# how to get accelerated h.264 decoding on linux?
**URL:** https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-to-get-accelerated-h-264-decoding-on-linux/1496
**Category:** PowerVR Insider
**Created:** [August 13, 2012, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-to-get-accelerated-h-264-decoding-on-linux/1496 "2012-08-13T11:42:22Z")
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### Author:  [@folkert](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/folkert)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2012, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-to-get-accelerated-h-264-decoding-on-linux/1496/1 "2012-08-13T11:42:22Z")
hello forum,
i am evaluating a Samsung S5PV210 board (which contains the PowerVR SGX540 GPU) and would like to test the hardware acceleration of video decoding, specifically h.264 720p/1080p. according to the specs, this should be supported under linux, however i am not quite sure where i’d get the corresponding software (binary or better yet source code) for both the X server and the linux kernel… would this be supplied by the chipset manufacturer, ie Samsung? or by the board manufacturer, in this case FriendlyARM?
Or does Imagination Technologies provide such a thing? I’m currently looking at the PowerVR Insider SDK, but this seems to be less about video and more about 2d/3d acceleration (which is nice as well, but only if i get the video to work )
any help appreciated, as this is quite confusing … 🙂
thnx,
/f
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### Author:  [@JoeDavis](https://forums.imgtec.com/u/JoeDavis)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2012, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.imgtec.com/t/how-to-get-accelerated-h-264-decoding-on-linux/1496/2 "2012-09-05T07:37:13Z")
Hi folkert,
Apologies for the delayed response.
You should contact Samsung for support with this issue. Our SDK is designed to support development of applications that leverage our PowerVR GPUs for 2D/3D graphics. It doesn’t contain any examples or tools for the PowerVR video cores.
Regards,
Joe