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* For installation with a USB DVD-ROM - flash the downloaded image directly onto a DVD
 
* For installation with a USB DVD-ROM - flash the downloaded image directly onto a DVD
 
* For installation with a USB Flash drive, please follow [http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/744 How to install Linux Mint via USB] tutorial
 
* For installation with a USB Flash drive, please follow [http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/744 How to install Linux Mint via USB] tutorial
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== Base installation of Linux Mint ==
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* Follow the standard Linux Mint installation procedure - choose timezone, partitions, username, password etc.
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* Disconnect the installation media and reboot.
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* Login using previously selected username and password.
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== ATI Catalyst video driver ==
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* fglrx is a proprietary ATI Catalyst video driver that provides XvBA (X-video Bitstream Acceleration) support.
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* Install fglrx driver and other required utilities with the command below:
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sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates xvba-va-driver vainfo
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* Note: system reboot is required after the installation of the fglrx driver.
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== XBMC and VLC ==
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* XBMC and VLC are well known free and open-source multimedia players
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* Both of them use GPU accelerated video decoding and give exellent playback quality
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* Both of them compatible with the most popular video formats
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* XVBA support has not yet been merged into the main XBMC code branch and was installed from the repository maintained by "XBMC for Linux" team
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install xbmc vlc
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* XBMC will support GPU accelerated video decoding out of the box
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* In VLC you need to check Tools->Preferences->Input and Codecs->Use GPU accelerated decoding checkbox to take advantage of GPU accelerated video decoding

Revision as of 15:42, 22 January 2014

Prepare installation media

Base installation of Linux Mint

  • Follow the standard Linux Mint installation procedure - choose timezone, partitions, username, password etc.
  • Disconnect the installation media and reboot.
  • Login using previously selected username and password.

ATI Catalyst video driver

  • fglrx is a proprietary ATI Catalyst video driver that provides XvBA (X-video Bitstream Acceleration) support.
  • Install fglrx driver and other required utilities with the command below:
sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates xvba-va-driver vainfo
  • Note: system reboot is required after the installation of the fglrx driver.

XBMC and VLC

  • XBMC and VLC are well known free and open-source multimedia players
  • Both of them use GPU accelerated video decoding and give exellent playback quality
  • Both of them compatible with the most popular video formats
  • XVBA support has not yet been merged into the main XBMC code branch and was installed from the repository maintained by "XBMC for Linux" team
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc vlc
  • XBMC will support GPU accelerated video decoding out of the box
  • In VLC you need to check Tools->Preferences->Input and Codecs->Use GPU accelerated decoding checkbox to take advantage of GPU accelerated video decoding
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