Daala: A Next-Generation Video Codec From Xiph

[liam]

@silix
About hardware acceleration mattering on mobile.
Most high-end and mid range mobile GPU's are starting to support OpenCL,
which could provide for a good basis for video decoding.
Allowing things like Daala be done good enough (fast enough video decoding for fluent playback) without having to add extra hardware.

Still need asic for entropy coding.

Edit: These wouldn't be problems if device makers started including fpgas as a matter of fact. It'd be nice if they were on SoC, but that won't happen. You shouldn't need a a huge number of gates for the above process.

[plonoma]

@silix
About hardware acceleration mattering on mobile.
Most high-end and mid range mobile GPU's are starting to support OpenCL,
which could provide for a good basis for video decoding.
Allowing things like Daala be done good enough (fast enough video decoding for fluent playback) without having to add extra hardware.

[silix]

the only thing i'm worried about is, what kind of acceptance this can hope for, given that:
-it's not an industry-wide standard (as in, embraced by sw AND appliance vendors)
-it's based on different techniques, thus doesnt rely on the same processing "blocks" (eg DCT) that chips with video decoding capabilities can usually handle
-desktop computing is on the decline, more and more replaced by portable, small device, computing - but hw based video decoding (offloading) matters on those devices...

[zanny]

The only thing I'm worried about is how badly mpeg-la will try to patent troll the crap out of Mozilla and Xiph if they actually make a better product that is FOSS.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Daala: A Next-Generation Video Codec From Xiph

Xiph.Org is now working on Daala, a new general-purpose video codec designed to be next-generation beyond VP9 and HEVC. The project is still considered "pre-pre-alpha", but it gives hope to a new generation of open-source video support...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTM5MzA