General discussion • H.266 hardware video decoder in BCM2712?

As far as I know, the Broadcom BCM2712 only comes with a 4K capable H.265 hardware video decoder. But now an approved Raspberry Pi partner is selling a digital signage player based on Raspberry Pi CM5 (Lite) with "H.266 hardware video decoding" up to 4Kp120.

This is mentioned both in the product page (https://www.giadatech.com/products/index94.html) and the press release (https://www.giadatech.com/about/news467.html):

The player features an enhanced VideoCore VII GPU. It supports hardware decoding for H.266 (VVC) and H.265 (4Kp120), as well as H.264 (1080p120) and VP9 (4Kp60), and hardware encoding for H.265 (4Kp60) and H.264 (1080p60).

Is that a mistake, or is there an H.266 video encoder in the BCM2712 that's disabled by default due to license fees?

Statistics: Posted by cnxsoft — Fri Feb 28, 2025 7:07 am

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