Does IPP make use of the GPU for H.264 decompression?

[markiemooster]

I'm developing an application to decode H.264 video, can anybody tell me if the graphics card is used in any way to decompress the video?

To clarify, I don't mean for displaying the video, just the decompression offrames from H.264 to RGB or YUV.

I'm just trying to determine whether a faster graphics card could aid the decompression process.

Thanks in advance.

[Vladimir_Dudnik]

Hello,

I would recommend you to take a look at Intel Media SDK which is dedicated APIto accesshardware assistantance for media codecs.

Regards,
Vladimir

[PaulF_IntelCorp]

The IPP library does not take advantage of any GPUs, only the CPU and SIMD (SSE) instructions. Video solutions based on the IPP library are pure software solutions only.

[markiemooster]

Thanks Paul. That's exactly the information I needed.