http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_framebuffer
*There is now a library DirectFB <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectFB> which provides a framework for hardware acceleration of the Linux framebuffer.* So this would imply that the answer to #3 is yes, and the answer to #4 is no hardware acceleration.. I also believe the answer to #1 is yes( both I think - 1080p being 16 bit as I recall ), and no idea about question #2. On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Vijairaj R <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > I am trying to setup BBB to play html5 videos in chromium and output > through HDMI to a TV... > > The status so far is as follows (Thanks to the images from rcn-ee.net): > * Booting Ubuntu 14.10 through a uSD. > * Installed the pvr kernel drviers. > * Installed the SGX userspace libraries and demos. > * The TI SGX SDK Demo 'OGLES2ChameleonMan' is running successfully on the > framebuffer. > * Xorg is running with 'fbdev' driver > * chromium is started with a url from the command line and running > modeless on X > * The url has a html5 H.264 video and plays albeit too slow and at an > unacceptable frame rate. > > I *believe* that both video decoding and playback are currently done by > the CPU rather than using the GPU and the NEON unit. I am trying to get the > GPU and NEON to the task and have a few questions: > 1) Is it even possible to run a 1080p/720p videos on the beagle bone? > 2) Is there a neon optimized ffmpeg codec for the chromium browser? (My > use case require the videos to run in the browser rather than in a > dedicated media player) > 3) Xorg starts only with 'fbdev' driver and not with the 'modesetting' > driver... Does this have an impact on the video playback? > 4) Also running eglinfo, gles2test1 from X don't work... Does this mean > that X is not yet accelerated and does that have impact on chromium's > performance? > > I did do some research in the past one week but I am still very new to the > BBB and any help is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks. > > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
