Ubuntu Will Not Enable Open-Source VDPAU Support

[droidhacker]

You miss the point Bacon, its 8MB's they save on the LiveCD's, which they apparently are still trying to force onto an 800mb CD..

The problem is that this argument falls flat on its face when you realize that there are *TONS* of packages that ubuntu DOES NOT INSTALL on their livecd.
If you look at that discussion, +ajax = redhat. He was talking about how Fedora might go ahead and add it to the LIVECD -- just because, you know, it would be really cool.

IT IS ALREADY IN FEDORA REPOSITORIES FOR GENERAL INSTALLATION!!!!

Ubuntu *could* just do what Redhat does, and there is not a single reason in the world why they don't.

[curaga]

*on card X

[curaga]

Game changing in what way?

In the "it was a slideshow card X without the patch" way.

[felipe]

don't know what's wrong with linux 3.x(tearing even on 480p videos), because my smarttv has linux 2.6.x and play excellent the videos(loaded from usb). I no longer use my pc(linux 3.x) to play videos, linux sucks is better on windows 7 , also in arch linux you have to enable the vdpau support for amd and intel... so its normal. bye

[[Knuckles]]

I too was taken aback by this but remember something: this *is* an LTS release.

The VDPAU support seems to be working nicely (I've already said goodbye to fglrx on my laptop), but was still being worked on very little time ago, and hasn't yet received large-scale testing.

But being an LTS release, if they follow their current procedures it will mean that by the time 14.10 rolls around (a mere 8 months away) VDPAU will probably be rock solid, and they'll release a 14.10 enablement stack for 14.04, and all will be well.

Seems like a reasonable compromise to me.

What they are failing, is in providing proper communication for this. Just "lol no fit 8mb on cdieee" is not a good one, for all the reasons you all pointed out.

In addition, they current images don't target cd's anymore, they supposedly are aimed at 1gb pen drives (which usually dont have 1gb, especially after formatted).

[0xBADCODE]

Epic fail!

Epic fail in project management. It's so damn silly to have implemented and working feature and then fail to supply it due to own idiocy in project management. My wish to Canonical: fire all morons responsible for this idiocy. That's the only thing they deserve.

[smitty3268]

You miss the point Bacon, its 8MB's they save on the LiveCD's, which they apparently are still trying to force onto an 800mb CD..

It's more like 1MB on the liveCDs after compression. And they could easily add a vdpau package in their main repository that just isn't installed by default. At least then you could get an official version rather than having to search for a PPA.

[TheSoulz]

You miss the point Bacon, its 8MB's they save on the LiveCD's, which they apparently are still trying to force onto an 800mb CD..

i apreciate they keep it clean but not including stuff like this is bad.
if its something that isnt critial i would stand on theyr side, this is not the case

[MrRtd]

Size....really?

Could Ubuntu not just offer two options?
A CD size image for most basic functionality, and a second larger image, up to the size of of DVD that has the best selection of software and options enabled for the best user experience.

[Ericg]

I know every one is upset about vdpau not being including in ubuntu.. But look at the bright side.. You get 8 megabytes of free space to use instead! WOW! That's like 8,388,608 bytes of infinite space! Think of all the pixel-art and text files you will be able to store on your 4TB hard-drive with all that extra space......amazing! Thanks ubuntu! You always know exactly what your users want!..

You miss the point Bacon, its 8MB's they save on the LiveCD's, which they apparently are still trying to force onto an 800mb CD..