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Video Compression

The PolarFire® video streaming solution enables real-time camera capture, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-based image processing, High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI®) display and Ethernet video streaming for embedded vision applications. It supports 1920 × 1080 at 60 frames per second (1080p60) input with Bayer-to-Red, Green, Blue (RGB) conversion and image enhancement; uses Double Data Rate 4 (DDR4) buffering for smooth performance; and offers both Motion JPEG (MJPEG) (1280 × 720) and H.264 (Advanced Video Coding) compression for Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) streaming.

The video stream can be viewed on standard players such as VideoLAN Client (VLC), FFplay (FFmpeg media player) or GStreamer (open-source multimedia framework), with web-based controls for adjusting image and compression settings.

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Supported Families and IP Licensing Requirements

Features	Core H.264 Encoder
Supported Families	PolarFire^® FPGAs and PolarFire SoC FPGAs
Licensing Requirements	Free to use: The encrypted IP and Libero^® Silver licenses are available at no cost. Click here to learn about Libero licensing.
RTL	Contact Us
Key IP Features	Learn More about Core H.264 Encoder IP

Evaluation Options

Summary

Evaluation Options	Kits Required	Short Description	Additional Requirements	Supported Families
MJPEG Video Streaming Over Ethernet	MPFS250-VIDEO-KIT	MJPEG-over-Ethernet streaming solution leverages our PolarFire SoC’s Linux^®-capable RISC-V^® cores and FPGA fabric for real-time video capture, compression and transmission.	HDMI^® monitor and host PC	PolarFire FPGA PolarFire SoC FPGA
H.264 Video Streaming Over Ethernet	MPFS250-VIDEO-KIT	Our H.264 streaming solution for PolarFire SoC delivers real-time camera capture, FPGA-based compression and low-latency RTP streaming over Ethernet, with simple web-based control for high-performance embedded vision applications.	Host PC	PolarFire FPGA and PolarFire SoC FPGA

Evaluation Options

Kits Required

Short Description

Additional Requirements

Supported Families

MJPEG Video Streaming Over Ethernet

MPFS250-VIDEO-KIT

MJPEG-over-Ethernet streaming solution leverages our PolarFire SoC’s Linux^®-capable RISC-V^® cores and FPGA fabric for real-time video capture, compression and transmission.

HDMI^® monitor and

host PC

PolarFire FPGA

PolarFire SoC FPGA

H.264 Video Streaming Over Ethernet

MPFS250-VIDEO-KIT

Our H.264 streaming solution for PolarFire SoC delivers real-time camera capture, FPGA-based compression and low-latency RTP streaming over Ethernet, with simple web-based control for high-performance embedded vision applications.

Host PC

PolarFire FPGA and

PolarFire SoC FPGA

Motion JPEG (MJPEG) Video Streaming
H.264 Video Compression

Motion JPEG (MJPEG) Video Streaming

Processes and compresses video directly in 4:2:2 YCbCr format with 8-bit Y, Cb and Cr, which preserves color detail while avoiding extra format conversions
Uses programmable quantization tables and a pipeline with very low latency (about nine image lines) for efficient, real-time compression

Core H.264 Encoder IP

Core H.264 Encoder Application Note (Pending)

PolarFire SoC Video Kit

H.264 Video Compression

H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) compresses video using 16 × 16 macroblocks and supports efficient entropy encoding via CAVLC (baseline profile used here)
The IP encodes I and P frames and supports video resolutions up to 4K for high-quality streaming

MIPI CSI-2 Rx IP

MIPI CSI-2 Rx Application Note

PolarFire SoC Video Kit

The PolarFire SoC Video Kit is the Industry’s first RISC-V SoC FPGA-based, full-featured embedded vision development platform targeting secure, reliable, and power-efficient vision applications at the edge, the VectorBlox™ Accelerator SDK and neural network IP, Industrial IoT (IIoT) and automation.

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