Thread: Video can be better than expected !
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katzkid is offline katzkid
2009-05-30 , 04:43
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Originally Posted by qole View Post
From what I understand, the OMAP 2420 is only capable of driving a 640x480 display, and so to get an 800x480 display Nokia had to use a third party display controller. So some of the hardware acceleration is lost there. The rest of it is lost because we don't have a driver for the hardware acceleration. So, effectively, we have almost no hardware acceleration for video.

This topic is still being discussed by Nokia and they have said that there is still hope for the community to get our hands on some kind of video acceleration drivers in the future. How much impact that will have on video playback performance has yet to be determined.

Here is an email thread that I stumbled upon:
http://www.mail-archive.com/maemo-de.../msg08831.html

It basically brings about 2 points. First, "Using a closed CPU like the TI OMAP (2420) in an open device like the N800
wasn't the best pairing." By this they mean the hardware accelerators. Yes, the OMAP 3 is open source now, (with hardware accelerators and all) but the new devices will open up with monstrous price tags which will make many to wait for sometime.
The N800/810 seems to be an ideal device for me. Basic browsing, reading documents and watching videos at D1 res, and I know the 2420 has all the muscle to do this. Waiting and upgrading to the (more expensive) next version does not seem a prudent solution.
The second point being "...solution would be that the open source community can convince TI
to release those technical documents to the public."
Now this is prudent.
I think the user as well as developer community should go ahead and do this, and harness the full power of the N800/810.
 

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