Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:36:10 -0500 | From | Steven Walter <> | Subject | Re: [Slightly OT] Where should SIS 6326 mpeg2 hardware acceleration code live? |
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 10:18:52AM +1000, Robert Lowery wrote: > Hi, > > I have recently acquired a PCI graphics card based on the SIS 6326 chipset. > This chipset supports YUV->RGB conversion, Hardware motion compensation and > iDCT in hardware. Using Windows 98 and PowerDVD I am able to playback full > screen DVD without any skipped frames on a Pentium 233MMX. All for the > cheap price of around $US20. > > The full specs on this chipset are available at > http://www.sis.com/ftp/Databook/6326/6326ds10.exe > > The hardware acceleration of this card does not appear to be supported under > linux, and I am unsure where the code should even go if I was to try and > write it. > > I have tried mailing to the livid-devel@linuxvideo.org, as I first thought > this is where the code would belong, but have had no responses at all in 4 > days. Is this Livid/OMS project still alive. > > Alternatives (that I am aware of) are > video4linux > fbcon > Xv > > Where should this hardware support live, I suspect it does not belong in the > kernel ;) and who should I be talking to. I am willing to do a lot of the > work to get this chipset supported, but since my device driver experience is > somewhat limited, I would probably need a mentor ;) > > Please cc any repies to me as I am not subscribed > > Cheers > > -Robert
This is definitely a job for XFree86, and Xv specificially. Unfortunately, Xv only support the YUV->RGB conversion. For the fancier stuff, you'll need to use XvMC (motion compensation) which is still somewhat experimental.
Redirect this question to the XFree86 devel lists and I think you'll get better results. Good luck on getting this supported! -- -Steven In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. -- George Orwell - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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