inside mythtv. With nvidia providing a header file in the driver that details this api, the community has been able to study vdpau and one of the first fruits of this work is now available. Since we cut the cord on cable tv, our next goal was to replace the functionality we had with our toshiba pvr with tvgos tv guide on screen listings. If you arent in the mythtv group, add yourself to the group. This searches our archive since the launch of phoronix in 2004.
How to install mythtv on ubuntu server lucidkarmic. Uvd was introduced with the radeon hd 2000 series and is integrated into some of the amd gpus and apus. In addition to updated nvidia binary drivers or the open source atiamd driver that support the api, extensive documentation is available. Nov 29, 2008 in our vdpau benchmarks we found this nvidia video implementation to work very well and the cpu usage was much lower during video playback. You do have to jump through some hoops and compile the driver to get it to work, though. As far as i know mythtv only supports hw deinterlacing on nvidia cards vdpau. There are multiple versions implementing a multitude of video codecs, such as h. It also should specify the name of backend driver r300 in the sample output. The goal here is to setup mythtv to output audio and video from your ati radeon card to a tv which has a hdmi input. The amd proprietary linux driver, or fglrx is the linux display driver used for amd radeon and firegl family video adapters. Contribute to i rinatlibvdpau vagl development by creating an account on github. Their performance and their driver support in, has been improving at a steady pace for several years now.
If your distribution doesnt include recent drivers 0. Recently, i was in needed of an nvidia pci video card for a new installation of mythtv i put together for watching the olympics. Mythtv 31 released with video decode improvements, finally. Vdpau hevc h265 decode support broken if deinterlacing is on.
This is an ebuild for gentoo that adds vpdau support to mythtv. Interface frontends are also available for atis xvba and nvidias vdpau. S3 graphics added vdpau to the linux drivers of their chrome 400 video cards. I am typically playing back video on the pvr mythtv addon and i also have mythtv. I used a silverstone sg06 mini itx case 300w psu which i like. Set up mythtv on a virtual machine game room solutions. I dont think that is the case for me since the first card was repeatably a driver issue and the current.
The output will show if vdpau driver has been initialized properly two leading ii letters in the sample output above. I changed from nvidia 750gtx to amd radeon rx560 after uninstalling the nvidia drivers and upgrading the distribution opensuse tumbleweed. Vdpauvaapi backend hardware accel on intelamd in flash. Video acceleration api is a successor to xvmc, providing partial and full hardware offloading of video decoding. I had to manually stop the mythtv backend service even though mythtv setup had already asked to do that. This is an excellent, low profile card which comes in singledualquad tuner, pci and pcie variants. Hi, i was thinking about small upgrade for my frontend because of vdpau for geforce chips. Most of the frontends for xine should use the vdpau driver and codecs automatically, but totemxine needs a bit of a push. The binary drivers for amd graphic devices can be found on the website or in the repositories for your. Video acceleration api vaapi is a royaltyfree api that allows applications such as vlc media player or gstreamer to use hardware video acceleration capabilities, usually provided by the graphics processing unit gpu. Ati amd has improved significantly over the past years, but they. The integrated hdmi graphics and audio works acceptably on our old panasonic th50px70a a 2007 66x768 tv. Defines an api for gpuaccelerated decode of mpeg1, mpeg2, wmv, h. Hevc decoding via vdpau inside mythtv mythtv official.
Sort articles by popularity currently sorting by date. Video graphics cards are essential in processing image data and displaying it on screen. S3 graphics added support for vdpau to the linux drivers of its chrome 400 video cards since version 14. Older chipsets and drivers will have a restricted range. Since 2008 intels drivers are opensource, and are generally agreed upon to be excellent in quality and well maintained by intel. Prebuilt downloads of mythtv for windows 32bit and experimental 64bit.
Unified video decoder uvd, previously called universal video decoder, is the name given to amd s dedicated video decoding asic. Ive been using mythtv on an arch 64bit linux os for a number of years and i initially had a geforce 210 running the 304. Video graphics cards are essential in processing image data and. Whilst you can install mythtv using one of the custommade linux distributions such as mythbuntu you can also easily install mythtv on a standard linux distribution such as ubuntu lucid 10. How to enable vdpau acceleration for accelerated flash video. The other is using the intel driver with an intel gm45 express chipset. After that, the tuner was available for channel scan.
This is a placeholder for an amd page on cpus apus gpus. Mythtv errorslockups with vdpau and 340 or 390 drivers. This article describes the approach i used to select hardware to build a custom mythtv pvr. There is a binary choice between xvmc and vdpau, depending upon what your card supports. Once you have downloaded the driver, change to the directory containing the driver package and install the driver by running, as root, sh. Intel integrated gpus seem to be an excellent choice for a mythtv frontend. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Apr 06, 2010 xine vdpau is a replacement for xine which contains vdpau support. The tuner card was busy until i manually sudo service mythtv backend stop. Install mythtv on ubuntu server lucid, karmic, jaunty and. Since mythtv gets larger with each release, i would err on the side of too much memory in your minimyth systems. May 23, 2009 you can check who is in the mythtv group by running.
You want to setup mythtv so you can get dvr service to your home network, but do not want to dedicate a single computer. Mythtv adds support for nvidia vdpau phoronix forums. The recommended video hardware for use with mythtv is anything nvidia 8series or better. There is full gpubased video acceleration for vaapi, vdpau, nvidia.
Amd radeon graphics driver amassing improvements for linux 5. Mythtv in my opinion, is one of the best htpc applications out there. I think this is an old bug that, but i just had it happen again after the latest update. Just thought it was time to upgrade and im considering the ryzen 3. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. It in essence provides what purevideodirectx video acceleration is on the windows platform. Also note that suse users should read the suse nvidia installer howto before downloading the driver.
This guide will show you how you can leverage your windows pc to run mythtv on a virtual machine using vitualbox. Given that vdpau is supported as opposed to not on the radeon, and the maturity of the nvidia drivers under linux, the answer is yes. Ive been a bit distracted the last few months, but im finally getting back around to this. It lets any linux, solaris, and freebsd system play files, including highly complex h. Nvidia vdpau purevideo pci video card for mythtv travis. Mythtv errorslockups with vdpau and nvidia geforce forums. Provided as an installer or compressed archive ready to decompress and run. The open source drivers are gaining in performance and efficiency, closing the gap between the closed sourced drivers. Video goes out dvi to hdmi to a 1920p display a tv. Are there any files that should be editeddeleted for the system to use properly the amd card. Disabled the composite extension since it isnt yet supported by ati amd graphics. Vdpau video decode and presentation api for unix lets nvidia and amd ati uvd cards play video with hardware acceleration. How do i enable vdpau hardware video acceleration support for.
Last christmas my sister and i gave our parents a new computer so i inherited the old one for repurposing. Video issues after reinstall mythtv official community forum. In addition to updated nvidia binary drivers or the open source ati amd driver that support the api, extensive documentation is available. Is the nvidia igp 8200 with vdpau faster and more reliable with linux and mythtv. Intel and ati currently offer no support for vdpau.
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