AIUI VDR generates the OSD as a bitmap no matter which output plugin is used and the player only has the choice of how to overlay it on the video. So getting it rendered by VDPAU would be easy enough, but to upgrade it to HD would probably need some rewriting/patching in core VDR, not just a plugin. I think the ability to antialias the text would be the biggest improvement, it often looks jagged.
The next developer version of VDR will contain full True-Color OSD support. I'm in the final stages of implementing all that's necessary to do that, like background image, transparent and movable overlayed pixmaps and the like.
Klaus
Wow! The world may be changing!!
Will this be a 1.8 release, or still in the 1.7 development train?
Any ETA?