What is this? Nvidia vs AMD and Intel

[kurkosdr]

What is this?

NB: so far, on Windows, VideoLAN is forced to recommend nVidia® GPU, until ATI® fixes their drivers on Windows, and until VLC developer get access to some Intel® hardware supporting GPU decoding.

Does this mean VLC's DXVA2 support doesn't work on ATI and Intel cards? Or that VLC doesn't work at all in ATI and Intel cards?

Since VLC 1.1.0 takes pride in the main page about it's DXVA2 support, I think it should be clarified.

PS: No intention to troll. I think 1.0.5 is a great player, and I use it for almost any media file (except only bluray). I just want to be sure it will work in my ATI card before I upgrade and have my home cinema PC obliterated.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Simple:
- None of us has Intel hardware => no support for DxVA2 on Intel it so far.
- ATI driver has one issue that is blocking VLC to work correctly with DxVA. As soon as this is fixed, we'll be happy

[kurkosdr]

- ATI driver has one issue that is blocking VLC to work correctly with DxVA. As soon as this is fixed, we'll be happy

So, does this mean that VLC will crash all the time on ATI cards (=obliterated home cinema pc), or that VLC will just work without DXVA on ATI cards (not a major problem).

In simple English, how can I get VLC working crash-free in my ATI pc? Do I just run it with the default settings (and it will disable DXVA2 by itself) or I have to change some setting? Which setting is that?

PS: I am asking because VLC is pretty mainstream software right now, so if it starts crashing on people with ATI cards all the time, forums are literally going to be clogged with noob questions. So it would be better if it was clarified in the main page.

[kurkosdr]

Anyone? I am unusually persistent on this, because having your media player crash every 5 minutes is so 2003, and it certainly doesn't match Videolan's reputation for stability.

Please stop ignoring us, and please tell us what to do if we have an ATI or Intel card. Leave it with the default settings? Change something?

[Damien]

VLC will just work without DXVA on ATI cards

That.It's not enabled by default.To enable it you go to input and codecs in preferences.I'm an ati user too,too bad we can't use it.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

In simple English, how can I get VLC working crash-free in my ATI pc? Do I just run it with the default settings (and it will disable DXVA2 by itself) or I have to change some setting? Which setting is that?

GPU decoding is an OPTION not enabled by default. No worry for you!

[Damien]

https://twitter.com/CatalystMaker/status/16797139455

[kurkosdr]

GPU decoding is an OPTION not enabled by default

Thanks for the answer. Downloading the new version the moment we speak

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Kool.