[ale] RasPI video play

[Boris Borisov]

I can't even remember last time I watched something in MPEG2.

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Brian Mathis <
brian.mathis+ale at betteradmin.com> 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
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> 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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