[Android] [RFC] [PATCH] android: Allow enabling the android mediacodec decoder

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 06:51:07PM +0300, Martin Storsjö wrote :
> This changes the hw decoding setting into a combo box, just like
> the audio output. On devices prior to 4.1, you only have the
> options Off and IOMX there, while you get MediaCodec as an
> alternative on 4.1. (This is only to not confuse users, the code
> falls back cleanly if ran on older android versions.)
> 
> This is useful for being able to switch between the different
> codepaths, until the MediaCodec code has received wider testing.
> In practice, the MediaCodec API is a thin wrapper on top of IOMX,
> so normally the decoders there will have the same quirks, more or
> less.

Why not propose a mediacodec,all option ?

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