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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Talk => Extension requests => Topic started by: meo on August 08, 2026, 02:37:33 PM

Title: OMXPlayer for piCore32.
Post by: meo on August 08, 2026, 02:37:33 PM

Hello!

I used OMXPlayer a lot before and it could possibly solve my problem with getting sound in piCore64 but if I'm not misinformed OMXPlayer can't be made to work on piCore64 for example. It has to be 32 bit. The videos I watch can be watched online or be downloaded. So I can easily download theese videos in the resolution that I want. They are provided from 144p to 720p. So it's perfect for download. Even though it's deprecated now I think that the last will be good for piCore32 v. 17.

Kind Regards,
meo

PS Just a thought I have tried to download vlc and mpv but both caused a blackout it in a GUI. Trying from the prompt something caused an error. DS

Title: Re: OMXPlayer for piCore32.
Post by: Juanito on August 09, 2026, 04:19:44 AM

Quote from: meo on August 08, 2026, 02:37:33 PM

I used OMXPlayer a lot before and it could possibly solve my problem with getting sound in piCore64 but if I'm not misinformed OMXPlayer can't be made to work on piCore64 for example.

omxplayer used the old closed source broadcom gpu drivers, which have been replaced by open source mesa drivers.

To get sound from the audio jack you need the alsa extension, to get sound via hdmi you need alsa and graphics-KERNEL.

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Just a thought I have tried to download vlc and mpv but both caused a blackout it in a GUI.

As said previously, loading graphics-KERNEL from a gui will result in a blank screen, you need to load it from the console prompt.

Title: Re: OMXPlayer for piCore32.
Post by: Juanito on August 09, 2026, 05:58:36 AM

I rebooted an RPi5 running piCore64 17.x with only openssh loaded onboot.

Loading vlc and alsa or mpv and alsa from the console prompt, I could play a test mp4 video with sound on an hdmi monitor with powered speakers connected to the hdmi monitor's sound jack.

Note that from the console prompt, the video resolution with both mpv and vlc is incorrect. If played from a gui, the video resolution is correct.

Note also that both mpv and vlc have been updated recently.

Title: Re: OMXPlayer for piCore32.
Post by: meo on August 10, 2026, 06:14:27 AM

Hello Juanito!

I did almost the same with just the neceessary packages onboot. Went back to the prompt and downloaded both mpv and tlc and nothing failed. Afterwards trying them out they worked but there was no sound. They are depending on alsa. Back to square one.

Kind Greetings,
meo

Title: Re: OMXPlayer for piCore32.
Post by: Juanito on August 10, 2026, 06:21:40 AM

Assuming you have alsa, alsa-utils and graphics-KERNEL loaded, what does “aplay -l” give?