[mythtv-users] MythTV on Raspberry Pi 3B+?

Per Jessen per at computer.org
Fri Dec 13 07:58:56 UTC 2019


Bob Long wrote:

> Per Jessen wrote on 12/12/19 11:47 pm:
>> [snip]
>> I didn't think the Raspi4 had any hw video acceleration?  Looking at
>> my current results on the Raspi3B+, that is a must (hopefully I'll
>> get it to work).
>>
> Depends what you mean by "video acceleration".

Hardware video accelelration, i.e. by the GPU instead of the CPU.  

> From the FAQ
> (https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/faqs/#pi-video):
> 
> "On the Raspberry Pi 4, the extra hardware CODEC support for MPEG-2
> and VC-1 is not available: because the Raspberry Pi 4's processors are
> powerful enough to decode these in software, no CODEC licence is
> necessary. In addition, the Raspberry Pi 4 also has hardware support
> for decoding H265/HEVC."

Okay, so the Raspi4 has _some_ hardware acceleration support. 



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