[MPlayer-users] vdpau and menu

[Andreas]

Am Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2009 05:25:17 schrieb Reimar Döffinger:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 07:05:32AM -0800, Andreas wrote:
> > I compiled mplayer with vdpau support, and  when I invoke mplayer
> > with "-menu" and "-vo vdpau", it crashes. Before I go and
> > re-compile mplayer with debug enabled: Is using vdpau with menu not
> > possible yet?
>
> It should no longer crash, but since -menu insists on rendering
> directly onto the video instead of reusing the OSD support, it can
> not work with hardware-accelerated decoding (whether vdpau or xvmc).

Thanks for the heads up! I never got xvmc working, so vdpau is my first 
attempt at tapping into GPU hardware acceleration. The implemention in 
mplayer is workiing very, very well for me. Even the videos I could not 
play with nvidia's patched mplayer are now playing without a hitch.

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Gruß
Andreas