Pe> Now having VLC on my model B, I've been testing out its capabilities. Pe> I can play audio files and streams very nicely, but so far I've Pe> failed completely with video.
Pe> When I first tried to view a YouTube video, it complained that Pe> it couldn't find the URL, but that was fixed by an updated lua Pe> script (from GitHub). Now its complaint is that it can't find Pe> an "XVideo adapter". Beyond that message, though, I have no Pe> idea where the problem might lie. I think this is the relevant Pe> output from 'vlc -v':
Do you have the HARDWARE codex installed?
Additionally VLC lacks the required support to do the hardware decoding for non H.264 formats..
There was a thread about compiling VLC with the required code for HW acceleration on Pi's
THEN
VLC changed the code base and a straight compile was broken... The threads outline this torterous steps to complete it, but it needs OLDER VLC code which was an issue in obtaining..
So HD video via VLC may still be an issue... omgxplayer has the needed code to use the Pi's hardware to do HD video..
Additinally there was whining from the Pi Foundatin and the Rapsbian repo operators about why this couldn't be put in the repos for simple sudo apt-get install vlc.
Quote: "Firstly is it possible to build the omx plugin and use it with an existing build of the same version of vlc? I really don't want packages in raspbian main to depend or build-depend on the raspberry pi foundation libraries. So if I can build the Pi driver from a seperate source package (even if doing so means building vlc and throwing most of it away) and have it work with the existing core vlc binaries that is how i'd preffer to go)"
This is what irks me with the Pi Foundatin they shoot themselves in their foot many times over, over crap like this! Rather than making it easier for all... ESPECIALLY their TARGET AUDIENCE! Many of the persons who are getting Pi's have never touched Linux.
I lost interest in Pi's for video playback as I am not interested in the bloat of XBMC, OpenELC, and a straight forward change from my setup on a much higher box which uses VLC was not possible on the Pi(s).
Theres tons of acrimony on this topic on the RasPi foundation forum.
Rick
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