From: | Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> | ||
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To: | Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o> | ||
Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle vs. Panda vs. Raspberry on Gentoo | ||
Date: | Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:35:25 | ||
Message-Id: | CAN0CFw29QYT4dzHY6QwEJ8P3xWWFTbY5EGWPQQrEar2R_BrK3A@mail.gmail.com | ||
In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-user] Beagle vs. Panda vs. Raspberry on Gentoo by Grant |
1 | > > > That's too bad. I thought the GPU on at least some of these boards |
2 | > > > was capable of smooth 1080p playback. The Pandaboard ES claims "Full |
3 | > > > HD (1080p) multi-standard video encode/decode" but I suppose that |
4 | > > > doesn't mean it's stutter-free. |
5 | > > > |
6 | > > > http://pandaboard.org/content/pandaboard-es |
7 | > > > |
8 | > > > - Grant |
9 | > > |
10 | > > I had the same disappointment. I suppose 1080p is a rather variable |
11 | > > quantity - a konsole in 1080p is not exactly the same thing in terms of |
12 | > > computing requirement as Transformers3 :-) |
13 | > > |
14 | > > But what the heck, get yourself a Pi anyway and run OpenElec on it. |
15 | > > Improvements are constantly being made to the code, you might find it's |
16 | > > acceptable for your needs. And besides, it's always a thrill getting |
17 | > > that tiny little pcb running something useful. |
18 | > |
19 | > I think the Pandaboards actually can play 1080p video back smoothly as |
20 | long as hardware video decoding is enabled. I've found several threads |
21 | with some Ubuntu users saying they can't get it to work and others |
22 | indicating that it works for them. Here's one from February: |
23 | > |
24 | > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/pandaboard/WMi6iwEutX4 |
25 | > |
26 | > - Grant |
27 | |
28 | Apparently the Raspberry Pi can play 1080p videos with omxplayer: |
29 | |
30 | http://www.brianhensley.net/2012/07/how-to-get-1080p-videos-running-on-my.html |
31 | |
32 | "Omxplayer is a video player specifically made for the Raspberry PI's GPU" |
33 | |
34 | http://elinux.org/Omxplayer |
35 | http://gpo.zugaina.org/media-video/omxplayer |
36 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGUIePe32Bo |
37 | |
38 | - Grant |