[ale] RasPI video play

[Chris Fowler]

The Pi One is a dog. I have few and had a hard time using them for anything that required real processing. I also had to modify the circuit to run power directly off the first fuse on the USB Micro to the USB ports. The Pi2 is a much better product. Buy one and give it a try. 

> From: "Boris Borisov" <bugyatl at gmail.com>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 2:01:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] RasPI video play

> 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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