On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Herve Jourdain <herve.jourd...@neuf.fr> wrote:
> Hi Trevor,
>
> I agree with you that VC4 is easier to work with - and can be patched if 
> there are issues.
> But normally you lose the H.264 and MPEG2 HW decoders, and a bunch of audio 
> codecs, provided by the userland/omx.
> Depending on what you're doing, you may or may not notice the difference. But 
> I'm not sure how well you can handle 1080p30 or 1080p60 in H.264 using only 
> ffmpeg - if you're using chromium, that's what you should be using I guess.
> My personal preference would be to use VC4, and that's what I do most of the 
> time, but there is still a limitation for the moment, that I just wanted to 
> point out.
> And that's why I think we can't do only VC4, and probably have to keep 
> userland a while longer.
Thanks for clarification - and I agree with you. For me it is not a
use case but others have different needs.

Andreas
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