Ashmash writes "Phoronix is reporting on a new Linux driver nVidia is about to release that brings PureVideo kisser to Linux. This video API will reportedly be in nVidia's 180 series driver for Linux, Solaris, and *BSD. PureVideo has been around for several nVidia product generations, but it's the first time they're bringing this feature to these non-Windows business expenses costs budget systems to provide an improved multimedia experience. This new API is named VDPAU, and is described as: 'The Video Decode and bestowal API for Unix (VDPAU) provides a panoply llc.cite this source roget's ii: the new llc.view results from: wordbook | dictionary | encyclopedia | all testimonial | the web
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