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#1 2011-05-30 04:36:42
- b0uncyfr0
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Ati 6950 Drivers?
Hi guys just got my new card Gigabyte 6950 and im having a bit of trouble getting it to work. First i checked out open drivers but apparently support was just added i think. I also tried to install catalyst-total from AUR and it worked but X is still not working. Can someone help me.
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#2 2011-05-30 12:25:28
- Radioactiveman
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Re: Ati 6950 Drivers?
Did you run
aticonfig --initialand is fglrx in the MODULES array of your rc.conf?
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#3 2011-05-30 12:54:57
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Re: Ati 6950 Drivers?
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#4 2011-05-30 13:16:46
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Re: Ati 6950 Drivers?
Thanks i got it going. Now to fix vaapi and smplayer. Is there a way to tell when vlc is using vaapi?
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#5 2011-05-30 13:21:51
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Re: Ati 6950 Drivers?
You can enable hw acceleration from VLC's advanced settings.
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#6 2011-05-30 13:25:47
- b0uncyfr0
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Re: Ati 6950 Drivers?
Yep i saw that but how do i know for sure thats its working, and not falling back to opengl or X11?
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#7 2011-05-30 13:28:09
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Re: Ati 6950 Drivers?
If you installed the xvba package, then it's working. You can also check with
aticonfig --od-getclockswhen an HD movie is playing.
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#8 2011-05-30 14:34:01
- admiralspark
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Re: Ati 6950 Drivers?
Wait, do you NEED Vaapi to do hd? Because I'm using -utils from the repo on my 5730 and it does fullscreen 720p fine, and I'm pretty sure I'm not using Vaapi...
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#9 2011-05-30 14:58:39
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Re: Ati 6950 Drivers?
If you are not using VAAPI, video decoding is handled by the CPU. Using VAAPI, however, most of that work is off loaded to the GPU.
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#10 2011-05-30 23:37:55
- b0uncyfr0
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Re: Ati 6950 Drivers?
Ok so i got libva installed, xvba from the catalyst repo installed and smplayer still refuses to output vaapi. I can hear the audio fine but no video. Im using mplayer2-git, would that make a difference? I read on the forums and saw vaapi support had been added.
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#11 2011-05-31 04:32:26
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Re: Ati 6950 Drivers?
Can you try the mplayer-vaapi package in [community]? After that try to test it like this:
mplayer -vo vaapi:gl -va vaapi <your-video.avi>It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. (Mark Twain)
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#12 2011-06-05 00:22:14
- b0uncyfr0
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Re: Ati 6950 Drivers?
Yes with mplayer-vaapi it works fine. But whenever im browsing and scrlling around i can hear the video in the background stuttering. Someone recommened mplayer2 for that. Thats why i want to try it out.
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