Arm-based player for Linux - 2024 revisit?

[Terence_Kearns]

This page was last update in 2022

Xibo Digital Signage

Since then, the Pi5 has been released and is orders of magnitue more powerful than the Pi at the time that page was updated. Not to mention that there are other arm-based commodity device that use the Rockchip RK3588 (Like the Orange Pi 5 Pro) and should be more than enough for FHD digital signage…

Any chance that we will get an official arm build for Linux?

Follow-up question… Can I get around this by installing Android on my arm device? Is it possible to install the Android Xibo Player that way?

[Terence_Kearns]

gonna try emteria Android for my arm device

[ProServ]

Please wait the new Xibo Linux Player

Maybe it will be compatible with ARM components

Linux player status and plans

The Linux Player has been and still is a complex problem for us to solve. We want to provide the same native experience for images/video and web embedding as we do for our other players, as well as powerful hooks into the operating system to run commands, build reliable connections, run web servers, etc. Due to various circumstances outside of our control, development of the current player stopped in May 2021. This will be the second player we’ve had to retire for technical reasons. Heading in…

[Jon_Knowles]

The RK3588 quad hdmi output player works very well with Xibo Android v4 with a couple tweaks.

[Terence_Kearns]

@Linux player status and plans

Due to various circumstances outside of our control, development of the current player stopped in May 2021. This will be the second player we’ve had to retire for technical reasons. Heading in…

yikes

wish I was a professional coder. I’d have a go.

[Terence_Kearns]

@Jon_Knowles

The RK3588 quad hdmi output player

which player is this?

I’ve ordered a Radxa Rock 5B because it is supported by Emteria which makes automation and fleet management possible (easy?).

I’m still in the testing phase but happy to pay for a perpetual android license (in the hopes that it helps the project).
I wish I could get a testing license though. My 14 day trial is about to run out. Currently using it with an rPi4 which is woefully underpowered.

I’m also testing with a ZimaBoard but haven’t had enough time to do it justice. I really don’t want to go with x86 though. Can do without the extra expense of a unit capable of long life playback and heat management. I don’t know how reliable the ZimaBoard is. I think it may be underpowered to deal with too many overlays. I’m very interested in data widgets with dynamic data. Can’t bake everything into the video material. I want a grunty player which doesn’t overheat or use much power. Thats not x86.

[Terence_Kearns]

@ProServ

Maybe it will be compatible with ARM components

that would be fab