This is one area where an rPI is going to be a better option. The rPI zero at $5 would probably make the most sense.
On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Carlos Novaes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello everyone. > > > > I was trying to set up a beaglebone as a media center using the hdmi > output > > to plug on my TV. The board itself is running debian wheezy with kernel > > 3.8.13-bone70. I also need to made the wifi dongle WN723 to work, so I > > followed the instructions on this video Beaglebone Black - USB WIFI & TP > > LINK WN725N. Everything works, using a usb hub I was able to play media > > stored in an external hard drive and access the beaglebone using vnc. > > > > But no matter how I tried to configure mplayer, any video played at full > > screen has a large amount of frames dropped. The overall result is very > > unpleasant. Searching on the web, if I understood correctly, there is a > > video driver (sgx) which has some hardware acceleration and I expect > this > > to gave me better results. Unfortunately, it does not work with this > kernel > > version. I tried to follow the steps here > > http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#Install_Latest_Kernel_Image and > this is > > the results: > > > > 1) Upgrade the kernel to version 4.1.13-bone16, ok > > 2) installed the SGX driver, apparently with no errors > > 3) Tried to play the some videos, same results... apparently the driver > is > > not being used. > > > > Anyway, I tried to get the kernel source and recompile the module for the > > wifi dongle. being unable to get the sources from the beaglebone > repository, > > I tried to download it from kernel.org. Doing so I was able to compile > the > > driver with no errors, but the module is not recognized and there is no > > wireless connection. > > > > So I ask: > > 1) Is it really possible to improve the video playing experience on > > beaglebone black by using this SGX drivers, as I had understood? > > 2) How can I get the sources for this specific kernel version, so I > would be > > able to compile the module 8188eu.ko? > > Which kernel? uname -r > > > 3) Does someone knows of any SO image with this options already enabled? > > Lets say, a beaglebone black image focused on media playing, perhaps with > > xmbc?? > > 4) Anyone has some experience or thoughts that would like to share? > > The BeagleBone Black is not designed to be a media player.. It > doesn't have any hardware codec's to do ANY video acceleration. > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > https://rcn-ee.com/ > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
