2014-07-07, 09:08
- Supported Video Decoding Formats
I notice that Ouya is able to play a lot more videos than Amazon Fire TV, especially on the iLive add-on and HD movies on Navi-X. Could someone confirm my observation?
I did a little research on the Tegra 3 featured in the Ouya vs the SnapDragon 600 used in the Amazon Fire TV.
Tegra 3, according to http://www.ouyaface.com/2012/07/ouya-har...specs.html, supports the following video formats:
H.264 (HP @ 40Mbps)
VC-1 AP
MPEG2
MPEG-4
DivX 4/5
XviD HT
H.263
Theora
VP8
WMV
Sorenson Spark
Real Video
VP6
SnapDragon 600, according to Amazon, supports the following video formats:
H.263
H.264
MPEG4-SP
VC1
The list is a lot less for SnapDragon 600. I'm not sure if I correctly understand the capabilities of these two systems. Can someone set me straight? Should I stick with the Ouya which is currently able to stream from more sources in XBMC or betting on additional hardware decoding updates from Amazon or perhaps a later version of XBMC? I do like the Amazon Fire TV since it is considerably faster and the video quality is better but only when it streams. I'm new to XBMC and hardware decoding / software decoding / video formats, so I would greatly appreciate more detailed explanations.
Thanks a lot!