Homebrew Suggestion Switch Video Player

[Nincompoopdo]

Is this doable? Maybe TX or home brewers can make a usable video player for Switch? Is there's an API that can access the hardware video decoder in the Tegra X-1 chip? I think someone should reverse engineered the media player in the Nvidia Shield and their TV set-top boxes.

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

Is this doable? Maybe TX or home brewers can make a usable video player for Switch? Is there's an API that can access the hardware video decoder in the Tegra X-1 chip? I think someone should reverse engineered the media player in the Nvidia Shield and their TV set-top boxes.

Theres one in the works currently it only plays audio files though video is planned https://gbatemp.net/threads/nxplay-multimedia-player-for-nintendo-switch.511277

 

[nWo]

I hope someday we get hard drive support (docked of course). That way the Switch will become the ultimate system.

 

[machine69_420]

Theres one in the works currently it only plays audio files though video is planned https://gbatemp.net/threads/nxplay-multimedia-player-for-nintendo-switch.511277

Looking at the source code, he is on the right path. I am pretty sure he'll get something working.

Will it be usable? Without HW accel low res videos probably yes. But I am not sure if 1080p will be playable

 

[Nincompoopdo]

Kodi has an app for Nvidia Shield with all the bells and whistles, I wish an app like this can be done on Switch.

https://kodi.wiki/view/NVIDIA_SHIELD_TV

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

Looking at the source code, he is on the right path. I am pretty sure he'll get something working.

Will it be usable? Without HW accel low res videos probably yes. But I am not sure if 1080p will be playable

if 1080p was supported it would be docked only seeing the resolution of the tablet is 720p

 

[stewacide]

Kodi has an app for Nvidia Shield with all the bells and whistles, I wish an app like this can be done on Switch.

https://kodi.wiki/view/NVIDIA_SHIELD_TV

A polished Linux release for Switch would seemingly give you this.

 

[Nincompoopdo]

A polished Linux release for Switch would seemingly give you this.

From what I read, there's no hardware video acceleration for Linux (but I wouldn't want to boot up Linux just to watch videos). Many of these issues are caused by proprietary API that open source projects aren't allowed to use. If there's going to be a good media player for Switch, it's either going to be made by Nintendo themselves, released by 3rd party in the eShop or 'illegally' made homebrew using unlicensed API. TX would fit that last category, if they can integrate a media player into SXOS.