DaemonForums  

Go Back   DaemonForums > FreeBSD > FreeBSD General

FreeBSD General Other questions regarding FreeBSD which do not fit in any of the categories below.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1   (View Single Post)  
Old 22nd October 2022
cabriofahrer cabriofahrer is offline
New User
 
Join Date: Sep 2022
Posts: 8
Default Big BSD dilemma on Raspberry Pi 3

Hello Folks,

first of all a big Thanks for accepting me in this forum some weeks ago! This is my first post here. I am a FreeBSD user for many years now, I managed to live without Windows a long time ago. Only recently I have got a Raspberry Pi 3 in my hands and I started experimenting with different operating systems, including FreeBSD, of course.
First impression was that it works like a charm, but unfortunately, there is no audio support and no GPU acceleration, both vital if you want to use Kodi in order to turn your Raspi into a multimedia center.
On the other hand, there is also NetBSD, which does have support for audio and apparently also GPU hardware acceleration, BUT unfortunately does not have Kodi.
In the end, I am using Xbian for the moment in order to have Kodi working for watching movies and TV shows, as well as just listening to radio streams or mp3's.
Although the analog audio out of the Raspberry does not have a good reputation, I cannot concur: The sound I get connecting a minijack to chinch cable to an old Kenwood receiver with Magnat speakers is great!
So it is really worth it to turn your Raspberry into a multimedia center!

Having said that, in spite of all, I would still be able to use BSD. So what is more likely and realistic to see in the near future: To have audio and GPU hardware acceleration for FreeBSD or to have Kodi for NetBSD?
I don't know if there are any developers here in this forum who are Kodi fans like me and would like take the bull by the horns in one way or another?
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Openbsd for Raspberry pi3 psypro OpenBSD Installation and Upgrading 5 26th March 2016 09:21 PM
Hardware Raspberry Pi 3 is released e1-531g News 0 5th March 2016 03:22 PM
tor on evbarmv6 (raspberry-pi) pinswats NetBSD Package System (pkgsrc) 7 2nd March 2016 04:29 PM
Raspberry Pi 2 B bsdnut82 FreeBSD General 3 12th February 2015 08:54 PM
Double network card Dilemma disappearedng FreeBSD General 6 1st September 2008 06:31 AM


All times are GMT. The time now is 02:31 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content copyright © 2007-2010, the authors
Daemon image copyright ©1988, Marshall Kirk McKusick