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# 7
on bug 97886<=
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from GHPS
> We no longer support the VDPAU back=
end for r300.
I see the point that at some moment in time the support for=20
an old platform has to be ceased.
As for myself I've been using my trusty old Thinkpad T60=20
since 10 years with various operating systems and drivers.
While starting with Win XP and the proprietary ATI drivers the
system became slower with every iteration of Windows rendering
it ultimately useless under Windows 10. Switching to Kubuntu 14.04
not only made the old hardware usable again but showed the surprising
effect that the machine becomes faster with every release cycle of kernel
and drivers.=20
That my Thinkpad now is more usable than it ever was is
in parts a result of the great work of the Mesa team. They - You! -=20
developed a driver that is much better than ATI=E2=80=99s original work.
Therefore I regret that the r300 platform is no longer supported.
More so since the vdpau driver seemed to be working fine in previous
versions, the initial bug report is from September 2016 and a patch
was submitted to fix the problem.
And the bug bites every user who is trying to play back mpeg1/mpeg2 content=
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- DVDs - since VLC and other players silently rely on vpdau.
So it would be very kind if a developer would take a second look at the
problem.