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kodi does not accelerate hevc-10 bit as of now. FFmpeg misses the infrastructure to do so.

Does it accelerate 10bit h264 if hardware has the capability?

There are no hardware that offer accelerated video decoding of 10-bit H.264 support, period. Not on on any operating-system or hardware architecture platform.

10-bit H.264 was never made into a universal standard so that is why no hardware manufacturers will ever bother to add support for it. Especially now that
10-bit HEVC (H.265) has been made into a universal standard.

Why would a hardware manufacturer spend time and money to add it when there is no commercial value in it. There is not like the Netflix and YouTube streaming video services will ever begin to stream videos using 10-bit H.264

Apparently that may no longer be the case RockerC : http://www.cnx-software.com/2016/01/15/s...ory-price/

Rockchip appear to have added 10bit H264 support in hardware to the RK3229.

However, it is one of the rare platforms, actually the only I know of baring software decode, that supports 10-bit H.264, so you should be able to play the many anime videos distributed with that codec.

Of course Rockchip support is horrible, so the chances of it being useful 10 bit H264 support in an Open Source developed app like Kodi is quite low - but if this report is to be believed there is hardware out there.

I'm guessing Sunchip are appealing to the Anime community (who effectively pirate content) as they know they won't get any DRM support for a Netflix type service...

AND PLEASE NOTE I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THIS BOX. QUITE THE OPPOSITE