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<section begin="intro" />For most 1080p [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_video high definition video]s, hardware video decoding is necessary for smooth video playback on Android devices. And this article contains a list of SoC's (System on a Chip, which is the CPU, GPU, VPU, etc. also known as "chipsets") for Android platforms that can playback common video codecs smoothly using XBMC. While some devices might be able to smoothly decode [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard-definition_television standard definition] and even some 720p videos using only software video decoding, offloading a large part of video decoding tasks to an integrated VPU (Video Processor Unit) optimized specifically for that job is considered essential for most Android devices to playback high definition videos.<section end="intro" />
This is a list of Android SoC's (System on a Chip, which is the CPU, GPU, VPU, etc. Also known as "chipsets".) that will playback common video codecs smoothly using XBMC. For most HD videos, hardware video decoding is necessary for smooth video playback. While some devices might be able to do SD and even some 720 content using software video decoding, hardware video decoding is considered essential for most Android devices.  


==Basic requirements==
==Basic requirements==
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==Compatible chipsets==
==Compatible chipsets==
'''''Note:''' Please only list devices that are able to play at least one of the three "video decoding" columns in Full HD (1080)''
These listed specific hardware SoC chipsets have at least partial hardware accelerated video decoding support in XBMC, though understand that for some devices you might first need to upgrade the hardware manufacturers firmware image on the device to achieve smooth 1080p playback. Please contact your hardware manufacturer support for an updated system update firmware and apply that upgrade image before installing XBMC.


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| A || {{yes}} || mark indicates the device should be able to play those codecs at least 1080p.
| '''Note:''' Please only list devices that are able to play at least one of the three "video decoding" columns in Full HD (1080p). Codecs that are less used are currently not listed here.<ref name="other codecs">Sych as WebM (VP8/VP9), Xiph Theora (VP3/Ogg), On2 TrueMotion VP6, and RealVideo/RMVB (RV 8/9/10)</ref>  The "|| {{yes}} ||" mark indicates that the chipset should be able to play those codecs at least 1080p.
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! rowspan="2" | Chip<br />manufacturer !! rowspan="2" | Chipset !! rowspan="2" | Examples !! colspan="3" | Hardware video decoding !! rowspan="2" | Notes
! rowspan="2" | Chip<br />manufacturer !! rowspan="2" | Chipset !! rowspan="2" | Examples !! colspan="3" | Hardware video decoding !! rowspan="2" | Notes
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! H.264 & other common codecs <ref name="other codecs">Sych as WebM (VP8/VP9), Xiph Theora (VP3/Ogg), On2 TrueMotion VP6, and RealVideo/RMVB (RV 8/9/10)</ref> !! MPEG-2 !! VC-1 / WMV 9
! H.264 !! MPEG-2 !! VC-1 / WMV 9
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| Allwinner || A31 / A31s || VidOn.me AV200, Justop Quadro, Mele A1000G, Mele M8, Mele M9, Measy B4K, Measy U4K || {{yes}} || {{?}} || {{?}} ||  
| Allwinner || A31 / A31s / A80 || VidOn.me AV200, Justop Quadro, Mele A1000G, Mele M8, Mele M9, Measy B4K, Measy U4K || {{yes}} || {{?}} || {{?}} ||  
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| AMLogic || AML8726-M1 / AML8726-M3 || [[Pivos XIOS|Pivos XIOS DS]], G-Box Midnight, JynxBox M1 || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||
| Amlogic || AML8726-M1 / AML8726-M3 / AML8726-M6 / AML8726-MX / AML8726-MXS / AML8726-MXL || [[Pivos XIOS|Pivos XIOS DS]], GameStick (by PlayJam), Geniatech ATV1220/ATV520, MyGica TV420/TV500, JynxBox M1/M6, G-Box Midnight and MX2|| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||
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| Amlogic || S801 / M802 / S802 / M802 (formerly AML8726-M8) || Geniatech ATV582 / MyGica ATV582, MINIX Neo X8/X8-H, Eny Technology ES8 || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || <ref name="Firmware upgrade might be needed for smooth playback"/>
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| Amlogic || S805 / M805 / S806 / M806 / S812 ||  || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || <ref name="Firmware upgrade might be needed for smooth playback"/>
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| MediaTek || MTK6589 / MT6589 / MT6589T / MT6589M ||  || {{yes}} || {{?}} || {{?}} ||
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| Nvidia || Tegra 3 || [[OUYA]] || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || <ref name="Firmware upgrade might be needed for smooth playback"/>
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| AMLogic || AML8726-M6 / AML8726-MX || GameStick (by PlayJam), Geniatech ATV1220/ATV520, MyGica TV420/TV500, G-Box Midnight MX2, JynxBox Android M6 || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||
| Nvidia || Tegra 4 / Tegra 4i || ZTE FunBox, Mad Catz M.O.J.O., NanoTech Nuvola NP-1 / NP-C / NP-H1, Nvidia Shield || {{Yes}} || {{yes}}<br />{{smaller|(CPU)}} || {{?}} ||
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| MediaTek || MTK6589T ||  || {{yes}} || {{?}} || {{?}} ||
| Nvidia || Tegra K1 ||  || {{Yes}} || {{yes}}<br />{{smaller|(CPU)}} || {{?}} ||
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| Nvidia || Tegra 3 || [[OUYA]] || {{yes}} || SD and some 720 || SD ||
| Qualcomm || Snapdragon 600 || [[Amazon Fire TV]] (2014) || {{yes}} || {{?}} || {{?}} ||
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| Nvidia || Tegra 4 || Nvidia Shield || {{Yes}} || {{yes}}<br />{{smaller|(CPU)}} || {{?}} ||
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| Qualcomm || Snapdragon S4 || Nexus 7 (2013) || {{yes}} || {{?}} || {{?}} ||   
| Qualcomm || Snapdragon S4 || Nexus 7 (2013) || {{yes}} || {{?}} || {{?}} ||   
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| Rockchip || RK3066 || Imito MX1/MX2, Minix NeoG4/X5, MK808/802, Ugoos UG802/UG007 || {{yes}} || {{?}} || SD || <ref name="Firmware upgrade might be needed for smooth playback">Some devices might need an updated firmware from the hardware manufacturer for smooth 1080p playback. [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=168268&pid=1479042#pid1479042]</ref>
| Rockchip || RK3066 || Imito MX1/MX2, Minix NeoG4/X5, MK808/802, Ugoos UG802/UG007 || {{yes}} || {{?}} || {{no}} || <ref name="Firmware upgrade might be needed for smooth playback">Some devices might need an updated firmware system update image from the hardware manufacturer for smooth 1080p playback.</ref>
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| Rockchip || RK3188 || Tronsmart T428/MK908, CS968, CR11s, J22, GM282, LT88, T-R42, CS919-II, K-R24, CS918, MK888, Jesurun DX05, Minix X7, MK802IV, MK809III, MK902, Ugoos UG007B || {{yes}} || {{yes}}<br />{{smaller|(CPU)}} || {{?}} || <ref name="Firmware upgrade might be needed for smooth playback"/>
| Rockchip || RK3188 || Jesurun DX05, Minix X7, MK802IV, MK809III, MK902, Ugoos UG007B, Tronsmart T428/MK908, CS968, CR11s, J22, GM282, LT88, T-R42, CS919-II, K-R24, CS918, MK888 || {{yes}} || {{yes}}<br />{{smaller|(CPU)}} || {{?}} || <ref name="Firmware upgrade might be needed for smooth playback"/>
|-
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| Samsung || Exynos 3110 ||  || {{yes}} || {{?}} || {{?}} ||  
| Rockchip || RK3288 ||  || {{yes}} || {{yes}}<br />{{smaller|(CPU)}} || {{?}} || <ref name="Firmware upgrade might be needed for smooth playback"/>
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| Samsung || Exynos 4210 ||  || {{yes}} || {{?}} || {{?}} ||  
| Samsung || Exynos 3 Single (formerly Exynos 3110) ||  || {{yes}} || {{?}} || {{?}} ||  
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| Samsung || Exynos 4212 || || {{yes}} || {{?}} || {{?}} ||  
| Samsung || Exynos 4 Dual/Quad series (formerly Exynos 4210 / 4212 /4412) || ODROID-U3/U2/X2 || {{yes}} || {{yes}}<br />{{smaller|(CPU)}} || {{yes}}<br />{{smaller|(CPU)}} ||
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| Samsung || Exynos 4412 || ODROID-U2/U3/XU || {{yes}} || {{yes}}<br />{{smaller|(CPU)}} || {{yes}}<br />{{smaller|(CPU)}} ||
| Samsung || Exynos 5 Hexa/Octa series (Exynos 5260 / 5410/ 5420 / 5422) || ODROID-XU/XU2, Arndale Octa || {{yes}} || {{yes}}<br />{{smaller|(CPU)}} || {{yes}}<br />{{smaller|(CPU)}} ||
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| Texas Instruments || OMAP4430 ||  || {{yes}} || {{?}} || {{?}} ||
| Texas Instruments || OMAP4430 ||  || {{yes}} || {{?}} || {{?}} ||
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== Common codecs currently without hardware decoding in XBMC ==
Videos encoded with these codecs can only be played back in XBMC using software video decoding using CPU, meaning no decoding tasks are offloaded to optimized VPU or GPU hardware. Many videos may still play back just fine, while others might have severe issues.
As platforms with faster CPUs come out for Android software video decoding using CPU will get better, but do not expect miracles from the average Android box. It still all can depend on how demanding the decoding of that particular video encoding is or how high resolution it uses, and how powerful the CPU is.
* H.265/HEVC
* H.264 Hi10P - No hardware decoders for Hi10P currently exist for any ARM hardware. Most H.264 Hi10P videos will not play smoothly as as most ARM CPUs are just not powerful enough to software decode it fast enough.
* RealVideo/RMVB (RV 8/9/10)
* WebM (VP8/VP9)
== Device specific info ==
Here are a few device-specific guides/help areas that the community has provided.
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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[[Category:Android]]
[[Category:Android]]

Revision as of 14:09, 3 July 2014

Home icon grey.png   ▶ Android ▶ Android hardware

For most 1080p high definition videos, hardware video decoding is necessary for smooth video playback on Android devices. And this article contains a list of SoC's (System on a Chip, which is the CPU, GPU, VPU, etc. also known as "chipsets") for Android platforms that can playback common video codecs smoothly using XBMC. While some devices might be able to smoothly decode standard definition and even some 720p videos using only software video decoding, offloading a large part of video decoding tasks to an integrated VPU (Video Processor Unit) optimized specifically for that job is considered essential for most Android devices to playback high definition videos.

Basic requirements

Stop hand.png It is highly recommended for users to not make any hardware purchases in anticipation of running Kodi on Android without first researching the device you want to buy. Before you do buy, make sure multiple people have verified that it works! If in doubt, do not buy any hardware!
  • Kodi v17 and later requires Android 5.0 or higher.
  • x86 (Intel) or a NEON-compatible ARM-processor, (for example: Nvidia Tegra 3 and newer are fully supported by Kodi, while Tegra 2 and older are not).
  • The main aim for the Android port of Kodi is to foremost target media-players/set-top-boxes/sticks that connect to a large screen television and uses a standard remote control as its main interface device, (that is the same market as for HTPC).

How do I know what chipset I have?

These are some good websites for looking up the SoC (System on a Chip) chipset used in your Android hardware device:

Also a referense you can compare different SoC (System on a Chip) chipset specifications on system-on-a-chip.findthebest.com

Compatible chipsets

These listed specific hardware SoC chipsets have at least partial hardware accelerated video decoding support in XBMC, though understand that for some devices you might first need to upgrade the hardware manufacturers firmware image on the device to achieve smooth 1080p playback. Please contact your hardware manufacturer support for an updated system update firmware and apply that upgrade image before installing XBMC.

Note: Please only list devices that are able to play at least one of the three "video decoding" columns in Full HD (1080p). Codecs that are less used are currently not listed here.[1] The " Yes " mark indicates that the chipset should be able to play those codecs at least 1080p.
Chip
manufacturer
Chipset Examples Hardware video decoding Notes
H.264 MPEG-2 VC-1 / WMV 9
Allwinner A31 / A31s / A80 VidOn.me AV200, Justop Quadro, Mele A1000G, Mele M8, Mele M9, Measy B4K, Measy U4K Yes ? ?
Amlogic AML8726-M1 / AML8726-M3 / AML8726-M6 / AML8726-MX / AML8726-MXS / AML8726-MXL Pivos XIOS DS, GameStick (by PlayJam), Geniatech ATV1220/ATV520, MyGica TV420/TV500, JynxBox M1/M6, G-Box Midnight and MX2 Yes Yes Yes
Amlogic S801 / M802 / S802 / M802 (formerly AML8726-M8) Geniatech ATV582 / MyGica ATV582, MINIX Neo X8/X8-H, Eny Technology ES8 Yes Yes Yes [2]
Amlogic S805 / M805 / S806 / M806 / S812 Yes Yes Yes [2]
MediaTek MTK6589 / MT6589 / MT6589T / MT6589M Yes ? ?
Nvidia Tegra 3 OUYA Yes No No [2]
Nvidia Tegra 4 / Tegra 4i ZTE FunBox, Mad Catz M.O.J.O., NanoTech Nuvola NP-1 / NP-C / NP-H1, Nvidia Shield Yes Yes
(CPU)
?
Nvidia Tegra K1 Yes Yes
(CPU)
?
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Amazon Fire TV (2014) Yes ? ?
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Nexus 7 (2013) Yes ? ?
Rockchip RK3066 Imito MX1/MX2, Minix NeoG4/X5, MK808/802, Ugoos UG802/UG007 Yes ? No [2]
Rockchip RK3188 Jesurun DX05, Minix X7, MK802IV, MK809III, MK902, Ugoos UG007B, Tronsmart T428/MK908, CS968, CR11s, J22, GM282, LT88, T-R42, CS919-II, K-R24, CS918, MK888 Yes Yes
(CPU)
? [2]
Rockchip RK3288 Yes Yes
(CPU)
? [2]
Samsung Exynos 3 Single (formerly Exynos 3110) Yes ? ?
Samsung Exynos 4 Dual/Quad series (formerly Exynos 4210 / 4212 /4412) ODROID-U3/U2/X2 Yes Yes
(CPU)
Yes
(CPU)
Samsung Exynos 5 Hexa/Octa series (Exynos 5260 / 5410/ 5420 / 5422) ODROID-XU/XU2, Arndale Octa Yes Yes
(CPU)
Yes
(CPU)
Texas Instruments OMAP4430 Yes ? ?

Common codecs currently without hardware decoding in XBMC

Videos encoded with these codecs can only be played back in XBMC using software video decoding using CPU, meaning no decoding tasks are offloaded to optimized VPU or GPU hardware. Many videos may still play back just fine, while others might have severe issues.

As platforms with faster CPUs come out for Android software video decoding using CPU will get better, but do not expect miracles from the average Android box. It still all can depend on how demanding the decoding of that particular video encoding is or how high resolution it uses, and how powerful the CPU is.

  • H.265/HEVC
  • H.264 Hi10P - No hardware decoders for Hi10P currently exist for any ARM hardware. Most H.264 Hi10P videos will not play smoothly as as most ARM CPUs are just not powerful enough to software decode it fast enough.
  • RealVideo/RMVB (RV 8/9/10)
  • WebM (VP8/VP9)

Device specific info

Here are a few device-specific guides/help areas that the community has provided.


Notes

  1. Sych as WebM (VP8/VP9), Xiph Theora (VP3/Ogg), On2 TrueMotion VP6, and RealVideo/RMVB (RV 8/9/10)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Some devices might need an updated firmware system update image from the hardware manufacturer for smooth 1080p playback.