09-13-2016, 03:29 PM
(08-30-2016, 05:26 AM)MarkHaysHarris777 Wrote:(08-30-2016, 05:17 AM)CaptainZalo Wrote: A little something. I don't know if this can apply to the Pine64-board, but it sure does work on the CHIP (which also use the Cedar VPU).
http://free-electrons.com/blog/support-f...ux-kernel/
hi Captain ! ... exactly ! Take a look at this.
... what is key, the tree NO ONE is barking up right now, is a browser that fully supports VDPAU. VDPAU and the Cedrus project are the key, potentially, for video in gnu+linux without proprietary kernel blobs on the PineA64 (IMHO).
Unfortunately, no such browser exists at the moment (for the PineA64) that supports VDPAU. But this is a conversation (which longsleep has started many times) that needs to be pursued.
Chrome is a total jackass regarding VDPAU/VA-API acceleration under Linux - they support it under ChromeOS, using all the same libraries and setups - but not under Linux.
Firefox, however, at least has VDPAU/VA-API acceleration through freshplayerplugin, so that should work, in theory.