[meta-freescale] Question about Hantro and Amphion hardware codecs

[Carlos Rafael Giani]

I saw in the imx-vpu-hantro and imx gst plugins packages that both
Hantro and Amphion were mentioned.

I remember that the imx8m only has a hantro decoder. But apparently
there is also a Hantro encoder. And there is also an "Amphion" codec?

Where are the Amphion codec and the Hantro encoder used? Is Amphion
reserved for imx8 mini?

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[Gary Bisson]

Hi Carlos,

I saw in the imx-vpu-hantro and imx gst plugins packages that both Hantro
and Amphion were mentioned.
I remember that the imx8m only has a hantro decoder. But apparently there
is also a Hantro encoder. And there is also an "Amphion" codec?
Where are the Amphion codec and the Hantro encoder used? Is Amphion
reserved for imx8 mini?

From what I saw:
- Amphion (VPU "malone) is the IP used in i.MX8QM and i.MX8QXP
- Hantro encoder is used i.MX8MMini

Regards,
Gary

[Carlos Rafael Giani]

Hmm okay, and is "malone" an engineering name an "Amphion" the marketing
name, or why has this codec two names?

Post by Gary Bisson
Hi Carlos,
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 9:50 AM, Carlos Rafael Giani
I saw in the imx-vpu-hantro and imx gst plugins packages that both
Hantro and Amphion were mentioned.
I remember that the imx8m only has a hantro decoder. But
apparently there is also a Hantro encoder. And there is also an
"Amphion" codec?
Where are the Amphion codec and the Hantro encoder used? Is
Amphion reserved for imx8 mini?
- Amphion (VPU "malone) is the IP used in i.MX8QM and i.MX8QXP
- Hantro encoder is used i.MX8MMini
Regards,
Gary

[Carlos Rafael Giani]

Nevermind, should have google for these names :) Amphion is the
manufacturer, malone is the codec.

Post by Carlos Rafael Giani
Hmm okay, and is "malone" an engineering name an "Amphion" the
marketing name, or why has this codec two names?

Post by Gary Bisson
Hi Carlos,
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 9:50 AM, Carlos Rafael Giani
I saw in the imx-vpu-hantro and imx gst plugins packages that
both Hantro and Amphion were mentioned.
I remember that the imx8m only has a hantro decoder. But
apparently there is also a Hantro encoder. And there is also an
"Amphion" codec?
Where are the Amphion codec and the Hantro encoder used? Is
Amphion reserved for imx8 mini?
- Amphion (VPU "malone) is the IP used in i.MX8QM and i.MX8QXP
- Hantro encoder is used i.MX8MMini
Regards,
Gary