VPU - Video Processing Unit (Codec Support)

The Video Processing Unit in the IMX6 is a CODA960 licensed IP block provided by Chips&Media supporting the following codecs:

Encode:

• H.264 BP/CBP
• H.263 V2
• MPEG-4 SP
• MPEG-2
• MJPEG Baseline

Decode:

• MPEG-2 MP/HP
• H.264 BP/MP/HP
• H.264 MVC BP/MP/HP
• VC1 SP/MP/AP
• MPEG-4/Xvid SP/ASP
• DivX v3/4/5/6
• H.263 V2
• MJPEG Baseline
• VP6/VebM VP8

Performance:

• IMX6SOLO/DUALLITE (IMX6SDL):
  • HD 1080p30Hz + D1 decode
  • HD 1080p30Hz or 2x 720p encode
• IMX6DUAL/I.MX6QUAD (IMX6DQ) (2 IPU's):
  • HD 1080p60Hz + D1 or 2x 1080p30Hz Decode
  • HD 1080p30Hz or 2x 720p encode

Software support:

• Yocto BSP packages:
  • firmware-imx-vpu-imx6q - contains firmware (/lib/firmware/vpu/vpu_fw_imx6q.bin) for IMX6DUAL/IMX6QUAD
  • firmware-imx-vpu-imx6d - contains firmware (/lib/firmware/vpu/vpu_fw_imx6d.bin) for IMX6DUALLITE/IMX6SOLO
  • libfslvpuwrap3 / libvpu4 - libraries
  • gst-fsl-plugin - gstreamer plugin support for IMX6 VPU
  • libfslcodec-* - various gstreamer libraries

Documentation:

• Yocto BSP's - i.MX_6_VPU_Application_Programming_Interface_Linux_Reference_Manual.pdf (from the Freescale i.MX6 Yocto BSP releases which you must download from Freescale)

References:

• ​​Freescale IMX6VPUAPI documents the VPU API - This is from the LINUXDOCS_BUNDLE downloadable from Freescale's IMX6 site - check there for the most recent version