MVD Services

This is for using the MVD hardware video decoder(unknown whether MVD can do more than decoding) + hardware color-format converter. The New_3DS Internet Browser uses mvd:STD for video decoding + YUV2RGB for decoded MJPEG frames.

See here for the supported hardware decoder video codecs.

There can only be one service session open at a time for each individual MVD service.

MVD Service "mvd:STD"

Command Header	Available since system version	Description
0x00010082		Initialize
0x00020000		Shutdown
0x00030300		CalculateWorkBufSize
0x000400C0		Unknown. Not used by SKATER.
0x00050100		(s8 unk0, s8 unk1, s8 unk2, u32 unk3) SKATER uses hard-coded value 0 for all of these params.
0x00060000		Unknown. Not used by SKATER.
0x00070000		Used during shutdown with video-processing.
0x00080142		ProcessNALUnit
0x00090042		ControlFrameRendering
0x000A0000		GetStatus
0x000B0000		GetStatusOther(unknown what this is used for). Same output size as GetStatus.
0x000C0100		(u8 unk0, s8 unk1, u32 unk2, u32 unk3) Unknown. Not used by SKATER.
0x000D0000		Unknown. Not used by SKATER.
0x000E0202		Unknown. Not used by SKATER. The code for this appears to be similar to ProcessNALUnit, this DMAs data from the input buffer as well.
0x000F0042		(s8 unk, val0, handle) Unknown. Not used by SKATER. Presumably the command 0x000E0202 version of MVDSTD:ControlFrameRendering.
0x00100400		Unknown. Not used by SKATER.
0x00110000		Unknown. Not used by SKATER.
0x001200C0		(s8 unk0, u32 unk1, u32 unk2) Unknown. Not used by SKATER.
0x00130000		Unknown. Not used by SKATER.
0x001400C2		Unknown. Not used by SKATER. The code for this appears to be similar to ProcessNALUnit, this DMAs data from the input buffer as well.
0x00150042		(s8 unk, val0, handle) Unknown. Not used by SKATER. Presumably the command 0x001400C2 version of MVDSTD:ControlFrameRendering.
0x00160000		Unknown. Not used by SKATER.
0x00170000		Unknown. Not used by SKATER.
0x00180000		Unknown. Used during initialization regardless of the operation mode(color-conversion/video-processing).
0x00190000		Unknown. Used during shutdown regardless of the operation mode(color-conversion/video-processing).
0x001A0000		Used when doing color-format conversion. This triggers writing to the output buffer specified via config.
0x001B0040		(u8 unknown) Used during video-processing initialization. SKATER uses hard-coded value 1 for this.
0x001C0000		Used during shutdown with video-processing.
0x001D0042		GetConfig
0x001E0044		SetConfig
0x001F0902		Unknown. Not used by SKATER. This doesn't seem to be usable during video-processing? This loads the input structure containing linearmem addrs into state, which are also converted to physaddrs.
0x00200002		(val0, handle) Unknown. Not used by SKATER. This loads data from the table entry which has a field matching an input parameter. This is the table used by command 0x001F0902.
0x00210100		(u32 unk0, u32 unk1, u32 unk2, u32 unk3) Unknown. Not used by SKATER. This initializes table data used by command 0x001F0902.

This one uses the I/O mapped @ 0x10207000.

This service is used by the New_3DS Internet Browser. SKATER runs the entire MVD initialization/shutdown each time the video player is entered/exited.

Linear-memory vaddrs passed to this service should be in the 0x30* region, MVD-sysmodule doesn't support the 0x14* region.

By default MVD does(?) various post-processing with the output image, this is controlled by the configuration. This post-processing isn't done at all in certain cases.

Initialization procedures:

• Color-conversion: Use command MVDSTD:Initialize with bufsize=1, then command 0x00180000.
• H.264: If needed, use MVDSTD:CalculateWorkBufSize. Then use MVDSTD:Initialize. Then use commands 0x00050100, 0x00180000, and 0x001B0040. Then use MVDSTD:ProcessNALUnit for each of the individual NAL-unit parameter sets("Sequence Parameter Set" and "Picture Parameter Set"), with the main video processing starting afterwards.

Shutdown procedures:

• Color-conversion: just use command 0x00190000, then MVDSTD:Shutdown.
• H.264: Use command 0x00090042 in a loop, waiting for it to return a retval that isn't 0x00017002. Then use commands 0x001C0000, 0x00190000, and 0x00070000. Then use MVDSTD:Shutdown.

MVDSTD configuration structure

Offset	Size	Description
0x0	0x4	Input format type, see below.
0x4	0x4	The default for this is 0x0. Must be <=5. When non-zero, the type value at offset 0x0 must be one of the following: 0x00020001, 0x00010001, 0x00010005, 0x00010006, or 0x00010007. Doesn't seem to have any visible affect on the output for video processing.
0x8	0x4	The default for this is 0x0. This must be <=1. Referred to as "H264 range" in SKATER. When 0x1 the output image is brighter than normal.
0x0C	0x4	Input video width. Must be >=width_min and <width_max. This must be aligned: the low <dimensions_alignment>-bits must be clear.
0x10	0x4	Input video height. Must be >=height_min and <height_max. This must be aligned: the low <dimensions_alignment>-bits must be clear.
0x14	0x4	Input data physical address, only set for color-conversion. This isn't used when the value at offset 0x4 is 0x1 or 0x5.
0x18	0x4	Physical data address, only used for color-conversion when the type value has bitmask 0x20000 set. This isn't used when the value at offset 0x4 is 0x1 or 0x5.
0x1C	0x4	Physical data address, only used for color-conversion when the type value is 0x20000. This isn't used when the value at offset 0x4 is 0x1 or 0x5.
0x20	0x4	Physical data address, for color-conversion. This isn't used when the value at offset 0x4 is 0x0 or 0x4.
0x24	0x4	Physical data address, only used for color-conversion when the type value has bitmask 0x20000 set. This isn't used when the value at offset 0x4 is 0x0 or 0x4.
0x28	0x4	Unknown. Doesn't seem to have any visible affect on the output.
0x2C	0x4	When non-zero this enables some sort of color adjustment for the output?
0x30	0x4	Same affect as offset 0x2C? This must not be enabled at the same time as that field.
0x34	0x4	Unknown, must be <8 for video-processing? Doesn't seem to have any visible affect on the output.
0x38	0x4	Unknown. Doesn't seem to have any visible affect on the output.
0x3C	0x4	Unknown, must be <8 for video-processing? Doesn't seem to have any visible affect on the output.
0x40	0x4	When non-zero this enables usage of the 4 words starting at offset 0x44. SKATER sets this to 0x0 for color-conversion, and 0x1 for video processing(this flag isn't mandatory for the latter).
0x44	0x4	See offset 0x40. The default for this is 0x0. u32 input_crop_x_pos. Must be <=widthval. Where widthval = <width value from the field at offset 0xC>. The low 4-bits of this value must be clear.
0x48	0x4	See offset 0x40. The default for this is 0x0. u32 input_crop_y_pos. Must be <=heightval. Where heightval = <height value from the field at offset 0x10>. The low 4-bits of this value must be clear.
0x4C	0x4	See offset 0x40. u32 input_crop_height. Must be >=16 and <=heightval. Where heightval = <height value from the field at offset 0x10>. The low 3-bits of this value must be clear.
0x50	0x4	See offset 0x40. u32 input_crop_width. Must be >=width_min and <=widthval. Where widthval = <width value from the field at offset 0xC>. The low 3-bits of this value must be clear.
0x54	0x4	The default for this is 0x0. Must be <=5. For video processing, and when this value is non-zero, the type value at offset 0x0 must not be any of the following: 0x00010004, 0x00010001, 0x0x00100001, or 0x00200001. For video processing, the type value at offset 0x0 must not be 0x80000 when this value at offset 0x54 is non-zero.
0x58	0x4	Output format type, see below. SKATER writes value 0x40002 here.
0x5C	0x4	Output video width. Must be >=16, and must be <somewidth_statefield.
0x60	0x4	Output video height. Must be >=16, and must be <someheight_statefield.
0x64	0x4	Output data physical address.
0x68	0x4	Additional output data physical address. This is only used when the output format type is value 0x00020001.
0x6C	0x4	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output. Must be <3 for video-processing?
0x70	0x4	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0x74	0x4	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0x78	0x4	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0x7C	0x4	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0x80	0x4	Unknown. Must be <=1 for video processing? Doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0x84	0x4	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0x88	0x4	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0x8C	0x4	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0x90	0x4	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0x94	0x4	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0x98	0x4	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0x9C	0x4	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0xA0	0x4	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0xA4	0x4	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0xA8	0x4	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0xAC	0x4	Unknown, must be zero for video-processing.
0xB0	0x28	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0xD8	0x4	Unknown, must be zero for video-processing.
0xDC	0x28	Unknown, doesn't seem to have a visible affect on the output.
0x104	0x4	This flag enables using the following 4 words when non-zero.
0x108	0x4	u32 output_x_pos. Output X position in the output buffer.
0x10C	0x4	u32 output_y_pos. Same as above except for the Y pos.
0x110	0x4	u32 output_width_override. The low 2-bits must be clear. When the output width is less than this, this value is used to align the output image width to the specified value via value0-pixels. When this value is less than the output width, this value is used for the output width instead.
0x114	0x4	Same as the field at offset 0x110 except for the output height.
0x118	0x4	Unknown, when non-zero it seems the output buffer isn't written any more?

The size of this structure is fixed to 0x11C-bytes. The user process does the LINEAR-mem vaddr->physaddr conversion for the above physaddrs, when modifying the config struct before using MVDSTD:SetConfig. For the above physaddrs that are checked/used, the physaddr must not be 0x0, and the physaddr must be 8-byte aligned(low 3-bits clear).

For color-conversion, the output frame is split into two images via the two output physaddrs.

For *_min/*_max/dimensions_alignment mentioned above: *_min = 16 for color-conversion, 48 for video processing. *_max = 2048 for color-conversion, 4672 for video processing. dimensions_alignment = 4 for color-conversion, 3 for video processing.

The configuration doesn't seem to change at all while SKATER is running video processing(each MVDSTD:SetConfig input config appears to the same).

SKATER video processing config

When processing video, SKATER gets the config, updates all of the fields listed below, then uses MVDSTD:SetConfig.

Offset	Size	Description	Written value
0x0	0x4	Input format type.	0x00020001(H.264), hard-coded.
0x8	0x4		Loaded from unique input state. This is the 'range' field in the following debug print: "H264 w=%d h=%d range=%d pics=%d multi=%d\n".
0xC	0x4	Input video width.	Loaded from unique input state.
0x10	0x4	Input video height.	Loaded from unique input state.
0x40	0x4	Flag	0x1, hard-coded.
0x44	0x4		Loaded from unique input state.
0x48	0x4		Loaded from unique input state.
0x4C	0x4		Loaded from unique input state.
0x50	0x4		Loaded from unique input state.
0x54	0x4		0x0, hard-coded.
0x58	0x4	Output format type.	Loaded from unique input state.
0x5C	0x4	Output video width.	Loaded from unique input state.
0x60	0x4	Output video height.	Loaded from unique input state.
0x64	0x4	Output data physical address.
0x68	0x4	Output data physical address, only set for color-conversion.	0x0, hard-coded.
0xA8	0x4		0x1, hard-coded.
0xAC	0x4		0x0, hard-coded.
0xD8	0x4		0x0, hard-coded.
0x104	0x4		0x1, hard-coded.
0x108	0x4		Loaded from unique input state.
0x10C	0x4		Loaded from unique input state.
0x110	0x4		Loaded from unique input state.
0x114	0x4		Loaded from unique input state.
0x118	0x4		0x0, hard-coded.

"Loaded from unique input state" refers to the field being loaded from state seperate from the other fields used for this configuration structure.

Input formats

Type value	Mode	Description
0x00010001	Color conversion	yuyv422
0x00010002	Video processing	?
0x00010004	Video processing	?
0x00010005	Color conversion	?
0x00010006	Color conversion	?
0x00010007	Color conversion	?
0x00020000	Color conversion	?
0x00020001	Video processing	H.264
0x00020002	?	?
0x00080000	Video processing	Same as 0x00020001, except with gray-scale?
0x00080001	Video processing	?
0x00180001	Video processing	?

Output formats

Type value	Description
0x00010001	See the input format type.
0x00010005	Unknown. A certain MVD state field must not be set to 0x8170 in order to use this. Some sort of 2-byte format it seems.
0x00010006	Unknown, see 0x00010005 for the usage requirement. Some sort of 2-byte format it seems.
0x00010007	Unknown, see 0x00010005 for the usage requirement. Some sort of 2-byte format it seems.
0x00010008	A certain MVD-module state field must not be set to 0x8170 in order to use this. Whether this can actually be used is determined by another MVD-module state field. 16bit format.
0x00010009	Unknown, see 0x00010008 for the usage requirements. Some non-2-byte format it seems.
0x0001000A	Unknown, see 0x00010008 for the usage requirements. Some non-2-byte format it seems.
0x0001000B	Unknown, see 0x00010008 for the usage requirements. Some non-2-byte format it seems.
0x00020001	Some sort of YUV format? 12bit format. The initial output is written to the normal output buffer, then the rest is written to the additional output buffer dedicated to this out-type.
0x00040000	Unknown, doesn't write anything to the out-buffer when doing color-conversion.
0x00040001	RGB555
0x00040002	BGR565
0x00040003	Some sort of 2-byte format it seems?
0x00040004	RGB565
0x00041000	Unknown, doesn't write anything to the out-buffer when doing color-conversion.
0x00041001	y400a?
0x00041002	y400a?

MVD Service "l2b:u"

This one uses the I/O mapped @ 0x10130000.

MVD Service "l2b2:u"

This uses the same command-handler as "l2b:u".

MVD Service "y2r2:u"

This one uses the I/O mapped @ 0x10102000.

MVD Result-codes

Result-code	Internal MVD status-code	Description
0xD961710F		Invalid configuration, mainly when setting the config.
0xD96170CA	-2(~1)
0xE16170C9	-1(~0)
0xF96171C8	-0xFB(~0xFA)
0x17000		OK
0x17001		Returned after processing NAL-unit parameter-sets.
0x17002		Busy. When returned by command 0x00090042 during video processing, SKATER uses the {MVDSTD:GetConfig, MVDSTD:SetConfig, and 0x00090042} commands again(same config as before). The SKATER code for this includes this debug string: "H264 output %lld us corrected to %lld us\n".
	0x3
0x17004		Returned after successfully processing the first NAL-unit in a buffer, if another NAL-unit prefix was detected after that.
	0x5
0x17007	0x7

Supported H.264 Levels and Profiles

Level	Baseline	Main	High	High 10 (High10, High10p, Hi10p or 10-bit H.264)	High 4:2:2 (High422p or High422)	High 4:4:4 Predictive (Hi444PP)
1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Untested
1b	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Untested
1.1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Untested
1.2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Untested
1.3	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Untested
2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Untested
2.1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Untested
2.2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Untested
3	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Untested
3.1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Untested
3.2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Untested	Untested
4	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)
4.1	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)
4.2	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)
5	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)
5.1	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)
5.2	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)	No (untested)

created using the New 3DS Internet Browser, New 3DS Internet Browser Specs and the following test pages:
Baseline Profile Test
Main Profile Test
High Profile Test
High10 Profile Test