[Theorarm] Do We Actually Need The Hardware Video Decoder?

[Vitel]

AFAIR we currently have some issues with drivers for the hardware decoder (wrong kernel version).
I just found this interesting project: http://wss.co.uk/pinknoise/theorarm/
Looks like it's possible to run a DVD-quality theora/vorbis video at real time using just 500Mhz Cortex-A8. I personally don't need anything more.
Will we have this beast in the first firmware release?

 

[second exodous]

AFAIR we currently have some issues with drivers for the hardware decoder (wrong kernel version).
I just found this interesting project: http://wss.co.uk/pinknoise/theorarm/
Looks like it's possible to run a DVD-quality theora/vorbis video at real time using just 500Mhz Cortex-A8. I personally don't need anything more.
Will we have this beast in the first firmware release?

I'd like the decoder to work, I have everything encoded to H264 in the .mkv wrapper and it will be a pain to re-encode to another format. Besides, no matter what when you use hardware decoding it takes up less cpu cycles and uses less battery.

 

[Vitel]

Besides, no matter what when you use hardware decoding it takes up less cpu cycles and uses less battery.

Really? Why do you think so?

<flame>edit: Regarding H.264 - it sux because of patents. I prefer Theora/Vorbis.</flame>

 

[kingoddball]

Hardware decoding is wanted.

I don't want to have a maxed out cpu just to watch a movie.

 

[lulzfish]

Besides, no matter what when you use hardware decoding it takes up less cpu cycles and uses less battery.

Really? Why do you think so?

Because it would be extremely silly of TI to put in a decoder that wasn't several times more efficient than the CPU at decoding video.
Also, if your CPU is being eaten by software decoding, you can't run as many programs in the background.

We want to use hardware acceleration whenever it is possible.

 

[darkblu]

while we're at it, i suggest OP also drop the dubious support for SGX and move to mesa swrast.

 

[droneb]

Besides, no matter what when you use hardware decoding it takes up less cpu cycles and uses less battery.

Really? Why do you think so?

<flame>edit: Regarding H.264 - it sux because of patents. I prefer Theora/Vorbis.</flame>

OMG, then why do you think GPU's and acceleration hardware was developed for???
if this wasnt any truth then i would expect multicore systemas available long ago, each core doing different tasks.

 

[zhasha]

while we're at it, i suggest OP also drop the dubious support for SGX and move to mesa swrast.

Get with the times man, we can use G3D xlib/llvmpipe. It's way faster than swrast, and also part of mesa

 

[quadomatic]

while we're at it, i suggest OP also drop the dubious support for SGX and move to mesa swrast.

Get with the times man, we can use G3D xlib/llvmpipe. It's way faster than swrast, and also part of mesa

By G3D do you mean Gallium3D?

 

[Mithrildor]

We can already run Standard Def vids and thats not the problem. We just want h264 support for the sake of not having to change the vids format everytime we want to see a h264 vid.

 

[grasshoppir]

while we're at it, i suggest OP also drop the dubious support for SGX and move to mesa swrast.

Get with the times man, we can use G3D xlib/llvmpipe. It's way faster than swrast, and also part of mesa

dunno wtf you said but it sounded SO COOL!!!

 

[darkblu]

while we're at it, i suggest OP also drop the dubious support for SGX and move to mesa swrast.

Get with the times man, we can use G3D xlib/llvmpipe. It's way faster than swrast, and also part of mesa

huh? there's a llvmpipe for gallium? i thought that was still in early conceptualizing stages.