info-beamer pi
Infrastructure
digital signage player
SHOW HN2019
132points
26comments
#343of 2,195 in 2019
Top 16%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Docs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful technical detail on undocumented HEVC hardware decoding
From 1 comment
In hindsight I should probably named everything differently, but I didn't expect the software to turn into a company at some point when I initially started it over 8 years ago…
dividuum on HN
Objections
HEVC decoding documentation on the Pi is poor
From 1 comment
This seems like a large oversight given people usually decide to use the Pi for better documentation and support. The Pi 4 is being marketed as a "Real" desktop replacement…
wronglebowski on HN
Decoder depends on rough, patched FFmpeg code and firmware stability is uncertain
From 2 comments
This seems like a large oversight given people usually decide to use the Pi for better documentation and support. The Pi 4 is being marketed as a "Real" desktop replacement…
wronglebowski on HNTo be fair, these kind of low level stuff is usually handled by only a handful people, so investing a lot of time in proper documentation might be a lot of work for something…
dividuum on HN
Requests
Support for decoding two videos at the same time
From 1 comment
To be fair, these kind of low level stuff is usually handled by only a handful people, so investing a lot of time in proper documentation might be a lot of work for something…
dividuum on HN
Questions
Is there a non-hosted version?
From 1 comment
Is there a non-hosted version of this?
kup0 on HN