<div dir="ltr">I can't even remember last time I watched something in MPEG2.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Brian Mathis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian.mathis+ale@betteradmin.com" target="_blank">brian.mathis+ale@betteradmin.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The MPEG licensing group still owns the patents on MPEG2, so you still need to pay for them. It's not really that amazing.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span><div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>❧ Brian Mathis<br></div>@orev<br></div></div></div></font></span><div><div class="h5">
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Boris Borisov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bugyatl@gmail.com" target="_blank">bugyatl@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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<br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 12:21 PM, DJ-Pfulio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:djpfulio@jdpfu.com" target="_blank">djpfulio@jdpfu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I have a R-pi2.<br>
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It is the primary media player in the house - content is either over NFS or DLNA<br>
as a client.<br>
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Don't have **any** of the paid codecs. They aren't needed unless you use hidef<br>
MPEG2 or watch liveTV through it. StdDef content plays fine. The CPU handles it<br>
easily.<br>
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h.264 codec support is already in the hardware - when watching videos with that<br>
vcodec, CPU is 3% to 15% depending on the resolution. 1080p works fine. I<br>
suspect mplayer doesn't know to use the HW decoder. Using OSMC as the distro<br>
here with a plexBMC addon (among other addons) to make streaming network shows<br>
nice. Most of these addons get the shows at 720p (or higher) without any<br>
commercials. 5.1 audio works too - both AC3 and AAC - I don't use mp3, but that<br>
works too. Multiple language tracks for audio and multiple subs or srts work.<br>
All in all, it is a nice, silent, solution for the projector room.<br>
<br>
OSMC works with remotes or there is a web interface or there is an android app<br>
which is very nice too. All free. <a href="https://osmc.tv/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://osmc.tv/</a> - the site seems down now.<br>
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On 08/19/2015 11:17 AM, Raj Wurttemberg wrote:<br>
> Boris,<br>
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> Did you purchase & enable the hardware video decoders?<br>
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> <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/tag/codecs/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/tag/codecs/</a><br>
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> <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/new-video-features/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/new-video-features/</a><br>
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> /Raj<br>
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> From: <a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org" target="_blank">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org" target="_blank">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>] On Behalf Of Boris Borisov<br>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 11:04 AM<br>
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>
> Subject: [ale] RasPI video play<br>
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> Just playing around my raspi with raspbian. Video link play with Epiphany web browser - 50 percent load. Same link with mplayer tops 100 percent.<br>
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> One would think standalone application would have better performance.<br>
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