On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 13:11:12 +0000 Guillaume Gardet <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Torsten Duwe <[email protected]> > > Sent: 04 January 2021 13:48 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Ferguson STBs > > > > Hi all! > > > > Our current HTPC runs happily with Leap + Kodi, but it's too bulky > > for most of the prospected new furniture ;) > > > > After a lot of research for FLOSS, I consider to replace it with a > > Ferguson Ariva ATV TT [1]. The Hisilicon hi3798cv200 seems to be > > designed specifically for STBs and is supported mainline, and even > > the reference board's DTS (hi3798cv200- poplar.dts) only hooks up a > > few LEDs to GPIOs. I assume H.264 on Panfrost works? > > Panfrost is for openGL/OpenCL on some Mali GPU, not for video > decoding. The SoC may include a video decoder, though. You're absolutely right. I was assuming VAAPI -> Mesa -> Panfrost, but the Hi3798C (note the "C"!), besides its Mali T720MP, also has some "HiVXE 2.0" video engine, and also an "Imprex 2.0" video-overlay-2D-thingy. No info on those 2 :( Thanks for the correction! Back to square 1 and sorry for the noise. Torsten
