Delve into the Broadcom VideoCore GPU used on the Raspberry Pi and master topics such as OpenGL
ES and OpenMAX. Along the way you'll also learn some Dispmanx OpenVG and GPGPU programming.
The author Jan Newmarch bumped into a need to do this kind of programming while trying to turn
the RPi into a karaoke machine: with the CPU busting its gut rendering MIDI files there was
nothing left for showing images such as karaoke lyrics except for the GPU and nothing really
to tell him how to do it. Raspberry Pi GPU Audio Video Programming scratches his itch and since
he had to learn a lot about RPi GPU programming he might as well share it with you. What
started as a side issue turned into a full-blown project of its own and this stuff is hard.
What You'll Learn Use Dispmanx and EGL on Raspberry Pi Work with OpenMAX and its components
state IL Client Library * * Buffers and more on RPi Process images and video on RPi Handle
audio on RPi Render OpenMAX to OpenGL on the RPi Play multimedia files on the RPi Use OpenVG
for text processing and more Master overlays Who This Book Is For You should be comfortable
with C programming and at least some concurrency and thread programming using it. This book is
for experienced programmers who are new or learning about Raspberry Pi.
