[mythtv-users] New SBC - Odroid H2 - target release around November 30, 2018

[David Engel]

On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 07:52:25PM +0000, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 7:37 PM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >  From looking at the Intel specifications, the J4105 processor does not
> > support Intel "Quick Sync Video", so VAAPI will not work with it.
> 
> Be a little careful, because "Quick Sync Video" is a brand
> that includes encode, and decode is what matters here
> (but the encode is important to others, and why only the
> higher end processes tend to include it).
> 
> According to Intel docs, Gemini Lake processors are supported
> (to some level) with libva.
> 
> Read to the bottom of:
> 
> https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/2018q1-intel-graphics-stack-recipe

FWIW, I've seen several reviews of Gemini Lake systems and they all
can handle current video decoding needs.  At least with Windows.  I
have no reason to believe the same isn't true with Linux.

David
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