[mythtv] Mediacodec playback of mpeg2 on fire stick 4k

[Aman Gupta]

On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 2:35 PM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Aman
>
> There is still the ongoing issue with decoding mpeg2 using mediacodec
> through ffmpeg. The process hangs, and never gets any frames back.


I have not experienced any such issue. You're not receiving even a single
frame back?

Are you creating the decoder with a Surface or not?


>
> As a separate project i have developed a pure android mythtv frontend
> player, using java and the exoplayer library. It is working well and I
> am surprised to find that it plays mpeg2 perfectly and also deinterlaces
> it. Exoplayer uses pure mediacodec, there is no software video decoding.
>
> Whatever the problem is with mediacodec and fire stick 4K, evidently
> there must be a way around it.
>
> If you need any more information please contact me.
>
> Regards
> Peter
>
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