Video Codecs and the Virtual Stateless Decoder Driver - Mentorship Session

Explore the world of video codec technology and its industry applications through a deep dive into V4L2 implementations in this 1-hour 23-minute mentorship session led by Daniel Almeida, Consultant Software Engineer at Collabora. Discover the importance of hardware acceleration in video codecs and understand the key differences between stateful and stateless decoders. Gain insights into the open source stack powering these decoders on Linux. Examine the Virtual Stateless Decoder driver (visl) and its crucial role within the media subsystem, comparing it to drivers for real hardware. Enhance your knowledge of video codec technology and its practical applications in the Linux ecosystem.