From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E2641381FA for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:07:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BDBB121C01F; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:07:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f52.google.com (mail-wg0-f52.google.com [74.125.82.52]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E0A3821C00A for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:06:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f52.google.com with SMTP id 12so5776504wgh.7 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:06:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:organization:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Gmb2kN/Qc4WPiOkegmbRZHyYDsJ+AQD7NqU/bjnoRwk=; b=S9EPiNKQiPb76eO3AZWt08Ct+Fb2mCQAdgaXLxp910XTetfHIAS1GpSlEJLKua+9Je yiiZfE0u71HRsl+4QXXyv0hrOXvlWuLtxCYf0TFxWvdwASv1cxDPLUojBZH1BgR7+rxL A/wpd/8uWSiqwJ8REwxqs/IryWojak5B8ss4QIJQMNTQLjek7Yb6PyapiaP6nqzMwCVz c2H1uAgZlfM0+bwMMOm24JVVq1xtyIRvdiHaWzhX93NQFH9OKYLr9+2NQyrs634KYHdK K9bdtCESZoOjsyEt5LVwj5jPmeCCD0uF2KUVCRig5mq0uRnN5pfbxiwJiDm5EPUM6/BQ YGTw== X-Received: by 10.180.109.201 with SMTP id hu9mr11177982wib.32.1356937565574; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:06:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from khamul.example.com (196-215-209-117.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.209.117]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g2sm68162268wiy.0.2012.12.30.23.06.02 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:06:04 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 09:02:12 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: billk@iinet.net.au Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a raspberry pi with omxplayer Message-ID: <20121231090212.55b30de0@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <50E0DDD8.8070402@iinet.net.au> References: <50E02519.6020405@iinet.net.au> <20121231001741.378fd27e@khamul.example.com> <50E0DDD8.8070402@iinet.net.au> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.14; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 78980650-c539-4685-ba07-3a94c70d750b X-Archives-Hash: d637886271354be87addfa2e725cbe98 On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:35:36 +0800 William Kenworthy wrote: > > If your intent is to learn something by all means proceed (you will > > learn, and lots of it :-). But if you are looking for something to > > use that works, it's probably only fair you know up front the odds > > of success are not good. > > > > > > Thanks for the conclusions ... I agree in part at least that its > underpowered (already mildly overclocking it and using distcc) but its > both a learning experience and hopefully will be useful. > > It will play the files I am interested in (I tested using xbmc), > however I am not as interested in gaudy eye candy (which seems to be > what xbmc is all about) as in something easy to use - and myth > integration was woeful on the version I tried. > > I have (after an overnight compile) a working X on framebuffer (tested > at 720p) using ratpoison - omxplayer is now compiling. > > I am thinking of a simple ncurses or perltk interface to spawn > omxplayer with a seleced file - need nothing more complex than that. > I already have a "myth job" transcoding off-air recordings to an ipad > friendly 720p with proper descriptive file names so I am aiming to > start out with a similar, quite basic setup. > > I have overcome the versioning mismatch in the various components and > the licence is enabled according to a test. Did you use the licenced > mpeg2 playback? Hi Bill, If it does what you need, then by all means fire away. If nothing else, the learning experience will be worth it. I don't have a purchased mpeg-2 license, so can't comment on that. All my content is transcoded to h.264 in mp4 containers, or good old .avi -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com