News Release
VIA Releases Enhancements to Open Source Xine Media
Player
VIA expands software element of embedded platforms to
boost support for hardware-based video acceleration in
VIA digital media chipsets
Taipei, Taiwan, 26 August 2004 - VIA Technologies, Inc,
a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies
and PC platform solutions, today released enhancements
to the open source Xine project in the form of VeXP 3.0
(VIA enhanced Xine Player, version 3.0) supporting hardware-based
MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 video acceleration for entertainment
devices based on VIA C-series digital media chipsets.
VIA processor platforms, comprising a wide range of power
efficient x86 processors, feature rich chipsets and a
full compliment of companion chips, incorporate cutting
edge hardware-based features that spread the workload
across the platform to improve performance of critical
applications while reducing the workload on the system.
VeXP 3.0 and the accompanying source code make it easier
for software developers to incorporate support for MPEG-4
and MPEG-2 hardware acceleration in Linux-based Personal
Electronics devices based on VIA processor platforms that
feature the VIA CN400 or VIA CLE266 chipset.
“VeXP 3.0 is the latest in a growing range of free source
code and programs from VIA that bring a valuable software
element to our total silicon platforms,” said Justin Hsu,
Executive Assistant to the President, VIA Technologies,
Inc. “By providing such a complete solution we are helping
our partners to gain a competitive edge in the development
of smart Personal Electronics devices and expedite implementation
of new features and capabilities.”
Hardware digital video acceleration in VeXP 3.0 will
work on systems based on the VIA CN400 and VIA CLE266
digital media chipsets. With support for an extensive
range of media formats that include AVI, ASF, CDDA, DVD,
MP3, VCD and RM, VeXP 3.0 is able to reduce the workload
on the system processor by more than 50% when used with,
for example, the forthcoming VIA EPIA SP Mini-ITX and
VIA EPIA N Nano-ITX mainboards.
Linux distributions supported by the player include Fedora
Core 1, Mandrake 9.2, MontaVista 3.1, Red Flag 4.0, Red
Hat 7.3/8.0/9, and SuSE 8.1.
More information is available from VIAArena.com
and the VeXP 3.0 application can be downloaded from SourceForge.net.
VIA also provides the VIA
PadLock ZIP Utility and source code with support for
the VIA
PadLock ACE (Advanced Cryptography Engine) as a free
download for developers who wish to incorporate support
for VIA PadLock hardware security features into existing
software or customize the utility to meet their individual
needs.
For more information on the VIA
EPIA SP Mini-ITX and VIA
EPIA N Nano-ITX mainboards, please visit the VIA
Embedded Platform Division website. |
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