On Jul 6, 10:25 am, Simon Broenner <[email protected]> wrote: > RockPlayer > because it uses CPU features that aren't even available on these older > Qualcomm chips - probably needed because otherwise the performance > wouldn't be up to par, even on a Cortex A8 or Snapdragon...
True but it still doesn't use NEON instructions: http://www.diffthink.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11 > So what exactly is the problem with Android? Why is it so difficult to > develop efficient decoders for video formats that aren't natively > supported? Are codecs usually written in a way that makes them > impossible to implement with the tools available for Android > (Assembly?)? It takes time to implement a codec using SIMD/DSP instructions. It's nothing to do with the NDK. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
