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Beginner looking for H264 advice

replaysmike
replaysmike over 10 years ago

Hello everyone - I'm just learning about FPGA development and am looking for some general advice.

 

I'm looking to design an HDMI H264 video encoder/RTSP stream device (1080p30) utilizing FPGA hardware. Does anyone have a good recommendation for a development board that I should start with?

 

I was looking at the miniSpartan6+ (miniSpartan6+ | Scarab Hardware) as it is cheap but it lacks ethernet hardware.

Are there any specific boards that might make the development of this project easier?

I've started with the Leopardboard 368 (not FPGA) as it uses the TI DaVinci chip (built in H264 compression), but injecting video via HDMI is going to be really challenging.

 

Thanks for your input!

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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 10 years ago +1
    Hi Michael, I might also suggest having a look at the avaialbility of open source IP available on opencores.org. It appears that there is encoder/decoder source available for H.264. https://www.google…
  • replaysmike
    replaysmike over 10 years ago in reply to johnbeetem +1
    John Beetem wrote: I'm not familiar with the algorithms needed for H.264 video encoding, but I suspect that a chip like DaVinci with custom logic is going to be a lot more efficient than an FPGA. I…
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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 10 years ago

    Hi Michael,

     

    I might also suggest having a look at the avaialbility of open source IP available on opencores.org.  It appears that there is encoder/decoder source available for H.264.

     

    https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1ASRM_enUS540US540&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=site%3Aopencores.o…

     

    Cheers.

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    Former Member over 10 years ago

    Hi Michael,

     

    I might also suggest having a look at the avaialbility of open source IP available on opencores.org.  It appears that there is encoder/decoder source available for H.264.

     

    https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1ASRM_enUS540US540&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=site%3Aopencores.o…

     

    Cheers.

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