2011-09-23, 19:29
TREX6662k5 Wrote:Current CUDA decoders (CoreAVC and LAV) still use the video decoder built in to the graphics cards (CUVID) so they are still bound by their limitations.
In theory though... it would be possible to move software decoding routines to the GPU with CUDA (nvidia) and OpenCL (AMD / Intel)?
Granted one can't take advantage of the video decoding profiles that are currently baked into the hardware since they're limited to 8-bit... but that doesn't prevent someone from offloading even video decoding work to the GPU, if they were so inclined to write such a program with CUDA / OpenCL?