[streaming] Re: Running "VLC" in an embedded Device

[Jean-Paul Saman]

Karsten Becker wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm currently thinking about the crazy idea to create a dedicated 
> Hardware player for VLS streams. My current target Processor would be  
> +100 MHz Hardware NIOS RISC-Processor, running in a Cyclone FPGA. But 
> for realizing that, I'm very unsure about the amount of operations 
> needed to display a mpeg-2. What speedup would a dedicated IDCT hardware 
> bring?
> I found that the IPAQ is able to run VLC, what is done in Hardware and 
> what in software?
> Are there any Experiences in running VLC in embedded enviroments?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Karsten
> 

On the iPAQ VLC does everything in software. because there is no 
hardware support available for streaming video on this platform.

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Jean-Paul Saman

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