Rockchip Multimedia Architecture

7. Rockchip Platform Support

7.1 Rockchip Multimedia Architecture

The Rockchip Linux SDK connects GStreamer to MPP (Media Process Platform) through gstreamer-rockchip. MPP then invokes the VPU driver to perform hardware encoding and decoding.

GStreamer application
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gstreamer-rockchip plugin
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Rockchip MPP
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VPU driver and hardware codecs

Decoded images can be displayed through Wayland, X11, or DRM/KMS. Some paths can also use DMA buffers, AFBC, and hardware planes to reduce memory copies and DDR bandwidth usage.