1

MPlayer does not work if I try to make it use VDPAU. How do I check if my card supports it and what else do I need to install to enable it?

2
  • the answer on the other question does not satisfy you? ;) Nov 13, 2011 at 20:27
  • @brunopereira81 I posted this question before your answer, sorry!
    – Oxwivi
    Nov 14, 2011 at 6:11

1 Answer 1

5

Pretty much any card after the 8000 series GPU's are supported. Make sure you have the nVidia proprietary driver installed, as vdpau doesn't not work with the nouveau driver.

Here's a table of nVidia GPU's supporting vdpau: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/VDPAU#Supported_Cards

Also, make sure that the package vdpau-va-driver is installed. You can then run vainfo to see if your card is supported.

1
  • As far as I know, vainfo shows info about VAAPI, an entire different video acceleration API for AMD/Intel video cards. The right command for NVidia VDPAU info is vdpauinfo
    – jesjimher
    Dec 14, 2020 at 14:31

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .