[ale] RasPI video play

[Boris Borisov]

It Is PI one. This MPEG2 codec has been around for ever and they still want
money for it. Amazing. I guess the problem is that mplayer don't use the
hardware. Ill try this multimedia distro later. Thanks

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 12:21 PM, DJ-Pfulio <djpfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> I have a R-pi2.
>
> It is the primary media player in the house - content is either over NFS
> or DLNA
> as a client.
>
> Don't have **any** of the paid codecs. They aren't needed unless you use
> hidef
> MPEG2 or watch liveTV through it. StdDef content plays fine. The CPU
> handles it
> easily.
>
> h.264 codec support is already in the hardware - when watching videos with
> that
> vcodec, CPU is 3% to 15% depending on the resolution. 1080p works fine.  I
> suspect mplayer doesn't know to use the HW decoder. Using OSMC as the
> distro
> here with a plexBMC addon (among other addons) to make streaming network
> shows
> nice. Most of these addons get the shows at 720p (or higher) without any
> commercials.  5.1 audio works too - both AC3 and AAC - I don't use mp3,
> but that
> works too.  Multiple language tracks for audio and multiple subs or srts
> work.
> All in all, it is a nice, silent, solution for the projector room.
>
> OSMC works with remotes or there is a web interface or there is an android
> app
> which is very nice too. All free. https://osmc.tv/ - the site seems down
> now.
>
> On 08/19/2015 11:17 AM, Raj Wurttemberg wrote:
> > Boris,
> >
> >
> >
> > Did you purchase & enable the hardware video decoders?
> >
> >
> >
> > https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/tag/codecs/
> >
> >
> >
> > https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/new-video-features/
> >
> >
> >
> > /Raj
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Boris Borisov
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 11:04 AM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: [ale] RasPI video play
> >
> >
> >
> > Just playing around my raspi with raspbian. Video link play with
> Epiphany web browser - 50 percent load. Same link with mplayer tops 100
> percent.
> >
> >
> >
> > One would think standalone application would have better performance.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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