On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Manuel Braga <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 13:28:22 -0500 Rosimildo DaSilva
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Manuel,
>> IMHO, people just want a solution that works!
>
> Do the blobs works? Early was said that there was some issues.
> But i understand, what people want is _gratis_ things.
>
>
>>
>> Look what happened with the DECODER, Jemk implemented the VDPAU
>> implementation, and nearly everyone has adopted it, instead of blobs!
>
> Now, you say.
> When the first working implementation of libvdpau-sunxi was in the end
> of august of 2013, that is more than 2.5 years ago.
> But there are still "blind" people in random places of the internet,
> that makes the statement of "there isn't hardware accelerated decoding
> in linux(version gnu) in sunxi".
> And this is a recent example, just from last months.
>
> Do people are so desperate for the _gratis_ things that they ignore the
> existence of the work for a full 100% libre and open source software.
>
>
>> You what to know why ? Because, it works.
>
> It works, because it is full 100% libre and open source software, if
> there are bugs(issues), we have the means to fix it.
>
> With the binary-blobs-with-random-license-issues, this is not possible.
>
>> If we keep fighting license issues, it just delays to have a solution
>> that works.
>
> The license-issues is the problem.
> The license-issues is the reason.
>
>>
>> If we implement some Cedrus that works with relatively new H3/A64
>
> The encoding side, you mean.
> That is easy, just what is need is for someone to do the need work.
> There isn't any technical difficulty, only is need time to do it.
> Please help us(the cedrus people), so that we can arrange the time to
> do it.

We abandoned the Allwinner encoder hardware after discovering the
limitations of the hardware. The Allwinner encoder hardware is a
medium quality encoder that is not capable of making highly compressed
streams.  But having said that, it is fine for use on a LAN, it just
isn't much good if you want to send a quality stream to a cell phone.
Another issue is that most of the Allwinner SOC don't have an ISP
(image signal processor) unit (some do, but most don't).


>
>
>> SOCs,  I can see more and more "image builders", like Armbian and
>> others to adopt such a solution instead of Blobs.
>>
>> Keep a halt at development until Licenses are resolved, it is not the
>> best proposition, IMHO.
>
> There is not any halt. Just prioritizing by doing other things.
>
>
> But again. The license-issues are the problem and the reason, for why
> this linux-sunxi community is not doing more.
> As everyone can see as example, the hdmi driver(H3) can't be mainlined
> because, (everyone guessed?), the license-issues.
>
>
>
>>
>> Anyway, I just published what I have done.
>>
>> For my projects, a way back I've got the same conclusion, like Jon,
>> and went with H.264 cameras, and gave up on AW encoder.
>>
>> My thought with releasing the code, was if someone would pick up and
>> do some experiments with other Codecs, not just H.264.
>>
>> I am willing to help with any initiative that is totally open source.
>
> You are very welcome to join us.
>
>
>
>>
>> R
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Manuel Braga <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Everyone is too "professional" to care for license issues.
>> > Or are all you "stupid"?, or are playing under-politics?
>> >
>> > Do you really are incapable to understand that i (we) can't help,
>> > if you choose to run around the binary-blobs-with-no-license.
>> >
>> > I am not here in my free time, to get involved in "license issues".
>> >
>> > license-issues -> i can't help
>> > no-license-issues -> i can help
>> >
>> > Do you understand?
>> >
>> >
>> > Why should allwinner do more, and care to respect the license of the
>> > software that they are using, if the "user" are all happy with the
>> > binary-blobs-with-random-license-issues. And them this is what
>> > happens, they(allwinner) avoid the linux-sunxi community, because
>> > there are assholes like me, that can't keep the mouth shut by
>> > keeping repeating that "license-issues" are not acceptable. And as
>> > is always the same people that that open the mouth, they are seen
>> > as the problem. When in reality is the damn license-issues.
>> >
>> >
>> > The "valid reason" that was asked some time ago, is just this.
>> >
>> > A valid reason, is to respect the license of the software used,
>> > which implicits, to choose the solution with no-license-issues.
>> >
>> > And what we see here, you choose to work around with the
>> > binary-blobs-with-random-license-issues.
>> > I am sorry, but i can't help.
>> >
>> > If you are doing this because cedrus(the project for libre and open
>> > source for the video engine) *still* don't supports encoding in H3.
>> > (And, i must say that this will be very simples to add.)
>> >
>> > Is because, we can't do everything in the few free time that
>> > we(cedrus people) have to spend in this. WE are forced to make
>> > decisions and define priorities. Because everyone knows, we all
>> > have lifes beyond sunxi.
>> >
>> > Why are you wasting your time with blobs-with-random-license-issues,
>> > when you could be helping cedrus moving forward.
>> >
>> > Isn't this what "open source" means, working together for mutual
>> > benefit.
>> >
>> > Everyone is more than welcome to join and be part of cedrus.
>> > And is up to everyone to make their choice.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 10:16:01 -0500 Rosimildo DaSilva
>> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > I will try in a few weeks.
>> > >
>> > > I am going on a business trip for 2 wks, and when I get back I
>> > > will try it. The way it is now, it is very easy to use ffmpeg,
>> > > but you have to use scripts to pipe FFMPEG preprocessing to the
>> > > encoder, and use the "H264" stream with FFMPEG to mux it, and
>> > > transport it.
>> > >
>> > > R
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 9:27 AM, @lex <[email protected]>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Rosimildo,
>> > > >
>> > > > Do you think you can do a rework on this ffmpeg tree and glue a
>> > > > C version of what you have achieved so far?
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > On Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 9:40:16 PM UTC-3, Jon Smirl
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > >>
>> > > >> On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 7:38 PM, [email protected]
>> > > >> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > >> > On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 7:37 PM, @lex <[email protected]>
>> > > >> > wrote:
>> > > >> >> You are right, i changed the input format to NV12 on
>> > > >> >> GuvcView and got
>> > > >> lower
>> > > >> >> CPU usage (250%) and Temp ~75C.
>> > > >> >> I does not help much overall.
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > You need an ffmpeg that has been taught how to use the
>> > > >> > hardware decode features on your SOC.
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > Don't know if one exists for H3.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Maybe this will work?...
>> > > >>
>> > > >> https://github.com/stulluk/FFmpeg-Cedrus
>> > > >>
>> >
>> > --
>> > Manuel Braga
>> >
>
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