mpeg playback
#1
Hi,
I'm just testing the raspberry pi, to see whether i can replace my windows box XBMC with it.
First problem I ran into is video not playing from my npvr backend when playing tv... audio only - I'm guessing this is due to the mpeg codecs.

Does anyone know ... is the mpeg codec that you pay for the same for mpeg 2 and mpeg 4? Does unlocking it allow you to watch both?
Is there any alternative that I've missed... done want to buy it if there's an alternative!

Thanks,
John
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#2
The codec is required for MPEG2 but not for MPEG4.
So in order to see older movies or DVD's you need to cash up.
And the codec will be bound to the particular Pi board it is bought for. Cannot be used on other hardware.

Are you really-really-really poor?
Otherwise I don't understand how an outlay of £2.40 can be a hard buy.....
Please go here to order the codec!
Bo Berglund
Sweden
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#3
nono, not at all... just didn't want to go down the route of getting an mpeg licence if I didn't need to... I thought that perhaps live tv would have used mpeg4... but apparently not and so I do need it.
THanks for confirmation.
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#4
Good to hear...
Your symptoms are exactly what I saw, sound playing against a backdrop of moving blocks.
So I ordered the codec, installed on the Pi and everything afterwards then worked normally.
Note that you need to supply the unique serial number of your Pi in your order and it is found like this from the command line (I use PuTTY to do these things):
Quote:To find your serial number, type cat /proc/cpuinfo at the command line as shown below:

Code:
pi@raspberrypi:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor       : ARMv6-compatible processor rev 7 (v6l)
BogoMIPS        : 697.95
Features        : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp java tls
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant     : 0x0
CPU part        : 0xb76
CPU revision    : 7

Hardware        : BCM2708
Revision        : 1000002
Serial          : 000000000000000d  <<=== This is the number you need

On my new Pi B+ running RaspBian and no codec it looks a bit different:
Code:
pi@raspbian-pi ~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
model name      : ARMv6-compatible processor rev 7 (v6l)
BogoMIPS        : 2.00
Features        : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp java tls
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant     : 0x0
CPU part        : 0xb76
CPU revision    : 7

Hardware        : BCM2708
Revision        : 000d
Serial          : 00000000xxxxxxe5
But the serial is there all right.
Bo Berglund
Sweden
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#5
Would you please show tutorials on Openelec...thanks
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#6
Do it the easy way:

In XBMC > System > System Info > Hardware > Serial ......

Hint 8 zeros....
Smile

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