Messages in this thread | | | From | Robert Lowery <> | Subject | [Slightly OT] Where should SIS 6326 mpeg2 hardware acceleration code live? | Date | Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:18:52 +1000 |
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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
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