You’ve been able to watch videos on a PinePhone for a while, but up until recently most of the video players available for the phone have relied on software to render videos. That means they hammer the phone’s limited CPU resources, causing video to occasionally look choppy and often limiting playback to low resolutions. Recently […]
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News Roundup: Hardware-accelerated video on the PinePhone, themes on the Librem 5
It’s been a busy few weeks in the Linux phone space (and a busy few weeks outside of it, which is why I haven’t had time to write much – but follow @linuxsmartphone on Twitter for more timely updates). Here’s a roundup of some recent news. Phosh 0.12.0 released [Purism] Updates to this open source, […]
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6 Comments on Bootlin working on hardware-accelerated video for Allwinner devices running Linux (crowdfunding)
Bootlin working on hardware-accelerated video for Allwinner devices running Linux (crowdfunding)
6 Comments on Bootlin working on hardware-accelerated video for Allwinner devices running Linux (crowdfunding)There are a number of small, low-power computing devices powered by Allwinner processors, including single-board computers from CHIP, Pine64, Orange Pi, and others. But whenever I write about one of these products, someone invariably points out that while they can technically run both Android and Linux, you only get hardware-accelerated graphics if you use Android. Now […]
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2 Comments on Android 3.0 Honeycomb port for Notion Ink Adam and Advent Vega gets hardware acceleration
Android 3.0 Honeycomb port for Notion Ink Adam and Advent Vega gets hardware acceleration
2 Comments on Android 3.0 Honeycomb port for Notion Ink Adam and Advent Vega gets hardware accelerationEarlier, Google announced that Android 3.0 Honeycomb won’t be open sourced – meaning AOSP fans will have to wait until Android 3.1 is released to get their hands on the updated code. That’s not going to stop modders from getting Honeycomb running on unsupported devices, of course. Last week, the Notion Ink Adam got its […]
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Adobe Flash Player 10.2 beta brings better hardware acceleration support
Adobe has launched a public beta of Flash Player 10.2. The biggest change is support for Adobe’s new Stage Video API, which improves support for hardware video acceleration. Translation: If you’ve got a supported video card, you’ll be able to watch HD Flash video without straining your CPU, which means you’ll be able to watch […]
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VLC 1.1 media player supports hardware video acceleration
Open source media player VLC is known as a Swiss Army knife of video players. It can handle pretty much any DRM-free video format you can throw at it, from WMV to MKV, with a little H.264, Xvid and DiVX thrown in for good measure. The folks behind VLC just rolled out version 1.1 with […]
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Confirmed: Adobe Flash 10.1 plays well with Broadcom’s HD video accelerator
When Adobe launched a public beta of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 yesterday, the company released a list of graphics cards that could work with the software to enable hardware-accelerated HD Flash video playback. Along with graphics cards from NVIDIA, ATI, and Intel, the Broadcom Crystal HD Enhanced Media Accelerator was on that list. The Broadcom […]