From: Steven Walter <srwalter@yahoo.com>
To: Robert Lowery <Robert.Lowery@colorbus.com.au>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Slightly OT] Where should SIS 6326 mpeg2 hardware acceleration code live?
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:36:10 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010829223610.A4472@hapablap.dyn.dhs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <370747DEFD89D2119AFD00C0F017E6614A62CF@cbus613-server4.colorbus.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <370747DEFD89D2119AFD00C0F017E6614A62CF@cbus613-server4.colorbus.com.au>; from Robert.Lowery@colorbus.com.au on Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 10:18:52AM +1000
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 10:18:52AM +1000, Robert Lowery wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have recently acquired a PCI graphics card based on the SIS 6326 chipset.
> This chipset supports YUV->RGB conversion, Hardware motion compensation and
> iDCT in hardware. Using Windows 98 and PowerDVD I am able to playback full
> screen DVD without any skipped frames on a Pentium 233MMX. All for the
> cheap price of around $US20.
>
> The full specs on this chipset are available at
> http://www.sis.com/ftp/Databook/6326/6326ds10.exe
>
> The hardware acceleration of this card does not appear to be supported under
> linux, and I am unsure where the code should even go if I was to try and
> write it.
>
> I have tried mailing to the livid-devel@linuxvideo.org, as I first thought
> this is where the code would belong, but have had no responses at all in 4
> days. Is this Livid/OMS project still alive.
>
> Alternatives (that I am aware of) are
> video4linux
> fbcon
> Xv
>
> Where should this hardware support live, I suspect it does not belong in the
> kernel ;) and who should I be talking to. I am willing to do a lot of the
> work to get this chipset supported, but since my device driver experience is
> somewhat limited, I would probably need a mentor ;)
>
> Please cc any repies to me as I am not subscribed
>
> Cheers
>
> -Robert
This is definitely a job for XFree86, and Xv specificially.
Unfortunately, Xv only support the YUV->RGB conversion. For the fancier
stuff, you'll need to use XvMC (motion compensation) which is still
somewhat experimental.
Redirect this question to the XFree86 devel lists and I think you'll get
better results. Good luck on getting this supported!
--
-Steven
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
-- George Orwell
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2001-08-30 0:18 [Slightly OT] Where should SIS 6326 mpeg2 hardware acceleration code live? Robert Lowery
2001-08-30 3:36 ` Steven Walter [this message]
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