Prefer software decoders over hardware for thumbnail extraction.

While our hardware decoders clearly outperform the software decoders in terms
of raw throughput, their startup latency makes them less suitable for thumbnail
extraction.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/media/stagefright/OMXCodec.h b/include/media/stagefright/OMXCodec.h
index dfc902e..d0f4f17 100644
--- a/include/media/stagefright/OMXCodec.h
+++ b/include/media/stagefright/OMXCodec.h
@@ -30,11 +30,15 @@ struct OMXCodecObserver;
 
 struct OMXCodec : public MediaSource,
                   public MediaBufferObserver {
+    enum CreationFlags {
+        kPreferSoftwareCodecs = 1,
+    };
     static sp<OMXCodec> Create(
             const sp<IOMX> &omx,
             const sp<MetaData> &meta, bool createEncoder,
             const sp<MediaSource> &source,
-            const char *matchComponentName = NULL);
+            const char *matchComponentName = NULL,
+            uint32_t flags = 0);
 
     static void setComponentRole(
             const sp<IOMX> &omx, IOMX::node_id node, bool isEncoder,
@@ -207,6 +211,14 @@ private:
 
     void dumpPortStatus(OMX_U32 portIndex);
 
+    static uint32_t getComponentQuirks(const char *componentName);
+
+    static void findMatchingCodecs(
+            const char *mime,
+            bool createEncoder, const char *matchComponentName,
+            uint32_t flags,
+            Vector<String8> *matchingCodecs);
+
     OMXCodec(const OMXCodec &);
     OMXCodec &operator=(const OMXCodec &);
 };