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Preface
About This Guide
The DVEVM (Digital Video Evaluation Module) is an evaluation platform
that showcases the DM644x architecture and lets users evaluate the
power and performance of the DM644x as a Multimedia engine. The
intended audience is the user who is developing Linux-based software on
the DM644x ARM core.
The DVEVM does not expose the DSP core for software development,
but rather treats it as a "black box" for running off-the-shelf codecs. The
DVSDK upgrade allows you to add the ability to develop applications for
the DSP side. In addition, the DVSDK adds a full Linux license.
This guide gives you overview information about the board and the
software provided with the board. It is intended to be used as the initial
"getting to know you" document for the DVEVM. Other documents
provide more in-depth information. See the DVEVM documentation index
for a complete list of documents that have been included with the product.
Additional Documents and Resources
You can use the following sources to supplement this user’s guide:
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DaVinci EVM Home at Spectrum Digital:
http://c6000.spectrumdigital.com/davincievm/
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TI Linux Community for DaVinci Processors:
http://linux.davincidsp.com
❏
Codec Engine Application Developer's Guide (SPRUE67)
Notational Conventions
This document uses the following conventions:
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Program listings, program examples, and interactive displays are
shown in a
mono-spaced font
. Examples use
bold
for emphasis,
and interactive displays use
bold
to distinguish commands that you
enter from items that the system displays (such as prompts,
command output, error messages, etc.).
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Square brackets ( [ and ] ) identify an optional parameter. If you use
an optional parameter, you specify the information within the