Proposal of USB Hardware Encoder/Decoder

[Rene Bartsch]

Hello,

I'm new to the list, so 'Hello' to all! :-)

First, I'm no hardware developer, but I have a proposal to speed up WebM
deployment. If I'm wrong here, please point me to the right contact.

Problem:

For HD-video-encoding, even if only realtime and no batch jobs of private
video libraries, end users need Intel/AMD power hogs as there is no cheap
video encoding hardware.

Solution:

Google/WebM-Project can provide a USB-3.0-single-chip-RTL including
USB-vendor-ID and USB-device-ID as a open license. That way any hardware
vendor can produce a cheap USB-encoder/decoder-stick, while H.264 cannot
compete because of MPEG L.A. bureaucrazy and fees. Software developers can
easily implement support for that USB encoder/decoder, as it would be a
generic device independent of the hardware vendor!

That way any old or weak hardware (e.g. Netbooks, Nettops, PVRs) can
easily be upgraded to the power of WebM! ;-)

Best regards,

Renne

[Aki Kuusela]

Hi Renne,

I think a WebM enabling USB stick is a great idea, and definitely a good tip for companies who develop such chipsets (We are currently focused on the codec hardware only). Any such company can get both WebM encoder and decoder RTL for 1080p processing for free from us!

Thanks,

Aki

[Rene Bartsch]

Maybe you can find a USB IP stack with a copyleft license (deinterlacer
RTL would be fine, too) and just combine that USB-RTL with the WebM encoder
and decoder RTL + USB vendor/device ID sponsored by Google! ;-)

Providing a ready-to-produce RTL will reduce the inhibition threshold of
IC-manufacturers (and you save multiple development teams working on the
same problem).

A "Google Video Stick" will sweep away H.264! ;-)

Best regards,

Renne

On Sun, 15 May 2011 09:22:50 +0300, Aki Kuusela <akiku...@google.com>
wrote:

[AndyFan]

Hello Aki,

         I try to request hardware encoder code from http://www.webmproject.org/hardware/ , but there is no reponse. How can I join hardware discuss or  get hardware encoder files?

 

Thanks,

Andy Fan

 

My company information:

Name: Alcorlink

web-site: http://www.alcorlink.com/

Target: VP9 encoder ASIC

Resolution: FHD first, 4K next

Process: 55nm TSMC first

Aki Kuusela於 2011年5月15日星期日 UTC+8下午2時22分50秒寫道：