Streaming Video with Omega
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Hi!, I have read this tutorial about creating an audio receiver with omega.
I Just want to ask, it is possible to stream video and omega will receive it; play that on monitor/dumb TV.
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@Mar-Adrian-Belen There is no video-output on the Omega, so no.
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@WereCatf ok, but it can buy https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-External-Video-Monitor-Adapter/dp/B005G306I2
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@Mar-Adrian-Belen Official firmware ain't got the kernel-modules for that.
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@WereCatf that is bad new
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@ omega receive streaming video; play that on monitor/dumb TV
It is the wrong job.
MT7688 is designed for network connected device use case.
It has a general purpose CPU (MIPS) but no GPU nor digital/analog video subsystem.Without GPU for accelerated compressed video decoding (MPEG 1/2/4) nor
video formatter to output video, it's like barking at the wrong tree.Miracast dongle is fairly cheap ($12 - $20, shipped) and some SBC boards based on
ARM based SoC originally designed for smartphone/tablet market is the right way. (e.g., Orange Pi PC.)Using the right tool for the right job is the key for success.
ccs_hello
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@ccs-hello What I think would be a good alternative to do what you talk about would be to use a Raspberry Pi Zero. It's physically a bit bigger than the Omega but has a 1GHz processor, 512MB ram, SD card, USB interface, graphics processor with output to a mini-HDMI, power supply from a standard micro USB charger of sufficient capacity
It should cost you around $5 . More detailed information can be found at https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/ which also gives links to suppliers (though some currently don't have it in stock)
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Indeed, yes, I scanned the question too quickly and thought it was about streaming from USB webcams that do their own MJPEG.
But the actual topic of trying to do video output from an MT7688 is indeed not sensible.
The cheap "not quite Android" chips used in the dongles, or a pi (if you can get the GPU actually turned on for the desired compression), do make much more sense for that... and not just in the dedicated computational paths, but in having HDMI output!
