i.MX 6 is a good device. Qt runs pretty well on it. Also a plugin for hardware accelerated and zero-copy rendering seems to work pretty well. Simply building Qt for i.MX 6 makes it possible to use the Qt Multimedia plugin. This is the result (on Linux):
I also tested a provided Android port but the result was not as good.
What board are you using for this test? I am looking to use this https://droidbox.co.uk/droidbox-imx6.html is that essentially the same thing that you have used in terms of spec etc?
Not sure, this seems to be a fake. In the description I read 1.5Ghz Dual Core Cortex A9 Amlogic Neon AML8726-MX Processor. Not i.MX 6. Also that is an Android box. The one you see in the video is Linux.
Hmm, confused now as the freescale website says the i.MX6 is a Cortex A9 chip... http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/taxonomy.jsp?code=IMX6X_SERIES&cof=0&am=0
What board have you used? The only i.MX6 boards I could find were rather expensive eval boards, I am looking for something more in the Pi/Cubieboard price range.
I am confused because I thought the Cortex A9 chip was the i.MX 6, but I presume that is not the case. I think I will go with the RiotBoard (riotboard.org) at £52 is a reasonable price, though sadly only single core.
Hi Luca,
ReplyDeleteWhat is this "plugin" that you speak of??
The one for i.MX 6 included in the Qt source tree.
DeleteHi Luca,
ReplyDeleteWhat board are you using for this test? I am looking to use this https://droidbox.co.uk/droidbox-imx6.html is that essentially the same thing that you have used in terms of spec etc?
Not sure, this seems to be a fake. In the description I read 1.5Ghz Dual Core Cortex A9 Amlogic Neon AML8726-MX Processor. Not i.MX 6. Also that is an Android box. The one you see in the video is Linux.
DeleteHmm, confused now as the freescale website says the i.MX6 is a Cortex A9 chip... http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/taxonomy.jsp?code=IMX6X_SERIES&cof=0&am=0
DeleteWhat board have you used? The only i.MX6 boards I could find were rather expensive eval boards, I am looking for something more in the Pi/Cubieboard price range.
Yes, i.MX 6 is a Cortex-A9. The sample was running on the dual i.MX 6 version. What is the confusion?
DeleteI am confused because I thought the Cortex A9 chip was the i.MX 6, but I presume that is not the case. I think I will go with the RiotBoard (riotboard.org) at £52 is a reasonable price, though sadly only single core.
DeleteWhich kernel version are you using? And what about the BSP version?
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, I can't provide that information. I don't have the board anymore.
DeleteNo problem thank you.
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeletedid someone of you knows how to cross compile Qt for the RIoTboard ??
please help.
Regards.