2013-10-03, 21:19
Hello Stephan,
I just found out about the Cubox-i yesterday and it seems that the iMX platform may be the best solution for a cheap HTPC. I just read through this whole thread, and it's very apparent that you're making great headway. Congrats!
I see that on page 494 of 5827 (!) the "i.MX 6Dual/6Quad Applications Processor Reference Manual" lists the decoding capabilities of the VPU:
MPEG-2 MP, HP
VC-1 SP, MP, AP
MPEG-4 SP, ASP
H.263 V2 + Annex J, K (RS=0 and ASO=0), and T
H.264 BP, MP, HP
H.264-MVC BP, MP, HP
DivX v3,4,5
Real Video 8, 9, 10 ***Not supported per your blog post?***
MJPEG Baseline
On2 VP8
AVS Jizhun ***Not supported per your blog post?***
Maybe you had plans to post on your blog, but which of these hw decoders does your software utilize? If MPEG-2 is utilized (I hope!), did you have to pay for a license to activate the decoder--similar to Raspberry Pi? Also, someone posted an issue with interlaced MPEG-2 video. Did that get resolved?
EDIT: I just found your trac ticket regarding this issue.
Keep up the phenomenal work!
I just found out about the Cubox-i yesterday and it seems that the iMX platform may be the best solution for a cheap HTPC. I just read through this whole thread, and it's very apparent that you're making great headway. Congrats!
I see that on page 494 of 5827 (!) the "i.MX 6Dual/6Quad Applications Processor Reference Manual" lists the decoding capabilities of the VPU:
MPEG-2 MP, HP
VC-1 SP, MP, AP
MPEG-4 SP, ASP
H.263 V2 + Annex J, K (RS=0 and ASO=0), and T
H.264 BP, MP, HP
H.264-MVC BP, MP, HP
DivX v3,4,5
Real Video 8, 9, 10 ***Not supported per your blog post?***
MJPEG Baseline
On2 VP8
AVS Jizhun ***Not supported per your blog post?***
Maybe you had plans to post on your blog, but which of these hw decoders does your software utilize? If MPEG-2 is utilized (I hope!), did you have to pay for a license to activate the decoder--similar to Raspberry Pi? Also, someone posted an issue with interlaced MPEG-2 video. Did that get resolved?
EDIT: I just found your trac ticket regarding this issue.
Keep up the phenomenal work!