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Do you plan to add video codec (H.264, H265?) to MCU (H7?)?

Amelie ACKERMANN
Community manager
Community manager

Do you plan to add video codec (H.264, H265?) to MCU (H7?)?

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Roman LUDIN
ST Employee

Regarding H.264 encoding, the STM32N6 series, coming at the end of the year will support it in hardware, decoding is not planned for the moment on microcontrollers. 

Hi @Roman LUDIN and @Amelie ACKERMANN ,

Thank you very much.

We're looking at an application where it may be helpful for an STM32N6x7 MCU to encode and store video from an ST image sensor then later recover and decode the video for analysis by the Neural-ART Accelerator in the STM32N6x7 - encoding and storing the video in real time then later recovering the video from storage and analysing it using the Neural-ART Accelerator would avoid the need for the analysis to be done in real time.

We were wondering if there was any roadmap now for H264 decoding on MCUs or if perhaps a difference approach might be better? For example, storing full quality encoded video and separately storing video downsized to fit the Neural-ART Accelerator as raw rather than as encoded video?

The application is an open source wildlife camera for conservation of endangered European dormouse species https://new-homes-for-old-friends.cairnwater.com/quick-summary-new-homes-for-old-friends-belgium/

Thank you very much for your help.

Will