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05/05/2026

JP 08:40 PM Software Development: RE: Playing MP4 to Display Troubles

Hello Holden,
I have been looking into your issue with @jcormier, and we are able to get the video to playback at 30fps with around ~40% CPU utilization and no visible signs of frame loss or lag using the following pipeline:
$ gst-... Jake Pregitzer

05/04/2026

HW 11:45 PM Software Development: RE: Playing MP4 to Display Troubles

Hi Jake and Mike,
We do not need Weston/Wayland specifically, but we have a legacy app that heavily depends on X11 which might cause some difficulty using drm/kms. The same issue is present using X11 (using ximagesink instead of wayla... Holden Wozniak

MW 07:13 PM Software Development: RE: Playing MP4 to Display Troubles

Hi Jake and Holden,
I think the issue may be related to using weston/wayland instead of drm/kms.
The AM62Ax does not have a GPU, so weston/wayland rendering is going to be
CPU bound.
Do you need weston/wayland?
-Mike Michael Williamson

JP 07:02 PM Software Development: RE: Playing MP4 to Display Troubles

Good afternoon Holden,
I am looking into your issue now and have replicated some of your failing behavior. I will update you when I have further info/findings.
Thank you,
Jake Jake Pregitzer

HW 03:53 PM Software Development: Playing MP4 to Display Troubles

I have been trying to output MP4 video to the display using the hardware encoder/decoder. For the sake of consistency, I am using the 10.01 SDK prebuilt tisdk-default-image and making changes in ti-linux-6.6.y. This image provides the gs... Holden Wozniak