linux arm64 support in Hollywood and HollywoodPlayer
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:07 pm
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.
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.
