ever considered supporting AMD cards too ?

hydra3333 · Post by **hydra3333** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 5:24 pm

Honest question.
Hope I don't get banned !

Post by **Rocky** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 7:31 pm

He he. Not really. At this point there are two show stoppers: 1) I'd have to make an AMD system, and 2) the amount of work to get DGDecAMD developed on a par with DGDecNV would be an insane amount of work. DGDecNV was developed slowly and continuously over a period of 20 years. I'm turning 70 this year. This is not one of those never say never situations. Never!

Nevertheless, thank you for asking.

hydra3333 · Post by **hydra3333** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 1:30 am

I don't own an AMD card, so OK by me

That large looking number is the new 50, so you're just reaching your peak

In mind, anyway, if my mates and I are anything to go by

Post by **Rocky** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:55 pm

Honestly, m8, I still feel in my brain like age 18. You and me, we're gonna have a contest to reach 100, and not in a nursing home. With the right diet it can be done. Just watch.

Post by **Albert** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:57 pm

Today I was searching "oxalate content of beer". It's low! Stay away from spinach, almonds, and sweet potatoes, though.

Post by **Bullwinkle** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:59 pm

If a "doctor" tells you to do something, do the opposite. They have a financial interest in keeping you sick.

Post by **Baltasar** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 1:04 pm

So true.

https://www.kevinmd.com/2012/10/america ... -sick.html

Dion · Post by **Dion** » Sat Jun 10, 2023 4:51 am

With the insane cost on Nvidia cards these days.. I do wish DGIndex worked with ALL video cards

That Intel Arc Pro A60 would be so great to use with this frame server.. :bow:

Post by **Rocky** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:19 pm

Really?

What price are you looking for? Just saw on amazon an RTX 3060 12GB card great for DG stuff (and AI etc.) for $280. You don't need bleeding edge. We're still on a 3090 here. We're not worried about gaming performance. Right?

Dion · Post by **Dion** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:45 pm

I only use that PC for my Plex Server and Encoding videos. So spending 300$ on a GPU isn't exactly what i'm looking for even tho it's not a terrible price. Onboard video is fine for decoding. But the Intel Arc Pro A60 has 12gigs of VRAM and hardware support for ALL codec and it's only 130$.. So it's much more appealing haha. It's not a big deal but would be nice. Currently using a 950 over there which does do HEVC hardware at least.

Post by **Rocky** » Wed Jun 14, 2023 12:51 pm

We could do it but need a donation for the HW. Can't even think about it with the current environment.

Dion · Post by **Dion** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 7:28 pm

I was thinking more just remove the CUDA requirement. That way all cards could use it. Similar to how LSMASHSource and FFMS work. Cause DG is much better then those..

Post by **Rocky** » Sun Jul 02, 2023 10:28 am

Well sure. That would be like the old DGAVCDec, which used lavc for decoding. But that line was abandoned due to regressions in lavc that made our style of random access difficult or impossible. And if we went that route we would pick up all the deficiencies that you alluded to for stuff based on lavc, and that would undermine your assessment that "DG is much better".

For NVDec/CUDA there is competent and responsive support available. For lavc? Not so much.