[Android] [PATCH 2/2] Replace HW acceleration option by a list allowing the user to choose which decoder to use.

[Adrien Maglo]

On 16/01/2014 12:28, Felix Abecassis wrote:
> diff --git a/vlc-android/res/values/strings.xml b/vlc-android/res/values/strings.xml
> index e7182e2..45a0c3a 100644
> --- a/vlc-android/res/values/strings.xml
> +++ b/vlc-android/res/values/strings.xml
> @@ -193,8 +193,8 @@
>       <string name="performance_prefs_category">Performance</string>
>       <string name="chroma_format">Force video chroma</string>
>       <string name="chroma_format_summary">RGB 32-bit: default chroma\nRGB 16-bit: better performance but lower quality\nYUV: best performance but does not work on all devices. Android 2.3 and later only.</string>
> -    <string name="enable_iomx">Hardware accelerated decoding</string>
> -    <string name="enable_iomx_summary">Improves performance, but may not work with all devices.</string>
> +    <string name="decoder_type">Decoder</string>
> +    <string name="decoder_type_summary">SW: better stability.\nHW: improve performance for large videos.\nHW+: improve performance further.</string>

I already told you on IRC but hardware decoding without direct rendering 
does not necessary mean better performance with OMX or Mediacodec. I 
have just experienced that with an Archos 101 on Android 2.2 and latest 
build. IIRC, XilasZ experiences the same with a more recent device.

Best regards,


-- 
MagSoft