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 VDPAU is abandonned. Nvidia developers say the Nvidia Video SDK supports 10 bit. And is already in FFMPEG 4.0. I don't know if it is impossible to bump VDPAU tp the Video SDK. Eventually lots of people will buy a new GPU in time. Nvidia is one of the 3 big players in GPU world. Maybe someone can take a look at it. (I'am no developer)  

 That way you would loose support for all "older" nvidia gpus. To support both yet another hw decoder in kodi needs to be implemented, just cause nvidia does not want to support common APIs, even not those that they designed themselves (vdpau ...). For a kodi htpc nvidia gpus are totally useless.  

The support in the Video SDK goes back to the Geforce 600 series (Kepler). Older than that is due for replacement. I bought a 1030GT in januari because on this forum it was recommended. Link And now you say my card is useless because you think Nvidia developers change heart. I have been with Kodi since Eden. At first in Openelec, And now Libreelec. And now I have to search for an other mediaplayer. It's a shame! Sure implement Gaming into Kodi. With no support for faster GPU's. I always loved the Kodi community. Now I have the feeling being abandonned also. 

 You bought a recommendation from the Windows-Forum! 

If you love consists of: I like them as long as they implement the features I want - then this love is a bit one sided. Heck - what do you expect with three Linux-Developers left for a project used by 10 Million people?