Come on guyz!
We have to fight for OpenMax (important for camera and camcorder) for our beloved armv6 devices!
Sign Here:http://www.change.org/petitions/openmax-release-openmax-codecs-for-arm-v6#
Well, this is ARM7 device, not ARM6
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I've been trying to find any documentation on Snapdragon's DSP and hardware based video and audio decoders. So far, nothing. I'm just thinking if it would be possible to cook the support into custom ROM as it is quite ridiculous that decoding something like MP3 or AAC takes any CPU time at all, as according to Qualcomm's web site Snapdragon has hardware support for decoding MP3, AAC and H.264. I take it Qualcomm only provides the documentation to partners, as it is impossible to find?
Hopefully full support for hardware acceleration comes with WM7, if it can not implemented on 6.5. Should be doable with custom driver (in kernel mode) anyway by cooking, provided the documentation is leaked or something.
Mikko.
It's not possible to have the SnapDragon documentation because Qualcomm will never release it.
It's possible instead to have the missing SnapDragon drivers for Linux or I hope for Windows CE only when a QSD based smartbook that will have these drivers will be out.
With Windows Mobile 7 it's a whole new story, new CE7 kernel and support for all the new ARM instructions. I hope that we'll get that things and soon
kholk said:
It's not possible to have the SnapDragon documentation because Qualcomm will never release it.
It's possible instead to have the missing SnapDragon drivers for Linux or I hope for Windows CE only when a QSD based smartbook that will have these drivers will be out.
With Windows Mobile 7 it's a whole new story, new CE7 kernel and support for all the new ARM instructions. I hope that we'll get that things and soon
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That's a waste of potential, but we can only wait (or not? )
you Cant really expect qualcomm to release documents on its IP.
but it would be nice if they and htc worked together to release a dev sdk.
if they are serious about developing the platform then its a step they really do need to make.
if samsung can get a sdk out for the omnia ii then it seems sensible to think htc need to play catchup.. the chipset does have potential,and it appears qualcomm are becoming more dev friendly.
look at what southend have achieved with some decent support from QC..
documentation?
Qualcomm should be giving documentation to ISVs its just a matter of it falling in the wrong(or right) hands. In the meantime, Snapdragon uses ARM Cortex-A9 core and you can find more details here:
http://www.arm.com/products/CPUs/ARMCortex-A9_MPCore.html
Not sure if that includes DSP.
My acer s200 has support for H.263, H.264 out the box =]
Ca5c4d3 said:
Qualcomm should be giving documentation to ISVs its just a matter of it falling in the wrong(or right) hands. In the meantime, Snapdragon uses ARM Cortex-A9 core and you can find more details here:
http://www.arm.com/products/CPUs/ARMCortex-A9_MPCore.html
Not sure if that includes DSP.
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Snapdragon is Cortex A8 based and yes it does have DSP
mightymn said:
Snapdragon is Cortex A8 based and yes it does have DSP
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Do you know are the hardware multimedia decoders really silicon or SIMD/DSP based? From the QC's documentation you get the feeling they are ASIC stuff, but it might be marketing and in reality they are IP cores.
Mikko.
mikolas said:
Do you know are the hardware multimedia decoders really silicon or SIMD/DSP based? From the QC's documentation you get the feeling they are ASIC stuff, but it might be marketing and in reality they are IP cores.
Mikko.
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Nope, don't know that
Look at here!
Not too long ago, we shared fantastic news that Qualcomm had released the Adreno 2xx GPU Binaries for Ice Cream Sandwich. However one thing that we failed to consider was that these precompiled GPU binaries were compatible only with ARMv7 devices.
Sadly, this left many users with older and less powerful ARMv6 devices out in the cold. Due to having less powerful CPUs, these are devices that could stand to benefit greatly from full GPU hardware acceleration in ICS. Not content with sitting idly by, XDA Forum Member sweetnsour quickly saw fit to create a global petition asking Qualcomm to compile and release the necessary Adreno 2xx GPU binaries to get ARMv6 devices up to speed with ICS back on March 17th.
Less than two weeks later, and thanks largely to sweetnsour’s petition efforts, Qualcomm Senior Staff Engineer Dave Astle—otherwise known as XDA Forum Member myopicrhino—lets us know that Qualcomm has shared the goods with the development community. In other words, we now have the proper Adreno 2xx GPU binaries for ICS on ARMv6 devices.
In the words of the Qualcomm Forum Master:
In order to provide enthusiasts with recent improvements made to Snapdragon’s Adreno graphics driver for the 7×27 based on the ARMv6 ISA, Qualcomm has posted the updated Adreno 200 graphics driver binaries here. It has been tested with the Ice Cream Sandwich CAF release M8960AAAAANLYA1030, but Qualcomm is providing these driver binaries “as is” to those of you who have requested them.
Official Release Information:
This release contains the user-mode driver binaries for Qualcomm’s Adreno 2xx GPU on Google Android Ice Cream Sandwich for ARMv6 based chipsets. It has been tested with the CAF release M8960AAAAANLYA1030. Supports any Adreno 2xx GPU on Android ICS using the ARMv6 chipset (7×27). Google’s libRS (LLVM) does not currently support ARMv6.
Well there you have it, folks. Score this as another big win for the development community. And just as before, we would like to extend our gratitude for Qualcomm for playing nicely with the enthusiast / development community. ARMv6 developers looking to get cracking with the new GPU binaries can find what they’re looking for in Qualcomm’s Mobile Gaming and Graphics page or from myopicrhino’s post.
Qualcomm, thank you for once again showing that you care about your users and the Android development community.
[Huge thanks to myopicrhino for the tip!]
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I'm just distribute this news... If this topic has already been disscussed by another people, sorry me and close this thread. Thank you..
Hope developer see this...
Yep . Already dude
I AM NOT THE DEVELOPER OF FREEDRENO AND I'M NOT AFFILIATED IN ANY WAY WITH HIM
Freedreno project on Gitorious
I just found a project on gitorious - an open source alternative to the Qualcomm Adreno driver. Most low and middle end (and older high end) devices use Adreno so I hope this will help our devs costumize the driver.
Ianis G. Vasilev said:
I AM NOT THE DEVELOPER OF FREEDRENO AND I'M NOT AFFILIATED IN ANY WAY WITH HIM
Freedreno project on Gitorious
I just found a project on gitorious - an open source alternative to the Qualcomm Adreno driver. Most low and middle end (and older high end) devices use Adreno and as far as I know Qualcomm didn't release ARMv6 ICS drivers for Adreno, so I hope this will help our devs.
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Qualcomm, did, in fact release ics drivers for armv6.
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Sorry, didn't know. Post updated.
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Release OpenMax codecs for arm v6!
Greetings,
I just signed the following petition addressed to: OpenMax.
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Release OpenMax codecs for arm v6!
We want the OpenMax Codecs for Arm V6!
With this codecs, on the ICS ROMS for our devices, we will finally can have a decent camera on our smartphone, we will can use the Panomaric Mode, HQ on Youtube, HW acceleration mode for the videos, and much more!
For that, please sign this petition. It's important to have the BEST ROM EVER on our smartphone decently. Don't you think? SIGN! ----------------
Sincerely,
[Your name]
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Sign petition
signed i hope that they will release it, MiniCM9 is almost fully functional and this is the only thing that is needed now
How many more threads do you want!!
http://www.google.com/cse?q=[Petiti...tion] ARMv6 OpenMax codecs for ICS&gsc.page=1
CLOSED.
http://www.groubal.com/ics-compatible-openmax-il-compiled-for-armv6-from-qualcomm/#signatures
guys please check out this link and sign it for getting ICS-compatible OpenMAX IL compiled for ARMv6 from Qualcomm on our x8.
These drivers are required for making H/W encoder to work on ics roms and also better camera features. But we have to rely on Qualcomm for those drivers. Please sign the petition for getting those drivers from qualcomm to make all the ics roms completely functional.
For those who suggest using S/W decoder in MX player. Even using S/W encoder with the help MX player will have audio missallignment with video.
Hope you will sign it.:good:
Signed the petition! just waiting the response from Qualcomm
**Sorry for bad English
What???
Another petition..
Qualcomm already stated clearly that it wouldnt be providing the codecs..
Good day..
gowthamachandran said:
http://www.groubal.com/ics-compatible-openmax-il-compiled-for-armv6-from-qualcomm/#signatures
guys please check out this link and sign it for getting ICS-compatible OpenMAX IL compiled for ARMv6 from Qualcomm on our x8.
These drivers are required for making H/W encoder to work on ics roms and also better camera features. But we have to rely on Qualcomm for those drivers. Please sign the petition for getting those drivers from qualcomm to make all the ics roms completely functional.
For those who suggest using S/W decoder in MX player. Even using S/W encoder with the help MX player will have audio missallignment with video.
Hope you will sign it.:good:
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Looking at your Joining date i thought you already know that qualcomm already turned down that request... We are not going to have fully working ICS/JB on our X8 or any other ARMv6 device. NEVER!
aren't the JB or ICS ROMs good as they are? and Qualcomm won't provide the codecs, so yeah, no matter how many petitions you create, it won't make any difference at all. hope you understand.
sgt. meow said:
aren't the JB or ICS ROMs good as they are? and Qualcomm won't provide the codecs, so yeah, no matter how many petitions you create, it won't make any difference at all. hope you understand.
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Ofcourse they are good in performance... But what do you do to play videos in ics/jb roms.. using mx player doesn't sync audio and video..And sorry for the thread....i didn't know that qualcomm has turned down the petitions...
But what to do with the video playback on these roms.. I tried vitamio ARMV6 VFP plugin with supervideo player it is quite better when we minimize the video size comparing to mx player on these roms...
Try it and post your opinion...
This petition was already made. Qualcomm responded. They said they'll see what they can do. Joy was spread throughout ARMv6 device forums. Some time later Qualcomm responded. They basically told us they were not going to support us. Like ever. Our architacure is ancient. So basically they said to go f*ck ourselves. Happy ?