2012-06-27, 16:12
Vaapi on AMD is only a wrapper for xvba, so it has the exact same limitations and then some. So no, vaapi(on AMD) is in no way better or even on par with direct xvba support.
As of AMDs announcement, mpeg2/4 and h264 L5.1 has been implemented in their drivers, but we have not seen the necessary xvba-sdk update yet. As usual with AMD, there is no ETA either.
When it finally lands, Xvba should be mostly feature complete.
Everything you need to know about the state of HW accel on AMD is in this thread, it is fully up to date.
As of AMDs announcement, mpeg2/4 and h264 L5.1 has been implemented in their drivers, but we have not seen the necessary xvba-sdk update yet. As usual with AMD, there is no ETA either.
When it finally lands, Xvba should be mostly feature complete.
Everything you need to know about the state of HW accel on AMD is in this thread, it is fully up to date.