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== 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:
 * ​[https://community.freescale.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/317735-256858/VPU_API_RM_L3.0.35_1.1.0.pdf 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