[MPlayer-dev-eng] Why no default modern disc playback support?,i.e. Blu-Ray/HD

[Igor]

> I guess we'll have to wait for performance improvements in ffh264/ffvc1, 
> or PureVideo/Avivo support in ffmpeg. On Windows it is possible to 
> implement GPU acceleration using the Video Acceleration component of 
> DirectX (but as far as I know, no ffmpeg developer is working on this 
> ATM) ; on Linux however, due to the lack of driver support, this is not 
> possible yet - but recent developments such as AMD/ATI releasing 
> specifications for their recent GPUs makes me think this is going to change.


and what about API for video hardware acceleration under Linux ? is it API exist ?

Igor