XBMC - Hardware Accelerated Decoding - What works and what doesn't.

[tatubias]

Re: XBMC - Hardware Accelerated Decoding - What works and what doesn't.

by the moment does not work as its expected we need to wait or install external player

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[Abducted]

For me all seems to work except videos over 1920x816 resolution.

[superacf]

I've installed february XBMC hwaccel Version, created the advancedsettings.xml and I've a strange problem, Youtube 720p trailer videos do not start... XBMC download them, but the videos are stopped...

[slcpunk]

xbmc versions

I read the xbmc versions FAQ .. but I'm still confused. Should the "frodo" version work with MXPlayer and hw accel?

I got the playercorefactory.xml, but XBMC won't play videos now.

( the original XAF "easy" build worked fine, but I wanted to try to upgrade to the latest stable XBMC )

Not sure I'm ready for the "Gotham" unstable/nightly version.

I was getting XBMC from here, which seemed the most official to me.

https://code.google.com/p/xbmc-android/downloads/list

edit - the how-to here suggests using nightlies/test builds from here:

http://mirrors.xbmc.org/test-builds/android/

Is that the only way to get the HW accel builds, and if so, anyone have an opinion on the most updated but still stable version from that source?

thanks

[lewy20041]

Nightles have external player suport.

http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/android/

[slcpunk]

Nightles have external player suport.

http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/android/

and only the nightlies then? i guess i'll try em and see how they work!

thx

[rapalax]

Hrrm.. I am able to get decent framerates for 1080p using Finless 1.8 w/ 2dark's 1274 OC kernel (1080p). Higher bitrates of 1080p makes the playback choppy, but I only see an issue for movies that are >7gig or so.

I think its probably just a matter of weeks until this puppy can decode as well as my Pivos Xios.

What worries me the most is the lack of development for an Android audio passthrough and other support for multi-channel audio. Not sure if this purely ROM work, or requires something further from XBMC.

[slcpunk]

Hrrm.. I am able to get decent framerates for 1080p using Finless 1.8 w/ 2dark's 1274 OC kernel (1080p). Higher bitrates of 1080p makes the playback choppy, but I only see an issue for movies that are >7gig or so.

I think its probably just a matter of weeks until this puppy can decode as well as my Pivos Xios.

What worries me the most is the lack of development for an Android audio passthrough and other support for multi-channel audio. Not sure if this purely ROM work, or requires something further from XBMC.

I did a fair bit of reading about DTS passthrough as well, and it seems to be a rockchip driver issue. I don't think the ROM guys can help much - the closed source driver from rockchip is the stumbling block. ( at least that was my take ) Right now that's the biggest bummer - really the only thing holding the MK808 back from being every bit as good as a WDTV or Roku or whatever. ( although its better in so many other ways it almost makes up for it ... except for wasting that nice surround sound capability of our receivers and audio systems! )

[Midniteoyl]

Ya, kills me that AC'97 can do 5.1 (or more) but this cant even do a passthrough...

[Abducted]

Soon! Minix 5.1 Firmware

[ididmytime]

Great stuff, linked this thread on my FAQ thread.

[Abducted]

Updated/Re-wrote the opening post 23-4-13.

[opengl1971]

I found a linux version with Mali400 HW accelerated drivers and XBMC pre installed,
They say that XBMC in this linux distribution is HW Acelerated , you can find it here:
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/5562.../page__st__100

Post No. 109

ALso there is another distribution (Ubuntu 12.10) with Mali400 HW accelerated drivers
but without XBMC (But i think without XBMC ) here:
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/6365..._1#entry725394


It didn't work for me for some reason , but you can try it and see if XBMC in this distribution
Can handle 1920x1080 without overclocking.

[Maxhenri]

Has anyone gotten XMBC working with HW acceleration when it comes to addons? The stagefright builds doesn't do the job for me since 720p streams are stuttering which must mean it's not using the GPU, and the builds using external players are not viable for addons since not all will let you select an external player.

[Abducted]

Thanks for the info. This would be oke if you want to use the device just for XBMC and dont mind about loosing Android. However it says "have phun width xbmc! best performance in 1280x720 with 56fps"
Not sure if that's video decoding FPS or the FPS of XBMC itself. Either way i think we got about that same result already with 720p kernels. With a stock 720p kernel i get 62fps in XBMC and can play videos with a resolution up to 1920x1008 (when using 720p50hz).
So im not sure if this would solve the need to overclock when using true 1920x1080 display resolution.