Nvidia 340 drivers in 2022?

[@HedgehogY2K]

32:28 most sites don't really use H264 anymore. KZbin only uses AVC for videos that are 1080p60 that aren't popular. Once you hit high views or upload in 1440p, you aren't getting VP9/AV1. But most videos have been re-converted to those codecs and the tech world's already practicing AV1 adoption. VP6 and older NVDEC solutions are useless now. Only good use is MPV Media Player. So, proprietary 340 VDPAU MPV bluray decode is as useful as VP4 gets for me. CPU handles KZbin 1080p for me.

[@rad_linux]

Its true. Even with the help of the h264ify extension in browser most sites dont use h264. VLC and mpv can be helpful with youtube but for those of use that can run 1080p on the processor (mostly older single core boxes) the little help h264 can give is welcomed. I've found that the decode works well for things like steamplay that use h264

[@BlackLionWolf]

Thank you so much for this video! I literally gave up on my old macbook pro trying to get this to work on manjaro and other various distros. However, your link works and its actually functional. This is amazing! This is why I love linux. I mean wow! My jellyfin can actually can play a 1080p video without stuttering! :)

[@rad_linux]

I'm glad i could help point you in the right direction! It's always fun to give old hardware new life

[@jasonanthonywilper]

Nice explanation, great video

Thanks for the lessons! I am struggling to work it out in my desktop GT Force 240, i am having a lot of freezing in Ubuntu / nouveau maybe try The buterfly legacy

[@rad_linux]

if you are using nouvea check out my other video on fixing video acceleration! admittedly i prefer the butterfly drivers myself when using ubuntu or ubuntu based distros. give them a shot and see how they work for you!

[@gdminervm]

I HAVE THE SAME GRAPHICS CARD

[@truckslove]

Very rad video, great discussion of how mesa and friends work with the kernels and their drivers! I have just one nitpick: dep-re-cate != de-pre-ci-ate (sorry, a pet peeve of mine)😉

[@sp34277]

yes, please depreciate is not the word it makes me cringe too

[@rad_linux]

hahaha, I'll have to remember that for next time. Though to be fair, they have certainly been lowered in honor or esteem as well ;)

[@HedgehogY2K]

Phew, I've been researching Linux all day. First I tried understanding Wayland, apparently only Nouveau can use it. I doubt my hardware even supports Fedora 25, I want Mint though. no Wayland until XFCE 4.2.0 so I'm stuck with X11. 2nd, I'm gaming on this thing. And while it's not Steam or anything, this NV50 Tesla 2.0 GPU needs all the fps possible, meaning I may need Nvidia 340 driver on Mint 20.3 Cinnamon and X11 Blender 2.90.1 to create OpenGL 3.3 apps. Anybody know a program that can use OpenCL 1.1/Cuda 1.2 on my NVS 2100M?

[@rad_linux]

Frustratingly Nvidia has been slow to get on board with wayland due to some proprietary nonsense. Wayland is nice in some regards, but its generally considered a detriment to gaming since it has an unremovable Vsync turned on capping everything at 60fps. Sticking to X11 is totally fine and in many ways practical. Mint is a fine distro but I don't love it. The thing about linux is that you can use an up to date, modern distro on pretty much any PC as long as you target the desktop environment properly. Like I wouldn't use the latest fedora workstation with gnome on my old single core processor box, but I have run the latest fedora using lxqt, or better yet something build from the ground up like i3 and it works just fine. Surprisingly fine tbh. My preference for machines like that is building my own desktop from a server install. I've used debian server and ubuntu server and had a great time customizing everything for efficiency. Sorry I'm not familiar with cuda enough to answer your last question

[@HedgehogY2K]

@@rad_linux Ok, well... After finishing up the video: Limited VDPAU, DRI 2, don't sound like a big deal to me. Even if I were to create something in Blender 2.9 with Python, I doubt the trouble of choosing Nouveau for DRI 3 and possibly Wayland's gonna be worth sacrificing much of what Nvidia has established over the course of the previous decade. I don't know what hardware supports Wayland to be honest. How far back does Wayland support in the Nouveau space?

[@WaterDrinker00001]

So with the nvidia butterfly ppa, steam no longer opens properly so is there any way to get these old opengl libraries for steam with the legacy ppa?

[@rad_linux]

I never really tested that functionality because the computers I was using it on didn't have new enough processors to install steam anyway. I might try removing the drivers and reinstalling, but otherwise its probably time to re purpose your rig. Maybe stick to lutris or retroarch for that setup. Honestly, you can grab 390 and even 470 cards pretty easy these days that can still hold up to some steam games

[@AcnapyxWe3d]

Thanks a lot for the links! It fixed my Nvidia problems🌞=]

[@rad_linux]

I glad it helped!!!

[@oconquistabolo]

how i install this "nouveau"? i'm using ubuntu and just wanna to get mine resolution right using a jurassic 8400gs

[@rad_linux]

nouveau is a kernel level driver so its automatically a part of nearly every mainstream implementation of linux. The operating system should automatically detect the card and use nouveau. There is nothing to install. To confirm this you can go to the terminal and type "sudo lshw -c display" and it should show the available graphics controllers. Under configuration it should show the driver in use.

[@oconquistabolo]

i can use this "Nvidia Legacy: Butterfly PPA" to install the driver on lubuntu?

[@rad_linux]

the nvidia legacy: butterfly PPA will install the proprietary 340 drivers. There are advantages to using them, but they can also be a pain to setup and are very old so they lack a few modern features. Try out this and nouveau like I explained in your other comment to see what works best for you

[@AB-eg]

No

[@rad_linux]

yes?