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 B80571381FA for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:37:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 83C6221C027; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:36:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from icp-osb-irony-out8.external.iinet.net.au (icp-osb-irony-out8.external.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.225]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B932721C027 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:35:41 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EAEXd4FA6B+tx/2dsb2JhbABFvV4Wc4IeAQEFbQsRCw0LCRYPCQMCAQIBRRMGAgEBiA62RYxXgRqDKQOIYI0shWsiijuDAQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,383,1355068800"; d="scan'208";a="74955984" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([58.7.235.113]) by icp-osb-irony-out8.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 31 Dec 2012 08:35:39 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F56D562F9 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:35:39 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at lan.localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.lan.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wLPWWLKtG0gr for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:35:36 +0800 (WST) Received: from [192.168.44.1] (moriah [192.168.44.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ADD94DEAD for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:35:36 +0800 (WST) Message-ID: <50E0DDD8.8070402@iinet.net.au> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:35:36 +0800 From: William Kenworthy User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a raspberry pi with omxplayer References: <50E02519.6020405@iinet.net.au> <20121231001741.378fd27e@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <20121231001741.378fd27e@khamul.example.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f0b053e9-be61-4e19-9b70-7e859ac41a9d X-Archives-Hash: 96b38542a8d386702a373b9a7d84b231 On 31/12/12 06:17, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:27:21 +0800 > William Kenworthy wrote: > >> Hi, I have a working gentoo base system on a new RPI B model. I am >> starting to add X and ratpoison with the aim of using omxplayer to a >> nfs share from my mythbox, but hope someone else has been there >> before me. >> >> In reality, I would like to just run omxplayer on a minimum >> framebuffer, but not sure if it will use the acceleration (google >> hits are ambiguous) as Ive bought the mpeg2 codec licence. >> >> Any hints/guides on how to do this could save me a lot of time :) > > > Hi Bill, > > I have no experience using omxplayer on a Pi connecting to a mythbox, > but i do have experience running several ports of xbmc on a Pi to play > media (I reckon they are comparable), and I will happily share my > conclusions with you: > > It's not worth the effort. > > No matter what you do, no matter what tweaks you try to employ, the Pi > just does not have enough CPU grunt to do the job. Oh, it's fine with > small low-resolution files and straightforward audio, but sooner or > later you'll want to run some media that needs more and the Pi falls > down on that score. It's usually because it has to decode the audio in > software on the CPU. In my case I don;t have kit I can passthrough > audio to (I use a regular TV), so YMMV if you have decent audio kit. > > I eventually gave up trying to coerce my Pi into working and asked > Santa Claus for an Xtreamer Ultra 2 instead (he complied) and all my > HTPC problems are fixed. > > 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? BillK