Codec Engine Roadmap

Codec Engine History and Roadmap

This article is intended to help provide some guidance for Codec Engine (CE) users to help them understand previous and future releases of CE, as well as indicate where/when significant features are introduced and what compatibility breaks occur.

Note that there are currently 2 active streams, CE 2.x and CE 3.x. While the runtime APIs are largely consistent between the 2 streams, there are significant dependency changes, as well as (for multi-core use cases) little device overlap, so it's often non-trivial to move between 2.x and 3.x.

In most cases, further details are available in the CE release notes as well. The latest Codec Engine releases can be downloaded here. (Older releases are also available here - free my.ti.com account required.)

There are some gaps, which will be filled in later. (But don't be shy about editing this. If you can fill in details, things to watch out for in a given release(!), etc, please do!)

Codec Engine Release Details

Release	Date	New Features	Dependencies	Compatibility Breaks	New Devices	Patches
3.24.00.08 Download Release Notes	June, 2013		IPC 1.25.02.12 (BIOS) BIOS 6.35.01.29 FC 3.24.00.09 XDAIS 7.24.00.04 EDMA LLD 2.11.05.02 XDC Tools 3.25.00.48	Removed HLOS-based support (i.e., no SysLink/CMEM dependency)	DRA7XX
3.23.00.07 Download Release Notes	Aug, 2012		SysLink 2.20.00.14 (Linux/Android) IPC 1.24.03.32 (BIOS) BIOS 6.33.06.50 FC 3.23.00.13 XDAIS 7.23.00.06 Linux Utils 3.23.00.01 EDMA LLD 2.11.05.02 XDC Tools 3.23.03.53	Removed Android and uClibc	TI813X TI811X
3.22.00.03 Download Release Notes	Jan, 2012	Android (TI814X)	SysLink 2.10.02.17 (Linux/Android) IPC 1.23.01.26 (BIOS) BIOS 6.33.00.19 FC 3.22.00.05 XDAIS 7.22.00.03 Linux Utils 3.22.00.02 EDMA LLD 2.11.02.04 XDC Tools 3.23.00.32			3.22.01.06 - TI813X
3.21.00.19 Download Release Notes	Aug, 2011	Restored heterogeneous multicore support on OMAP3	SysLink 2.00.01.79 (Linux) IPC 1.21.01.79 (BIOS) BIOS 6.32.02.39 FC 3.21.01.26 XDAIS 7.21.00.02 Linux Utils 3.21.00.04 EDMA LLD 2.11.02.04 XDC Tools 3.22.01.21		TI81XX	3.21.01.23 - Simpler rebuild support 3.21.02.25 - Rebuild Linux v5T libs without XDC
3.20.00.16 Download Release Notes	Nov, 2010	Homogeneous multicore BIOS support	IPC 1.21.02.23 (BIOS) BIOS 6.30.02.42 FC 3.20.00.22 OSAL 1.20.01.12 XDAIS 7.20.00.07 EDMA LLD 2.10.04.01 XDC Tools 3.20.04.68		C6472 C6474	3.20.01.18
3.00.00.31 Download Release Notes	Dec, 2009	Limited release BIOS 6, single core only VIDENC2, VIDDEC3 ARM M3 ELF support	BIOS 6.21.00.13 FC 3.00.00.57 OSAL 1.00.00.41 XDAIS 7.00.00.27 EDMA LLD 1.11.00.02 XDC Tools 3.16.01.27	Significant dependency break (APIs largely consistent) Requires BIOS 6 and related dependencies Removed all multicore support Removed device support for DM6446 DM6467, DM6467T DM355, DM357, DM65 OMAP-L13x OMAP2	OMAP4 (M3 and C64T, local only)
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2.26 Download Release Notes	Aug, 2010	Runtime Config (XDC config optional) Updated Wizards	DSP Link 1.64 (Linux + WinCE) DSP/BIOS 5.41.00.06 FC 2.25.03.07 XDAIS 6.26.00.02 Linux Utils 2.25.05.11 WinCE Utils 1.00.03.11 BIOS Utils 1.02.02 LPM 1.24.02.09 EDMA LLD 1.11.00.02 XDC Tools 3.16.00.18 GCC 4.2 toolchain (MVPro 5)			2.26.01.09 - rtcfg example fixes 2.26.02.11 - Memory, VIDANALYTICS fixes
2.25 Download Release Notes	Nov, 2009	Validated on git-based kernels Updated wizards Better CCSv4 integration	DSP Link 1.64 (Linux + WinCE) DSP/BIOS 5.41 FC 2.25 XDAIS 6.25 Linux Utils 2.25 WinCE Utils 1.00.02 BIOS Utils 1.02.02 LPM 1.24 EDMA LLD 1.11.00.02 XDC Tools 3.16 GCC 4.2 toolchain (MVPro 5)		OMAP-L138 DM6467T	2.25.01 2.25.02 - skelCachingPolicy, updated wizards 2.25.03 2.25.05
2.24	June, 2009	WinCE support (OMAP3 and DM644x on select BSPs)	DSP Link 1.61.03 (Linux) DSP Link 1.61.04 (WinCE) DSP/BIOS 5.33.05 FC 2.24 XDAIS 6.24 Linux Utils 2.24.01 WinCE Utils 1.00 BIOS Utils 1.02.02 LPM 1.24 XDC Tools 3.10.05 GCC 4.2 toolchain (MVPro 5)			2.24.01
2.23	March, 2009	Validated on Linux 2.6.28+ kernels	DSP Link 1.61.03 DSP/BIOS 5.33.03 FC 2.23 XDAIS 6.23 Linux Utils 2.23 XDC Tools 3.10.03 GCC 4.2 toolchain (MVPro 5)			2.23.01
2.22	January, 2009	OMAP-L137 support DM365 support	DSP Link 1.61 DSP/BIOS 5.33.03 FC 2.22 XDAIS 6.22 Linux Utils 2.22 XDC Tools 3.10.03 GCC 4.2 toolchain (MVPro 5)	DSP Link 1.61 or compatible must be used	OMAP-L137 DM365	None
2.21	November, 2008	Supports both DaVinci + OMAP BSD licensed	DSP Link 1.60 DSP/BIOS 5.33.02 FC 2.21 XDAIS 6.21 Linux Utils 2.21 XDC Tools 3.10.03 GCC 4.2 toolchain (MVPro 5)	DSP Link 1.60 or compatible must be used GCC 4.2 toolchain (MVPro 5 or compatible) must be used	DM357	None
2.20	August, 2008	OMAP2 and OMAP3 only Source code provided IUNIVERSAL API CE_CHECK env var	DSP Link 1.51 DSP/BIOS 5.32.04 FC 2.20 XDAIS 6.20 Linux Utils 2.20 XDC Tools 3.10 GCC 4.2 toolchain (MVPro 5)	DSP Link 1.51 or compatible must be used OMAP-only devices are supported(!) GCC 4.2 toolchain (MVPro 5 or compatible) must be used	OMAP35x OMAP2	2.20.01
2.10	March, 2008	Experimental async VISA API support IVIDDEC2 API Restructured OSAL (enabling easier OS ports)	DSP Link 1.50 DSP/BIOS 5.32.01 C6x Codegen tools 6.0.16 FC 2.10 XDAIS 6.10 CMEM 2.10 XDC Tools 3.00.06 GCC 3.4 toolchain (MVPro 4)	DSP Link 1.50 or compatible must be used DSP/BIOS 5.32.01 or compatible must be used uClibc libraries built with uClibc 0.9.29	DM6467	2.10.01 - VIDDEC2 error concealment support 2.10.02 - Source code provided
2.00	October, 2007	Multiprocess support CMEM released with GPL license (LGPL for usermode library) IVIDTRANSCODE API Ability to create different instances of the same remote codec at different priorities Engine.createFromServer() added to ease app integration of servers CE_DEBUG	DSP Link 1.40.05 P1 (P3 for users who want multiprocess support) DSP/BIOS 5.31.08 FC 2.00 XDAIS 6.00 CMEM 2.00 XDC Tools 3.00.01 GCC 3.4 toolchain (MVPro 4)	CMEM 2.00 or compatible must be used	DM355	2.00.01 - IVIDDEC2
1.20	April, 2007	Better support for single processor, DSP-based devices Added Link Arbiter Daemon (LAD) Added CERuntime_exit() Introduced 'checked' builds	DSP Link 1.40.05 FC 1.20.02 XDC Tools 2.93.01 GCC 3.4 toolchain (MVPro 4)	TBD	DM6437 DM647/8	1.20.01 1.20.02 - This patch (and later) require XDC Tools 2.95.01 (or later) 1.20.03
1.10	November, 2006	Introduced new methods to ti.sdo.ce.ICodec interface - getCreationStackSize(), getDaramScratchSize(), and getSaramScratchSize(). When all codecs in the system implement these methods, during Server config, the XDC Tools can 1) autogenerate the DSKT2 scratch config, or 2) Validate the DSKT2-configured scratch config is adequate for all codecs in the system. Added support for xDM 1.00 Beta interfaces	DSP Link 1.30.08.02 DSP/BIOS 5.31.01 C6x Codegen tools 6.07 FC 1.10.01 XDAIS 5.10 XDC Tools ??? GCC 3.4 toolchain (MVPro 4)	BIOS 5.31.01 or compatible must be used. XDC Tools provided with BIOS 5.31.01 must be used.		1.10.01 - TraceUtils memory leak fix
1.02	July, 2006	TraceUtil Engine_setTrace() VISA support for algs with extended XDM fields	DSP Link 1.30.08.02 DSP/BIOS 5.30 C6x Codegen tools 6.0.3 FC ??? XDAIS ??? XDC Tools ??? GCC 3.4 toolchain (MVPro 4)			1.02.01 - .manageReconBufCache config param, and other cache maintenance cleanup in VISA stubs/skels.
1.00	March, 2006	Remote algorithms VISA interfaces (supporting XDM 0.9 interface)	DSP Link 1.30.07 DSP/BIOS 5.21 C6x Codegen tools 6.0.1b2 FC ??? XDAIS ??? XDC Tools ??? GCC 3.4 toolchain (MVPro 4)		DM644x x86 Linux (native)

See Also

• DSP Link Roadmap
• Linux Utils Roadmap
• Codec Engine Known Issues