Request: Chrometizer.

[E J]

Hello João, and everybody

Eagerly awaiting the next release, and hopefully just on time a request, if it is possible to implement this request below.

Having a chromecast now, and finding out that my avi movies are not accepted I was looking for an alternative. Found fuppes, but fuppes didnot install in the last official version of Alt-F. (just found that out last weekend). Read that in the new release it is possible, and for sure I will try it. But maybe chrometizer ( https://github.com/mobileblobs/chrometizer  ) is a better alternative. At least it is maintained and been worked on recently. What do you think?

Thanks again for all your work. Cannot be said enough times.

[João Cardoso]

On Tuesday, 11 April 2017 17:00:18 UTC+1, E J wrote:

Hello João, and everybody

Eagerly awaiting the next release, and hopefully just on time a request, if it is possible to implement this request below.

Having a chromecast now, and finding out that my avi movies are not accepted I was looking for an alternative. Found fuppes, but fuppes didnot install in the last official version of Alt-F.

I was tot aware of that... no bug report/ticket?

 

(just found that out last weekend). Read that in the new release it is possible, and for sure I will try it. But maybe chrometizer ( https://github.com/mobileblobs/chrometizer  ) is a better alternative. At least it is maintained and been worked on recently. What do you think?

Unfortunately it depends on the Go language, which I have (not yet?) compiled for Alt-F.

But its README says that if was inspired on a script that uses 'ffmpeg', and that is supported and used by Alt-F, so it's a possibility.

However, I'm afraid that transcoding (changing container and/or codec in real time) requires more cpu horsepower than our boxes have.

The last time I tried using ffmpeg directly for recoding  I remember that it gave only a few fps, unusable.

So I think that your best option for you will be to recode your videos using a PC...

 

Thanks again for all your work. Cannot be said enough times.

Thanks

 

[E J]

El jueves, 13 de abril de 2017, 21:18:00 (UTC+2), João Cardoso escribió:

On Tuesday, 11 April 2017 17:00:18 UTC+1, E J wrote:

Hello João, and everybody

Eagerly awaiting the next release, and hopefully just on time a request, if it is possible to implement this request below.

Having a chromecast now, and finding out that my avi movies are not accepted I was looking for an alternative. Found fuppes, but fuppes didnot install in the last official version of Alt-F.

I was tot aware of that... no bug report/ticket?

No, because I just found out, and wait for for the next release. 

 

(just found that out last weekend). Read that in the new release it is possible, and for sure I will try it. But maybe chrometizer ( https://github.com/mobileblobs/chrometizer  ) is a better alternative. At least it is maintained and been worked on recently. What do you think?

Unfortunately it depends on the Go language, which I have (not yet?) compiled for Alt-F.

But its README says that if was inspired on a script that uses 'ffmpeg', and that is supported and used by Alt-F, so it's a possibility.

However, I'm afraid that transcoding (changing container and/or codec in real time) requires more cpu horsepower than our boxes have.

The last time I tried using ffmpeg directly for recoding  I remember that it gave only a few fps, unusable.

So I think that your best option for you will be to recode your videos using a PC...

I was thinking of the lack of power, but as fuppes states it can transcode, and it is included in the Alt-F repo, i thought why not give it a simpel try. 
So maybe just continue watching the .avis on the tablet or laptop.. (less hassle) ;)