linux arm64 support in Hollywood and HollywoodPlayer

[AlexC]

Would it be possible to have linux/arm64 versions of HollywoodPlayer and/or the apps compiled with Hollywood?

Right now on arm64 debian, compiled apps exit with an error as the loader tries to open some shared libraries, while loading applets with the HollywoodPlayer causes a segfault.

For a few years I've been making information displays using RaspberryPi 3 and 4 which run relatively well at 1920x1080, but now I have to switch to different hardware (STBs) due to the shortage of Pi at reasonable prices, and also the need for faster chips to handle 4K monitors.

The issue with 32bit is that the only working Debian available for STBs is Armbian, and it only comes in 64bit flavors.
I tried to downgrade Xorg to 32bit but that required downgrading so many arm64 packages to armhf that it ultimately failed as many dependencies are no longer backported to armhf, and Python3 doesn't support having both arm64 and armhf on the same system.

[airsoftsoftwair]

Yes, arm64 for Linux is definitely planned for the next update.

[AlexC]

Good to know, thanks Andreas!

[Juan Carlos]

Yes, arm64 for Linux is definitely planned for the next update.

One little and banal question, the next update will free or payment?
The question only is for the my fans or not so fans to encourage them, to make donations to pay the update, because the idea is to make this hobby sustainable like you, not a bottomless pit...

[airsoftsoftwair]

The next update will contain mostly bug fixes so it will be provided free of charge for all users with a Hollywood 10 license.

[airsoftsoftwair]

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- New: Added support for the Linux arm64 platform; to compile executables for Linux arm64, just pass the new
  platform definition "linuxarm64" to the EXETYPE argument

[MH2]

Great news! Can i download the new version from my "place"

[airsoftsoftwair]

Great news! Can i download the new version from my "place"

Not yet. You will be able to download it once it has been released.