UA-cam playback needs the VPU, not the GPU. I tested mpv with a local 4K VP9 video file, and it clearly uses the VPU on my Banana Pi F3. Imagination Technologies has sent a firmware binary for the GPU, but it seems the Mesa developers need the last details to get things going.
Oh my mistake there then, but it does appear the GPU struggles hard when going to fullscreen and back - likely with the animation and compositor I imagine. I really did have mixed issues though, eg without manually turning on some flags, playback often wouldn't work at all, and I could not get Chromium to even launch /render in some scenarios. Binary blobs aren't ideal, but they're better than nothing I guess! Thanks for your input.
Well it turns out beers are pretty bloody cheap there, and after checking with my missus she also agrees on the amount of good eye candy on those beaches haha.
Turns out if you plug an RJ45 end into a switchport with perfect accuracy, not touching the sides - nothing but net, as they say - you suddenly gain magical powers that imbue you with the ability to understand the OSI and TCP model, binary subnetting, how VLANs and POE work, and the fundamentals of radio communication. Hah. Nah, just self-taught and then got a pile of vendor certifications. Didn't end up using them much, but then bought into an ICT company that provided some level of IT support to local businesses, so grew that to include enterprise networking along with a number of related services 😊
Aw sold out. So many reviews i watch are for products that don’t currently exist . Ill check the video out next year if they ever get stock back. Enjoy your free toy tho
what does 'chrome://media-internals/' show for youtube playback? that's the only way to tell if it's actually using any kind of hardware-accelerated decoding.
I appreciate the RISC-V content!
And I enjoy exploring it! Cheers
UA-cam playback needs the VPU, not the GPU. I tested mpv with a local 4K VP9 video file, and it clearly uses the VPU on my Banana Pi F3.
Imagination Technologies has sent a firmware binary for the GPU, but it seems the Mesa developers need the last details to get things going.
Oh my mistake there then, but it does appear the GPU struggles hard when going to fullscreen and back - likely with the animation and compositor I imagine.
I really did have mixed issues though, eg without manually turning on some flags, playback often wouldn't work at all, and I could not get Chromium to even launch /render in some scenarios.
Binary blobs aren't ideal, but they're better than nothing I guess! Thanks for your input.
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Yup! 😁
ok but tell me more about this "moving to Mexico and drinking beers on the beach all day" thing 🤔
Well it turns out beers are pretty bloody cheap there, and after checking with my missus she also agrees on the amount of good eye candy on those beaches haha.
@@PlatimaTinkers everybody wins! 🍻
@@0xKruzr 🤘
Those ummm "Drain holes" appear to be suspiciously inline with a chip microphone on each side. 🤨
My friend you are much more observant than I am 😂Nice work!
What is the battery life, energy efficiency of the chip :)
That is in the video, and in the datasheet 😊
Curious how you found your job in Systems Networking :)
Turns out if you plug an RJ45 end into a switchport with perfect accuracy, not touching the sides - nothing but net, as they say - you suddenly gain magical powers that imbue you with the ability to understand the OSI and TCP model, binary subnetting, how VLANs and POE work, and the fundamentals of radio communication.
Hah. Nah, just self-taught and then got a pile of vendor certifications. Didn't end up using them much, but then bought into an ICT company that provided some level of IT support to local businesses, so grew that to include enterprise networking along with a number of related services 😊
@@PlatimaTinkers quite the creative mind. :) ICT = international cargo terminals? integrated co-teaching? information and communications technology?
@@WizardsAnonymous The last one :P
Aw sold out. So many reviews i watch are for products that don’t currently exist . Ill check the video out next year if they ever get stock back. Enjoy your free toy tho
Hey yeah seems stock is a pain, mostly on Taobao. I'm talking to them about onboarding more distributors!
what does 'chrome://media-internals/' show for youtube playback? that's the only way to tell if it's actually using any kind of hardware-accelerated decoding.
Great query - will test it tonight or tomorrow for you. Cheers
@@PlatimaTinkers thanks for following up on that! am I right that everyone is sold out of these right now?
@@0xKruzr Only available on Taobao it seems. Not sure Arace even got stock to start with
@@PlatimaTinkers ah, sad. hopefully the popularity will convince them to produce more!
@@0xKruzr I've been going back and forth with the product manager from within SpacemiT on it!