2012-06-02, 16:48
Just to expand on that the All Winner A10 has hardware decoders for MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MJPEG, VC-1, H.264 up to Blu-ray bitrates whereas the AppleTV only has a hardware decoder for H.264 so as s7mx1 says the Allwinner should handle almost anything you throw at it without needing to fall back to the CPU.
The Amlogic 8726 M1 chipsets also mentioned are pretty similar to Allwinner A10 for video support, the newer 8726 M3/MX variants have support for H.264 MVC (3D Blu-ray) & WebM video too, however they are not as open to end users as All Winner is unless a friendly manufacturer is helping like Pivos is hinting at.
The Amlogic 8726 M1 chipsets also mentioned are pretty similar to Allwinner A10 for video support, the newer 8726 M3/MX variants have support for H.264 MVC (3D Blu-ray) & WebM video too, however they are not as open to end users as All Winner is unless a friendly manufacturer is helping like Pivos is hinting at.
