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DS Misc > Moonshell Video: Questions about codecs

#73882 - VanillaIcee - Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:24 pm

I was hoping someone can help me understand the codecs supported by Moonshell. As I understand it, MP2 audio now runs on the ARM7 processor. What video codec runs on the ARM9? Is it mpeg-1 video, and at what resolution and kbps?

Based on my calculations and some optimized ARM code I'm working on, I should be able to get mp3 to run on the ARM7 and even MPEG4-LC AAC as long as they are around 128kbps.

If this is the case, what quality video can run on an ARM9 at 67MHz? It seems like H.264 at a reasonable frame-rate/resolution should be able to play well on such a processor. Some commercial solutions make it seem that 256x192 video running at 256kbps should be 12-19 frames per second, and so a drop in kbps (192kbps for example) should improve the frame rate. Anyone know if I'm right, and whether there are any open-source implementations that may be ARM optimized?

#73927 - Xtreme - Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:48 pm

Maximal values.

ARM9
Video:
MPEG-1
256x192
256 kbps
24 fps

ARM7
Audio:
MPEG-1 Audio Layer II (nickname: MP2)
32000 Hz
128 kbps


EDIT: Typo fixed.
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