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diff --git a/libraries/libva/README b/libraries/libva/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ecc7a6927b --- /dev/null +++ b/libraries/libva/README @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +The main motivation for VAAPI (Video Acceleration API) is to enable +hardware accelerated video decode/encode at various entry-points +(VLD, IDCT, Motion Compensation etc.) for the prevailing coding +standards today (MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP/H.263, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, and +VC-1/VMW3). Extending XvMC was considered, but due to its original +design for MPEG-2 MotionComp only, it made more sense to design an +interface from scratch that can fully expose the video decode +capabilities in today's GPUs. |