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authorGwenole Beauchesne <gwenole.beauchesne@intel.com>2012-02-01 23:32:47 +0100
committerGwenole Beauchesne <gwenole.beauchesne@intel.com>2012-02-01 23:32:47 +0100
commit41f83d0bab419fa32c571f0f01f6b99fdd137153 (patch)
tree43c09e16291e339ffa21b2bf142298e08adfb712 /README
parentdc0b24dcacc2f2034a2b6d6d8efd8a8cbab9743a (diff)
README: updates.
Mention codecparsers-based decoders, FFmpeg is now optional. Update list of support HW.
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@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ GStreamer and helper libraries.
Features
--------
- * VA-API support from 0.29 to 0.31
+ * VA-API support from 0.29 to 0.32
+ * MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264 and VC-1 ad-hoc decoders
* OpenGL rendering through VA/GLX or GLX texture-from-pixmap + FBO
* Support for major HW video decoding solutions on Linux (AMD, Intel, NVIDIA)
@@ -46,12 +47,15 @@ Requirements
Software requirements
+ * libva-dev >= 1.0.3 (VA/GLX)
* libgstreamer0.10-dev >= 0.10.35.1
or with GstBaseSink::query()
* libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev >= 0.10.35
* libgstreamer-plugins-bad0.10-dev >= 0.10.22.1
- or with GstVideoContext, GstSurfaceBuffer
- * libva-dev >= 1.0.3 (VA/GLX)
+ or with GstVideoContext, GstSurfaceBuffer, codecparsers
+
+ If codecparsers-based decoders are not used:
+
* libavcodec-dev >= 0.6
or with <libavcodec/vaapi.h>
@@ -59,8 +63,9 @@ Hardware requirements
* AMD platforms with UVD2 (XvBA supported)
* Intel Eaglelake (G45)
- * Intel Ironlake (HD Graphics)
+ * Intel Ironlake, Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge (HD Graphics)
* Intel Poulsbo (US15W)
+ * Intel Medfield or Cedar Trail
* NVIDIA platforms with PureVideo (VDPAU supported)
@@ -70,9 +75,3 @@ Usage
* Play an H.264 video with an MP4 container in fullscreen mode
$ gst-launch-0.10 -v filesrc location=/path/to/video.mp4 ! \
qtdemux ! vaapidecode ! vaapisink fullscreen=true
-
-
-Caveats
--------
-
- * No ad-hoc parser, vaapidecoder currently relies on FFmpeg