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How do I enable H.264 hardware acceleration?

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Ryan Oram (infinityos) said : 		#1

FAQ #996: “How do I enable H.264 hardware acceleration?”.

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Ryan Oram (infinityos) said : 		#4

A Geforce 8400 or greater (sorry Nvidia only) is needed for the hardware H.264 acceleration in infinityOS.

First enable the 3D acceleration by enabling the Nvidia drivers.

Then in SMPlayer, change the video output method to "vdpau". Play a video (any video) to see if it works.

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Ryan Oram (infinityos) said : 		#5

Ryan Oram suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #997: “How do I enable the Nvidia binary drivers?”.