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From: Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] skylake and x265 movie display
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 06:42:49
Message-Id: CAC=wYCFyLqX5nfm2j_0aJ3tqc6quB4Af6n3-T-kz8UyY2X3vvw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] skylake and x265 movie display by Daniel Frey
1 > What about USE flags for mesa and libva?
2 >
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4 x11-libs/libva-2.4.0:0/2::gentoo USE="X drm opengl -utils -vdpau -wayland"
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6 media-libs/mesa-19.1.1::gentoo USE="classic dri3 egl gallium gbm gles2
7 llvm vaapi -d3d9 -debug -gles1 (-libglvnd) -lm_sensors -opencl -osmesa
8 -pax_kernel -pic (-selinux) -test -unwind -valgrind -vdpau -vulkan
9 -vulkan-overlay -wayland -xa -xvmc"
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12 > This wouldn't happen to be a 10-bit encoded x265, would it? If it is,
13 > 10-bit hardware decoding is only supported in Kaby Lake or newer (this
14 > could explain it decoding in software/on CPU instead of GPU.)
15 >
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17 That's possible. Is there an easy way to tell?
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19 >
20 > I also had to boot with UEFI or no hardware decoding happened at all.
21 > Mine was old enough to give you a choice but video performance suffered
22 > in BIOS boot mode.
23 >
24 > Damn - this is in BIOS mode... Very odd that makes a difference. Nice find.
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27 > When I got my celeron-based NUC I discovered that just because the CPU
28 > has some hardware offloading doesn't mean software will use it. :(
29 >
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31 This box is a NUC (NUC6i5SYB) that im using for a media PC.

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] skylake and x265 movie display Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] skylake and x265 movie display Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>