VDPAU
The VDPAU interface is to be implemented by device drivers , such as Nvidia GeForce driver , nouveau , amdgpu , to offer end-user software , such as VLC media player or GStreamer , a standardized access to available video decompression acceleration hardware in the form of application-specific integrated circuit ( ASIC ) blocks on graphics processing units ( GPU ) , such as Nvidia's PureVideo or AMD's Unified Video Decoder and make use of it . 
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