Eric Ferguson
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Eric Ferguson commented,
It's good to hear that people are having success with video on the Pi 4! Even as mini X86 PCs and chromeboxes come down in price, this is still the most cost-effective player option on the market....
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Eric Ferguson commented,
Hmm that's discouraging Iain. The 720p playback looks great, but you mentioned it's not stable. Meaning, the Pi eventually crashed? I wonder if it's a thermal management issue: there are heatsinks ...
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Eric Ferguson commented,
That's great to hear! I've now updated My Pi 3B+ to Buster and can confirm that Rise Vision runs perfectly but video is still unusable on it, even at low resolution and bitrates. Too bad because th...
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Eric Ferguson commented,
For reference, here is what video looks like on Rise Vision on the Rasberry Pi 3B+ with the latest player (Installed July 20, 2019): https://photos.app.goo.gl/4qDp1ipRbDs9HgQm8 It's choppy, for sur...
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Eric Ferguson created a post,
Rasberry Pi 4 with Rise Vision
Looks like the Rasberry Pi 4 will be a big step forward for digital signage: a much faster 1.5GHz quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex-A72 CPU (apparently 3x faster than the 3B+), dual HMDI displays support...
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Eric Ferguson commented,
Thanks Darius but I think ideally I'd like to do it without using a different video player. Is there a way you can think of to use a keypress locally at the player machine to take over the screen a...
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Eric Ferguson created a post,
Play video file on keypress, local at the player.
We're currently using Rise Vision for digital signage on a small passenger boat. Most of the time our screens show advertising and tourism information, but during boarding we'd like them to show sa...
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Eric Ferguson commented,
Thanks for clarifying this: I also saw the notice and wondered what was up. It seems reasonable to suggest charging for Google Sheets and other widgets which require maintenance and server resource...