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On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:27:21 +0800 |
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William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> wrote: |
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> Hi, I have a working gentoo base system on a new RPI B model. I am |
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> starting to add X and ratpoison with the aim of using omxplayer to a |
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> nfs share from my mythbox, but hope someone else has been there |
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> before me. |
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> In reality, I would like to just run omxplayer on a minimum |
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> framebuffer, but not sure if it will use the acceleration (google |
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> hits are ambiguous) as Ive bought the mpeg2 codec licence. |
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> Any hints/guides on how to do this could save me a lot of time :) |
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Hi Bill, |
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I have no experience using omxplayer on a Pi connecting to a mythbox, |
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but i do have experience running several ports of xbmc on a Pi to play |
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media (I reckon they are comparable), and I will happily share my |
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conclusions with you: |
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It's not worth the effort. |
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No matter what you do, no matter what tweaks you try to employ, the Pi |
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just does not have enough CPU grunt to do the job. Oh, it's fine with |
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small low-resolution files and straightforward audio, but sooner or |
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later you'll want to run some media that needs more and the Pi falls |
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down on that score. It's usually because it has to decode the audio in |
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software on the CPU. In my case I don;t have kit I can passthrough |
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audio to (I use a regular TV), so YMMV if you have decent audio kit. |
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I eventually gave up trying to coerce my Pi into working and asked |
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Santa Claus for an Xtreamer Ultra 2 instead (he complied) and all my |
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HTPC problems are fixed. |
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If your intent is to learn something by all means proceed (you will |
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learn, and lots of it :-). But if you are looking for something to use |
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that works, it's probably only fair you know up front the odds of |
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success are not good. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |