On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, you wrote:
Sounds like ATI is releasing some new stuff. From the sound of it DVD playback will be easier under Linux in the future. I wonder what that does to the lawsuits etc.
Nick
portfolio@newswire.ca wrote:
TORONTO, Feb. 21 /CNW/ - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) announced today the development of the ATI VHA (Video Hardware Acceleration) Software Development Kit for the Linux operating system. The ATI Linux VHA Kit will add hardware support for high quality video such as MPEG-2 to Linux. It provides a software interface between the iDCT and motion compensation video acceleration of the ATI RAGE 128(TM)-based accelerators, and MPEG-2 and DVD video playback formats. Supported products include RAGE 128 and RAGE 128 PRO(TM) chips and boards such as the RAGE FURY PRO(TM), All-in-Wonder 128(TM) and XPERT 2000(TM).
I just got chills ;). Let it be known that I am *not* a fan of ATI products, but I am highly impressed with this initiative. Perhaps nVidia/SGI, 3Dfx, and Matrox will follow suit. With all four of the high-performance ("Game-class") chipset manufacturers involved, an API could be established, not unlike the VFL, ALSA, and other kernel-level projects. :D Shoot, I don't know if it'd have to go that far...consider the modular architecture of XF86 4! -- -=|JP|=- Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions -o) jpennington@atipa.com | Kansas City, MO /\\ 816-241-2641 x107 | http://www.atipa.com _\_V -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/