Editing Kodi (software) (section)

===Hardware requirements===
Kodi has greater basic hardware requirements than traditional 2D style software applications: it needs a [[3D computer graphics|3D]] capable [[GPU|graphics hardware controller]] for all rendering. Powerful 3D GPU chips are common today in most modern computer platforms, including many [[set-top box]]es, and XBMC, now Kodi, was from the start designed to be otherwise very resource-efficient, for being as powerful and versatile a framework as it is. It runs well on what (by [[Intel Atom]] standards) are relatively underpowered [[OpenGL|OpenGL 1.3]] (with [[GLSL]] support), [[OpenGL ES|OpenGL ES 2.0]] or [[Direct3D|Direct3D (DirectX) 9.0]] capable systems that are [[IA-32]]/[[x86]], [[x86-64]], [[ARM architecture|ARM]] (AArch32 and AArch64), [[RISC-V]], or [[PowerPC G4]] or later [[CPU]] based.<ref name="XBMC is the best media center application. Period." />

When software decoding of a full HD [[1080p]] high-definition and high bit-rate video is performed by the system [[CPU]], a [[multi-core processor|dual-core]] 2&nbsp;GHz or faster CPU is required in order to allow for perfectly smooth playback without dropping [[Film frame|frames]] or giving playback a jerky appearance. Kodi can, however, offload most of the video decoding process onto graphics hardware controller or embedded video processing circuits that support one of the following types of hardware-accelerated [[video decoding]]: Google's MediaCodec API for Android, Intel's [[VAAPI]], Nvidia's [[VDPAU]] API, AMD's [[XvBA]] API, Microsoft's [[DXVA]] API, Apple's VDADecoder/VideoToolbox APIs, and the Khronos Group's [[OpenMAX]] API,<ref name="How to install Broadcom Crystal HD driver on Ubuntu?">{{Cite web |url=http://www.htpcbeginner.com/install-broadcom-crystal-hd-driver-ubuntu/ |title=How to install Broadcom Crystal HD driver on Ubuntu? |last=Anand Subramanian |date=7 February 2014 |website=htpcBeginner |access-date=23 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403145722/http://www.htpcbeginner.com/install-broadcom-crystal-hd-driver-ubuntu/ |archive-date=3 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="phoronix1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAyODU |title=XBMC Project Implements AMD XvBA Interface |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=Phoronix.com |access-date=24 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202013131/http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAyODU |archive-date=2 February 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[AMLogic]] VPU, [[Freescale Semiconductor|Freescale]]'s [[i.MX|i.MX6x series]] VPU, and [[Raspberry Pi]]'s GPU MMAL. By taking advantage of such hardware-accelerated video decoding, Kodi can play back most videos on many inexpensive, low-performance systems, as long as they contain a supported VPU or GPU.