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    AMD Releases Open-Source UVD Video Support

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by AllisOne, Apr 3, 2013.

  1. AllisOne

    AllisOne Notebook Enthusiast

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    Maybe somebody (especially people using AMD graphics cards and Linux) is interested. I'd say it's quite uplifting news :)

    AMD has published (see update at the bottom of the article) open-source driver code that exposes their Unified Video Decoder (UVD) engine on modern Radeon HD graphics cards. This will finally allow open-source graphics drivers to take advantage of hardware-accelerated video decoding.

    [Phoronix] AMD Releases Open-Source UVD Video Support
     
    AllisOne, Apr 3, 2013
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  2. MenelikSams

    MenelikSams Notebook Guru

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    Great news, now I might actually be able to watch Youtube on my Debian :)
     
    MenelikSams, Apr 3, 2013
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