Hardware Video Acceleration on IGEL OS
Question
Does my hardware with IGEL OS offer video acceleration?
Answer
Open Application Launcher > About to look up your product ID and device type:
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In version 5.07.100 and newer and version 10.01.100 and newer, IGEL OS offers hardware video acceleration for
Media Player
Citrix Multimedia Redirection
RDP Multimedia Redirection (TSMF and EVOR)
VMware Horizon Multimedia Redirection
on selected devices. This allows playing back HD video with a maximum of 20% CPU usage.
The Multimedia Codec Pack (MMCP) is required for this feature if your IGEL OS version is lower than 11.01.100.
Hardware video acceleration is supported on the following IGEL devices:
Product ID | Device Type | Chipset | IGEL Linux >= v5.07.100 | IGEL Linux >= v5.09.100 | IGEL OS 10 | IGEL OS 11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IZ2-HDX/RFX/HORIZON 40* | IGEL D220 | Intel Bay Trail | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓* |
IZ3-HDX/RFX/HORIZON 41, 42 | IGEL M330C | VIA VX900 | ✓ | |||
IZ3-HDX/RFX/HORIZON 50* | IGEL M340C | ATI Mullins | ✓ | ✓ | ✓* | |
IZ3-HDX/RFX/HORIZON 51* | IGEL M340C | ATI Mullins | ✓ | ✓* | ||
UD2-LX 40 | IGEL D220 | Intel Bay Trail | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
UD2-LX 50, 51 | IGEL M250C | Intel HD Graphics | ✓ | |||
UD3-LX 40 | IGEL M320C | VIA VX900 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
UD3-LX 41, 42 | IGEL M330C | VIA VX900 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
UD3-LX 50 | IGEL M340C | ATI Mullins | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
UD3-LX 51 | IGEL M340C | ATI Mullins | ✓ | ✓ | ||
UD3-LX 60 | IGEL M350C | AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics | ✓ | |||
UD5-LX 40 | IGEL H820C | Intel Sandy Bridge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
UD5-LX 50 | IGEL H830C (Dualcore CPU Model) | Intel Bay Trail | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
UD6-LX 51 | IGEL H830C (Quadcore CPU Model) | Intel Bay Trail | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
UD7-LX 10 | IGEL H850C | AMD Radeon Graphics | ✓ | ✓ | ||
UD7-LX 11 | IGEL H850C | AMD Radeon Graphics | ✓ | |||
UD7-LX 20 | IGEL H860C | AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics | ✓ | |||
UD9-LX 40, UD9-LX 41 Touch | IGEL UD9 BT | Intel Bay Trail | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
UD10-LX | IGEL UD10 TC236 | VIA VX900 | ✓ | ✓ |
On 3rd-party hardware with UDC3, IGEL OS Creator (OSC), and UD Pocket, hardware video acceleration depends on the graphics chipset of the device.
Codecs
The following codecs are supported:
MPEG-2 (simple and main profiles)
H.264 (baseline, main and high profiles)
WVC1/WMV3 (simple, main and advanced profiles)
MPEG-4 (DivX/Xvid): only on VIA VX900 and ATI Mullins
* To upgrade your IZ device to IGEL OS 11, please contact your IGEL sales representative. See also https://www.igel.com/tradeup/ and The IGEL OS 11 Migration Plan.