>>> Using GPU for vidéo demuxing [...] is much like the original Amiga spirit.

>> Does it really make sense to use the GPU for video demuxing? Does the GPU
>> really have an advantage over the CPU there?

> Yes Andeas, Using the gpu to help decode info it will be displaying makes
> sense. Its used in most mainstream OS' and it lowers the cpu workload. Also,
> it's the only way some weak cpus like the one in the RPi can handle hd video.

Am I right in suspecting that you just changed the topic from demuxing to decoding? Demuxing multimedia files or streams means separating the video and audio information contained in a multimedia container and sending them to the respective decoders for actual decoding. Is that really done by the GPU these days? I mean, even if it's technically possible to have the GPU demux the data on its own, isn't the demuxing workload only a minuscule fraction of the decoding workload anyway?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demultiplexer_%28media_file%29