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Thread: State of hardware video acceleration on Ubuntu


hi everyone,

preamble
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have been running ubuntu great success on aging (6.5yr) desktop , start researching components new desktop. unfortunately, i've been out of game long @ loss begin components.

in particular, video cards -- have been trying follow evolving world of closed- , open-source video drivers, without hardware has been difficult grasp depth of advancements.

focus on hardware video acceleration (e.g. via va-api) can smoothly watch high-quality h.264 content. i'm sure new card purchase support other linux demands have, such light gaming , compiz acceleration. heavy gaming (e.g. scii) take place under windows, that's not huge issue.

question(s)
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video card manufacturer should focus on, nvidia or amd? looking @ open-source or closed-source drivers? media players in ubuntu support hardware video acceleration, , how difficult set on these cards?

-aikon



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