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authorwm4 <wm4@nowhere>2016-10-20 16:43:02 +0200
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video: add --hwdec=vdpau-copy mode
At this point, all other hwaccels provide -copy modes, and vdpau is the exception with not having one. Although there is vf_vdpaurb, it's less convenient in certain situations, and exposes some issues with the filter chain code as well.
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@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ Video
:yes: exactly the same as ``auto``
:auto-copy: enable best hw decoder with copy-back (see below)
:vdpau: requires ``--vo=vdpau`` or ``--vo=opengl`` (Linux only)
+ :vdpau-copy: copies video back into system RAM (Linux with some GPUs only)
:vaapi: requires ``--vo=opengl`` or ``--vo=vaapi`` (Linux only)
:vaapi-copy: copies video back into system RAM (Linux with Intel GPUs only)
:videotoolbox: requires ``--vo=opengl`` (OS X 10.8 and up only)
@@ -651,10 +652,10 @@ Video
primarily implemented on the CPU. Some exceptions are ``vdpaupp``,
``vdpaurb`` and ``vavpp``. See `VIDEO FILTERS`_ for more details.
- The ``vaapi-copy`` and ``dxva2-copy`` modes allow you to use hardware
+ The ``...-copy`` modes (e.g. ``dxva2-copy``) allow you to use hardware
decoding with any VO, backend or filter. Because these copy the decoded
- video back to system RAM, they're likely less efficient than the ``vaapi``
- or ``dxva2`` modes respectively.
+ video back to system RAM, they're likely less efficient than the direct
+ modes (like e.g. ``dxva2``).
.. note::