On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:35:36 +0800 William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> 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.mckin...@gmail.com
