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

[Felix Abecassis]

2014/1/17 Adrien Maglo <magsoft at videolan.org>:
> 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.

 I can simply add "may".



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