[ale] RasPI video play

[Jim Kinney]

That patent _should_ have run out by now. Ditto on MP3 (Franhougher
compression)
On Wed, 2015-08-19 at 15:53 -0400, Brian Mathis wrote:
> The MPEG licensing group still owns the patents on MPEG2, so you
> still need to pay for them.  It's not really that amazing.
> 
> 
> ❧ Brian Mathis
> @orev
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 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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