[RockerC]

Just read that libvdpau versions 1.0 and 1.1 have been released with HEVC (H.265) decoding support.

VDPAU (Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix) is supported under Linux and BSD, and currently only newer Nvidia Maxwell GTX 750 GPU (GM107) hardware supporting VDPAU Feature Set E and have latest binary device drivers on Linux is supported.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=ne...1-Released
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=ne...0-Released
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=ne...evc-decode
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=ne...px=MTYyMDQ



Off-topic: I had even missed that VA-API added HEVC H.265 decode API.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=ne...px=MTg1MzU

Don't have this hardware for this myself yet and will wait until price drops.

[0wing]

No support in ffmpeg yet, AFAIK.

[RockerC]

No support in ffmpeg yet, AFAIK.

Ah, does Kodi now use FFmpeg to hardware decode via VDPAU? It did not use to AFAIK?

[ironic_monkey]

it has since ~ 2011.