Hello , been surfing the web about my superb  mib 2 (bolero), and i discovered  the the secret green menu.

There was one thing that catched my eye , the media - codecs ...... and my questions is : can this be a possibility to add codecs so that we can play videos from USB or sd card?

 

Thank you

 

 

Edited 13 August, 20196 yr by Camarao69

Hello again , i have read somewere in this forum that codecs can be added to the units :

 

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/380950-media-codec-on-columbus-mib1/

 

Can somebody with this kind of knowledge respond to  this question please ?

 

Thank you

Not an expert per se but if its not built to play video it is not likely to and not very well if it does. I am not aware of the difference between the Bolero and the Columbus in specs (processors, etc) but the Bolero functionality would not require the same processing power as the Columbus functions e.g. maps. and video playback of modern codecs such as h.264 requires significant processing power. You also need to consider that its not just a simple case of adding the video codec, should you wish to listen to the audio associated with a video then its not a codec, it is a container that holds both required video and audio codecs used and the Bolero software would need to be able to unpack the container.

 

So unless there is redundant processing power and unused (in Boleros normal functions) software capabilities, its not doing video and if it does, it will likely not do video well regardless.

 

Interesting concept though, let us know how you get on.

11 hours ago, MaddicIrl said:

Not an expert per se but if its not built to play video it is not likely to and not very well if it does. I am not aware of the difference between the Bolero and the Columbus in specs (processors, etc) but the Bolero functionality would not require the same processing power as the Columbus functions e.g. maps. and video playback of modern codecs such as h.264 requires significant processing power. You also need to consider that its not just a simple case of adding the video codec, should you wish to listen to the audio associated with a video then its not a codec, it is a container that holds both required video and audio codecs used and the Bolero software would need to be able to unpack the container.

 

So unless there is redundant processing power and unused (in Boleros normal functions) software capabilities, its not doing video and if it does, it will likely not do video well regardless.

 

Interesting concept though, let us know how you get on.

I realy dont think the problem is cpu, lets think about columbus mib 1 it plays videos and they have slower cpu even. In my last car i had a 2 din pioneer the cheapest one and it played videos...  I think the problem here is pattents and the consumer has to pay for them if he wants to see videos. If you put a mp4 it plays the sound , maybe the missing link is codecs.

On 15/08/2019 at 14:26, MaddicIrl said:

Not an expert per se but if its not built to play video it is not likely to and not very well if it does. I am not aware of the difference between the Bolero and the Columbus in specs (processors, etc) but the Bolero functionality would not require the same processing power as the Columbus functions e.g. maps. and video playback of modern codecs such as h.264 requires significant processing power. You also need to consider that its not just a simple case of adding the video codec, should you wish to listen to the audio associated with a video then its not a codec, it is a container that holds both required video and audio codecs used and the Bolero software would need to be able to unpack the container.

 

So unless there is redundant processing power and unused (in Boleros normal functions) software capabilities, its not doing video and if it does, it will likely not do video well regardless.

 

Interesting concept though, let us know how you get on.

Hello again  been googling and i found out that they all have nvidea tegra 3 processor ( mib2 mib1 has tegra 2) can someone correct me if i am wrong .....