Allwinner A10 : Is XBMC ported to MALI-400MP ?

Nu7s · 2012-07-22 01:48

Well, at least they show some interest. Not easy to get this reaction from a big company.

I found a (possible) interesting link on CNX named "Nightly Builds for AllWinner A10 U-boot, Linux Kernel and Hardware Packs"

http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/07/20/n...are-packs/

Maybe something usefull in there?

Djape · 2012-07-22 12:32

I'm building it, but I doubt there is hardware acceleration working in there.
I left it, will check tomorrow.

Lupu · 2012-07-22 14:48

How does players like "MX player" / "MoboPlayer" handle hardware decoding in android?
- I has able to play a couple of 1080p mkv files with them.
- MX player can even hw decode a mpeg2 in a mpegts http stream with hw deinterlacing.

I guess that they use some generic(=not Allwinner specific) android interface, OpenMax / Stagefright or something else ..

Nu7s · 2012-07-23 11:59

Just another link I came across, don't know If it's worth anything for anyone but better too much info then too less:

https://github.com/amery

There are some allwinner-a10-video binairies in there.

grudnevkv · 2012-07-23 12:37

(2012-07-23 11:59)Nu7s Wrote: https://github.com/amery
There are some allwinner-a10-video binairies in there.

Yep, it seems there's even some documentation of Video codec API
https://github.com/amery/allwinner-a10-video
https://github.com/amery/allwinner-a10-v...11.7.6.pdf

Djape · 2012-07-23 13:26

(2012-07-22 01:48)Nu7s Wrote: Well, at least they show some interest. Not easy to get this reaction from a big company.

I found a (possible) interesting link on CNX named "Nightly Builds for AllWinner A10 U-boot, Linux Kernel and Hardware Packs"

http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/07/20/n...are-packs/

Maybe something usefull in there?

I've built it and was able to boot to Ubuntu Desktop, using Mele-1000 VGA hardware pack (can't wait to see fix to use both hdmi and VGA).
Just for a note, system is painfully slow.
I hope if we run XBMC without window manager, it will be much better.
I will try playing with this.
Cheers...

P.S. Was away several minutes, screen went off, system is unresponsive.

Nu7s · 2012-07-23 13:46

(2012-07-23 13:26)Djape Wrote:
(2012-07-22 01:48)Nu7s Wrote: Well, at least they show some interest. Not easy to get this reaction from a big company.

I found a (possible) interesting link on CNX named "Nightly Builds for AllWinner A10 U-boot, Linux Kernel and Hardware Packs"

http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/07/20/n...are-packs/

Maybe something usefull in there?

I've built it and was able to boot to Ubuntu Desktop, using Mele-1000 VGA hardware pack (can't wait to see fix to use both hdmi and VGA).
Just for a note, system is painfully slow.
I hope if we run XBMC without window manager, it will be much better.
I will try playing with this.
Cheers...
P.S. Was away several minutes, screen went off, system is unresponsive.

I'm happy you found it usefull. Keep me updated! Thanks

Djape · 2012-07-23 15:11

I've installed XBMC on it.
Starts, XBMC logo shows up after 1 minute, after 5 minutes fully loads XBMC (which is unresponsive btw) and then X session crashes.
That would be it.

Nu7s · 2012-07-23 18:58

I don't know how to interpret that result? Why is the performance on a Raspberry that much better? No X frontend? Hardware acceleration?

Shivansps · 2012-07-23 20:54

Because Raspy is not loading a full gnome/Unity 3D Desktop... If you gona use Linaro, you must use the Alip one.

Remove than thing and set up a Xubutu or Lubuntu Desktop, it peforms much better. Hardware Acceleration for X is needed in order to even try to run Unity.

Nu7s Senior Member Posts: 192 Joined: Jun 2012 Reputation: 1 Location: Belgium	2012-07-22 01:48 Post: #711 Well, at least they show some interest. Not easy to get this reaction from a big company. I found a (possible) interesting link on CNX named "Nightly Builds for AllWinner A10 U-boot, Linux Kernel and Hardware Packs" http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/07/20/n...are-packs/ Maybe something usefull in there?
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Djape Senior Member Posts: 222 Joined: Apr 2009 Reputation: 0	2012-07-22 12:32 Post: #712 I'm building it, but I doubt there is hardware acceleration working in there. I left it, will check tomorrow.
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Nu7s Senior Member Posts: 192 Joined: Jun 2012 Reputation: 1 Location: Belgium	2012-07-23 11:59 Post: #714 Just another link I came across, don't know If it's worth anything for anyone but better too much info then too less: https://github.com/amery There are some allwinner-a10-video binairies in there.
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grudnevkv Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: Jul 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-07-23 12:37 Post: #715 (2012-07-23 11:59)Nu7s Wrote: https://github.com/amery There are some allwinner-a10-video binairies in there. Yep, it seems there's even some documentation of Video codec API https://github.com/amery/allwinner-a10-video https://github.com/amery/allwinner-a10-v...11.7.6.pdf
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Djape Senior Member Posts: 222 Joined: Apr 2009 Reputation: 0	2012-07-23 15:11 Post: #718 I've installed XBMC on it. Starts, XBMC logo shows up after 1 minute, after 5 minutes fully loads XBMC (which is unresponsive btw) and then X session crashes. That would be it.
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Nu7s Senior Member Posts: 192 Joined: Jun 2012 Reputation: 1 Location: Belgium	2012-07-23 18:58 Post: #719 I don't know how to interpret that result? Why is the performance on a Raspberry that much better? No X frontend? Hardware acceleration?
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Shivansps Member Posts: 89 Joined: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-07-23 20:54 Post: #720 Because Raspy is not loading a full gnome/Unity 3D Desktop... If you gona use Linaro, you must use the Alip one. Remove than thing and set up a Xubutu or Lubuntu Desktop, it peforms much better. Hardware Acceleration for X is needed in order to even try to run Unity. (This post was last modified: 2012-07-23 21:01 by Shivansps.)
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