How enable GPU decoding?

[mankiz]

Where it is in preferences? I can`t find this option

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Preferences->Codecs

[VLC_help]

Tools -> Preferences and Input & Codecs and tick Use GPU acceleration. Remember to press Save to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.

[mankiz]

Thx, work perfect!

[ant]

Tools -> Preferences and Input & Codecs and tick Use GPU acceleration. Remember to press Save to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.

Is it me or is that option not there in "All" view? I see it in "Simple" view.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

It is there too, all -> codecs-> video-> ffmpeg

[ant]

It is there too, all -> codecs-> video-> ffmpeg

Ahh, thanks.

[rightman]

I can't find it.

Is it called accelerated video output (overlay) or use hardware yuv->RGB conversions? Both are checked already.

[VLC_help]

It is called Use GPU acceleration. And it isn't in Video section. It is under Input & Codecs.

[rightman]

Thank you very much. In the beginning I didn't notice, that it isn't under video. Found it now.

[rightman]

When I use GPU Decoding screenshots are blue-ish. Back to non GPU an everything is in normal color again.

Oh, I did see that the blue is only visible while the screenshot gets previewed in vlc. When opening it in windows explorer, it is in right colors.

[patje72]

The screenshot makes things clear. I don't have any problems. So maybe "experimental" can be removed!

[rightman]

When I use GPU Decoding screenshots are blue-ish. Back to non GPU an everything is in normal color again.

Oh, I did see that the blue is only visible while the screenshot gets previewed in vlc. When opening it in windows explorer, it is in right colors.

Correction: At the time I wrote the statement above I did have the 1.1.2-git. Now I use the 1.1.2-release and it is fine. No wrong colors.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

The screenshot makes things clear. I don't have any problems. So maybe "experimental" can be removed!

You are not alone using VLC, you know?

[ant_thomas]

It should definitely still be "experimental" since it doesn't work as well as at least XBMC for windows for hardware decoding.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

It should definitely still be "experimental" since it doesn't work as well as at least XBMC for windows for hardware decoding.

Very unlilkely, since XBMC uses the code VLC developers have put inside FFMpeg...

[ant_thomas]

Irrelevant of whether it uses the code the VLC developers have put inside FFMpeg, XBMC for Windows runs the high bitrate H264 content I have better, especially the well known killa.sampla. My CPU definitely isn't capable of playing it smoothly so both are using hardware decoding and XBMC handles it far better. Completely smooth whereas there's a fair few judders with VLC.

I'm not slagging off VLC, I love it, it's definitely one of the most useful pieces of software I've ever used across both Linux and Windows.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

killa.sampla doesn't work in VLC, GPU or not.

[dcn]

supports the VLC Mozillaplugin the GPU encoding?
Thx

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

encoding? No.

[dcn]

Sorry, i mean decoding.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

it could.

[dcn]

and you know how?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

:ffmpeg-hw

[dcn]

how i have to set the parameter? Do you have an example?
Very Thanks