1931941 - Gecko View does not use Hardware Decoding on all certified Android TV/Fire TV Set-top Boxes

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Audio/Video: Playback, defect)

Description

[pipeinurhand]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a GeckoView application to access the company's website, which includes the company’s internal YouTube channel, displayed on a Samsung touchscreen connected to Android TV set-top boxes.

2. Checked Codec Support Information in about:support

Actual results:

1. YouTube videos dropped 855/1020 frames in AVC1 codec (Stats for nerds), making the video so laggy that it's unwatchable. The set-top boxes heat up quickly due to CPU usage for video decoding (only SW).

2. All SW decoding supported, all HW decoding unsupported because can not detect hw decoders. (tested devices supported vp9/av1/h264 HW)

Expected results:

GeckoView on Android should use hardware decoders on certified set-top boxes (from Google) and accurately detect codecs with hardware decoding support on all processors designed for Android TVs.
GeckoView performs poorly on common processors used in streaming devices tested, such as Amlogic, MediaTek, rockchip, broadcom, allwinner....

Comment 1

[pipeinurhand]

Bug 1925745 related to my issue

Comment 2

[pipeinurhand]

And this bug with shield smart box: Bug 1907048

Comment 3

[pipeinurhand]

hola,
I noticed that GeckoView 129 correctly detects hardware decoding on Android 10+ on smartphones, but there are still many devices running Android TV 9 and Android TV 8.1 (include certified devices and AOSP), GeckoView cannot detect hardware decoding. This is a serious issue, Mozilla developers can review and fix it.

Android Streaming Devices Categories
Certified Android TV

Comment 4

[pipeinurhand]

Codec Info

• Android TV 8.1
• Android TV 9
• Android TV 11
• Android 12 for TV
• Android 14 for TV

1. Amlogic
   Chromecast with Google TV (Amlogic S905D3)
   Onn. 4K Pro Streaming Box Google TV (Amlogic S905X4) (AV1)
   Tanix KICKPI KP1 (Amlogic S905Y4) (AV1)
   OMX.amlogic.vp9.decoder.awesome(2)
   OMX.amlogic.vp9.decoder.awesome(2).secure
   OMX.amlogic.avc.decoder.awesome(2)
   OMX.amlogic.avc.decoder.awesome(2).secure
   OMX.amlogic.av1.decoder.awesome2
   OMX.amlogic.av1.decoder.awesome2.secure

2. Allwinner
   Tanix TX2 (Allwinner H618)
   OMX.allwinner.video.decoder.avc
   OMX.allwinner.video.decoder.vp9
   OMX.allwinner.video.decoder.av1

3. Rockchip
   Ugoos UT8 Pro (Rockchip RK3568)
   OMX.rk.video_decoder.avc
   OMX.rk.video_decoder.vp9
   OMX.rk.video_decoder.av1

4. MediaTek
   Google TV streamer 4K (MediaTek MT8696)
   Fire TV Stick 4K Max Gen 1 (MediaTek MT8696)
   OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.AVC
   OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.AVC.secure
   OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.VP9
   OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.VP9.secure
   OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.AV1
   OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.AV1.secure

5. NVIDIA Tegra
   NVIDIA Shield TV Pro (Tegra X1+)
   OMX.Nvidia.h264.decode
   OMX.Nvidia.h264.decode.secure
   OMX.Nvidia.vp9.decode
   OMX.Nvidia.vp9.decode.secure

Comment 5

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

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Comment 6

[John Lin [:jhlin][:jolin]]

Attachment: Bug 1931941 - add more HW video codec prefixes. r=azebrowski

Comment 8

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/8a3b322fc741
add more HW video codec prefixes. r=azebrowski,geckoview-reviewers,calu

Comment 9

[amarc]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/8a3b322fc741