On 17/03/2021 19:17, Deloptes wrote:
> Pancho wrote:
>
>> I gave up on a rpi4. It should work but good HD video depends on
>> hardware acceleration and Raspbian distro software compatibility with
>> acceleration was poor when I tried (i.e. Chrome and VLC didn't support
>> it fully)
>>
>
> This was the case after rpi4 was released.but later it was fixed. Firefox+
> youtube, mplayer, kplayer works fine
>

Yep, you are correct, I tried immediately after the Pi4 came out.
However, I seem to recall a thread a month or two complaining that
hardware acceleration had been turned off again in the recent distro
release.

I also have a fair bit of prejudice. About 10-15 years ago I tried to
run an underpowered AMD cpu based HTPC. It was supposed to work due to
hardware acceleration, but it was constantly getting glitches and
breaking. Hardware acceleration would fail, TV would stutter.

Since then I've used powerful chips and the headache goes away.

Something like a Pi that could do video (including x265) and remote
desktop would be ideal, *if* it worked reliably.


>> If you just want media try KODI.
>
> I was also after KODI (not for the RPI4, but for the PC, or VM), however it
> was not possible to compile.
>
>

Yebbut, for the Pi4 you get prebuilt images. I've not played with VMs
recently but I would think you would want passthru video for KODI.

FWIW, I don't see the attraction, I like a proper PC desktop on my main
TV, I use a mouse and keyboard not a remote. The I can watch TV or do a
spot of programming from the comfy chair.

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