2015-11-12, 13:31
(2015-11-12, 03:29)pjcanales Wrote: Can the wetek core play x265 1080p 10 bit?
At the moment I think the only ARM-based player with 10 bit H265/HEVC hardware acceleration is the nVidia Shield. Some of the newer (Braswell?) chips may also have 10 bit HEVC support in hardware.
Like Hi10 H264, the alternative route is software, CPU-based, decoding. That will require a decent CPU - but doesn't require specific hardware support for the codec (just software support) However 1080p at a decent bitrate may require reasonable CPU power. (The Pi 2 can only software decode relatively modest HEVC stuff for example, as the Quad Core ARM CPU isn't fast enough. A faster Intel CPU will be much better in this regard)
However, at the moment there is only very limited support in Kodi for 10 bit content remaining 10 bit all the way through. fritsch may be able to comment more on the current situation but it was discussed here : http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=238728 (Of course for many people playing back 10 bit as 8 bit as fine, it is not being able to play 10 bit at all that is the limitation)
