Real-time high definition H.264 video decode using the Xbox 360 GPU

Juan Carlos Arevalo Baeza; William Chen; Eric Christoffersen; Daniel Dinu; Barry Friemel

doi:10.1117/12.740208

8 October 2007 Real-time high definition H.264 video decode using the Xbox 360 GPU

Juan Carlos Arevalo Baeza, William Chen, Eric Christoffersen, Daniel Dinu, Barry Friemel

Proceedings Volume 6696, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXX; 66960X (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.740208
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Xbox 360 is powered by three dual pipeline 3.2 GHz IBM PowerPC processors and a 500 MHz ATI graphics processing unit. The Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is a special-purpose device, intended to create advanced visual effects and to render realistic scenes for the latest Xbox 360 games. In this paper, we report work on using the GPU as a parallel processing unit to accelerate the decoding of H.264/AVC high-definition (1920x1080) video. We report our experiences in developing a real-time, software-only high-definition video decoder for the Xbox 360.

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Juan Carlos Arevalo Baeza, William Chen, Eric Christoffersen, Daniel Dinu, and Barry Friemel "Real-time high definition H.264 video decode using the Xbox 360 GPU", Proc. SPIE 6696, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXX, 66960X (8 October 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.740208

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