[ale] RasPI video play

[Brian Mathis]

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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