[Solved] MPEG2 and VC1 codec licenses not working with RPi3B+?

weust · March 26, 2018 at 6:10 PM

I added my codec licenses for MPEG2 and VC1 yesterday, and noticed a movie was stuttering like crazy.

Just hooked up a keyboard and noticed the movie was encoded in VC1 (remux from a Blu-ray) and decoded in SW, instead of HW like a movie encoded with h264.

Logging in using SSH I can confirm the codecs are disabled, even though they exist in the config.txt.

Quote

LibreELEC:~ # vcgencmd codec_enabled MPG2

MPG2=disabled

LibreELEC:~ # vcgencmd codec_enabled WVC1

WVC1=disabled

LibreELEC:~ #

I can't even find the codecs on a shop like The Pi-Hut, so aren't they sold anymore?

**HiassofT** · March 26, 2018 at 6:41 PM

If you used the keys from another (older) RPi this won't work, the codec licenses are tied to the RPi's serial number.

You can order license keys directly from RPi: Raspberry Pi Store

They had a few issues with their shop about 2 weeks ago but IIRC they are resolved now.

so long,

Hias

weust · March 26, 2018 at 6:54 PM

I completely forgot about that serial number thing.

Been so long since I bought them

Thanks.