[android-porting] Re: Can somebody explain how does the open core handle the selection between OPENMAX method and PV's own method?

Thx Andrew. According to my knowledge, besides OMX method(either vendor-specific or opencore's OMX wrapper), opencore still has its' own software based codec(/mydroid/external/opencore/codecs_v2/video and audio). I'm confusing how they handle the selection between software based codec and OMX

[android-porting] Re: Can somebody explain how does the open core handle the selection between OPENMAX method and PV's own method?

It's exactly as Andrew described it. There are two codec registries, one for vendor supplied codecs and one for OpenCore software codecs. If it is unable to find a vendor codec that satisfies the input/output requirements, it falls back to OpenCore software codec. The reason for that is that you

[android-porting] Re: Can somebody explain how does the open core handle the selection between OPENMAX method and PV's own method?

Yes, the decoders are all OMX. The encoders are still PV native objects. We have a patch we will be putting out shortly to enable OMX video encoders. On Dec 10, 8:32 am, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dave, You mean opencore still use openmax interface for their own software codec?