> I still think that the most efficient way to add MPEG (and other) > decoding is to add a DSP to the card.
For tv/movie type video, the TI system on a chip DSPs could probably do it alone. That's what they appear to be designed for. I don't know if they could do whatever it is that apps like google earth need. > They *are* fast enough to do it. Well... when I looked at them the last time we discussed this, the fastest TI chip I could find looked a bit marginal and wasn't quite speced to handle high-end HD. Very disappointing. Soooo close. Maybe I missed something. Maybe they have a newer better chip by now. Oddly I didn't find anyone using the TI chips in products. Obviously someone is using them for something, TI isn't building them just for fun. There is another brand of chip designed for video decoding that is used in several products, but there are lots of complaints. I don't know if the problems are in the chip, or the firmware, or what. If the chips are sufficiently documented, the firmware should be fixable. I still think that the DSP chips are an extremely attractive way to go, if we can find one that does what we need. Just because I can't find it doesn't mean it isn't out there. I'm having trouble finding a simple high-pass filter. :-( _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
