6.18: Bump hevc decoder to latest version about to be sent upstream#7212
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…a 24" This reverts commit 1a651cb.
This reverts commit 6bd5419.
The BCM2711 and BCM2712 SoCs used on Rapsberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 boards include an HEVC decoder block. Add a driver for it. Signed-off-by: John Cox <john.cox@raspberrypi.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@raspberrypi.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@raspberrypi.com>
Upstream will take the multi-planar SAND format, but add back in the downstream single planar variant for backwards compatibility Signed-off-by: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@raspberrypi.com>
To avoid user complaints that /dev/video0 isn't their USB webcam, add downstream patch that allows setting the preferred video device number. Signed-off-by: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@raspberrypi.com>
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6.19 kernel matches this PR (excluding latter two commits) and works for me (e.g. with kodi), so I'm okay with it.
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Reverts the current version of the decoder and replaces with @jc-kynesim 's latest version that I'll be sending upstream once a minor conformance failure is resolved.
Tested with the currently shipping Trixie versions of VLC and FFmpeg and both work fine.