[Bug 595661] Re: please support h264 hardware acceleration on certain intel video cards

[Adam Niedling]

Isn't it too early to close this bug just yet? We should wait until
someone confirms that h264 acceleration works with 4500MHD too.

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Title:
  please support h264 hardware acceleration on certain intel video cards

Status in “libdrm” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “libva” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “mplayer” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu should support h264 and mpeg2 hardware decoding through the use
  of vaapi on Intel cards.

  Here is some Intel documentation on how to achieve this, including the patches needed:
  http://intellinuxgraphics.org/h264.html

  The libva stack should be updated from debian to support the G45 card series to 1.0.8 or higher
  Currently being tracked in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libva/+bug/721978

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