[yocto] New gst-player

[Gary Thomas]

On 2015-03-05 05:54, Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 2015-03-05 05:45, Burton, Ross wrote:
>>
>> On 5 March 2015 at 12:16, Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com <mailto:gary at mlbassoc.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Using gstreamer1.0-libav seems to work, but it's really power hungry
>>     (i.e can cause my board's power supply over current!).  Does this
>>     plugin just hook into libav?  I've tried playing the same file using
>>     mplayer (which does use libav) and it doesn't have the same power
>>     issues.
>>
>>
>> Yes, gstreamer1.0-libav is a wrapper around libav.  gstreamer1.0-libav does default to using an internal copy of libav instead of the system one, but that's a PACKAGECONFIG away
>> from being changed - assuming that it builds - and might help.
>
> Thanks, I'll give it a go.
>

Sadly, it doesn't build with the libav we have in OE-core :-(

BTW, I measured the current used by my board (i.MX6Q)
   mplayer2 => 1.8A
   gst-play => 2.1A
Given that I normally run my board with a 2.0A wall brick,
it's no wonder that it dies when I run gst-play.

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