Watching TV live Kartons and splash screens, our common solution is to switch the soft and hard solutions of TV boxes. We often see “soft solutions†and “hard solutions†on major websites and forums. Noun, then what is the hard solution and software of the TV box? When should I use? The following small series will answer one by one:
1. What is a hard solution?
The hard solution is to hand over part of the video data that was originally processed by the CPU to the GPU. The parallel computing power of the GPU is much higher than that of the CPU, which can greatly reduce the load on the CPU and the CPU occupancy rate. After it is low, you can run some other programs at the same time, hard to test the dual strength of the GPU and CPU of the TV box. In short, it is through the video decoder chip that comes with the TV box to play video resources. The 8-core 64-bit CPU and PowerVR G6110 GPU running on the Tektronix WEBOX WE30 have very good hardware solutions and is a very recommendable TV box.
2. What is a soft solution?
The software solution is to allow the CPU to decode the video through software, which requires a strong CPU performance and processing power, but the compatibility of the streaming media format is better. Software is more of a supplement to hard solutions, and the decoding capability depends on the performance of the CPU.
3. What are the hard solutions and soft solutions of the network set-top box?
When watching live broadcasts, soft solutions are better than hard solutions. This is why sometimes a channel can get stuck when the decoder is hard to solve, and switching to a soft solution can solve the problem. If you are playing a local video, then the resolution of the hard solution is definitely better than the soft solution. Because the hard solution is to use a dedicated GPU video decoder chip to handle the local video. Of course, if you want to watch a live show without a card, you still have to choose a hard solution because the video can be optimized for playback quality through a dedicated video decoding chip.
Frequently asked questions and questions and answers
Q: Which one should I choose for hard and soft solutions?
A: In general, hard solutions will have better picture quality because hard solutions have specialized chips for high decoding efficiency. In theory, they will work better than soft solutions. However, because different chip manufacturers have different technologies, they may lead to hard solutions. There is no good solution to the compatibility of the stream, so there will be some phenomenon that the live source hard solution cannot be played but the soft solution can.
Q: Why does my TV box have only hard solutions without soft solutions?
A: This is because your box's CPU performance is not enough to decode (especially the millet box). If you need to use the neon command to use the software, the application will check whether the device's CPU still has neon instructions. If not, the soft solution will not be displayed, so you can only see the hard solution.
to sum up:
The hard solution has good resolution, high requirements for the network, good fluency of the software solution, and good support for streaming media. We have to choose according to different playback conditions and network requirements. The hard solution and the soft solution can be switched by pressing the remote control setting button in the program. When the menu is called up, the decoder option in the middle of the menu is displayed.
1. What is a hard solution?
The hard solution is to hand over part of the video data that was originally processed by the CPU to the GPU. The parallel computing power of the GPU is much higher than that of the CPU, which can greatly reduce the load on the CPU and the CPU occupancy rate. After it is low, you can run some other programs at the same time, hard to test the dual strength of the GPU and CPU of the TV box. In short, it is through the video decoder chip that comes with the TV box to play video resources. The 8-core 64-bit CPU and PowerVR G6110 GPU running on the Tektronix WEBOX WE30 have very good hardware solutions and is a very recommendable TV box.
2. What is a soft solution?
The software solution is to allow the CPU to decode the video through software, which requires a strong CPU performance and processing power, but the compatibility of the streaming media format is better. Software is more of a supplement to hard solutions, and the decoding capability depends on the performance of the CPU.
3. What are the hard solutions and soft solutions of the network set-top box?
When watching live broadcasts, soft solutions are better than hard solutions. This is why sometimes a channel can get stuck when the decoder is hard to solve, and switching to a soft solution can solve the problem. If you are playing a local video, then the resolution of the hard solution is definitely better than the soft solution. Because the hard solution is to use a dedicated GPU video decoder chip to handle the local video. Of course, if you want to watch a live show without a card, you still have to choose a hard solution because the video can be optimized for playback quality through a dedicated video decoding chip.
Frequently asked questions and questions and answers
Q: Which one should I choose for hard and soft solutions?
A: In general, hard solutions will have better picture quality because hard solutions have specialized chips for high decoding efficiency. In theory, they will work better than soft solutions. However, because different chip manufacturers have different technologies, they may lead to hard solutions. There is no good solution to the compatibility of the stream, so there will be some phenomenon that the live source hard solution cannot be played but the soft solution can.
A: This is because your box's CPU performance is not enough to decode (especially the millet box). If you need to use the neon command to use the software, the application will check whether the device's CPU still has neon instructions. If not, the soft solution will not be displayed, so you can only see the hard solution.
to sum up:
The hard solution has good resolution, high requirements for the network, good fluency of the software solution, and good support for streaming media. We have to choose according to different playback conditions and network requirements. The hard solution and the soft solution can be switched by pressing the remote control setting button in the program. When the menu is called up, the decoder option in the middle of the menu is displayed.