[chbot] Suggestions for starting point for MPG decoder with touchscreen

[Volker Kuhlmann]

From memory.

> I have no issue with using 10 year old hardware, is there any
> compelling reason to buy a newer PI ?

Possibly. The RPi CPU is pretty low spec, that only changed with version
4. It also then has thermal design issues regarding operating at full
tilt, requiring either fan or DIY chunks of metal.

> Does the PI B R2 have an H.264 decode engine which can run license free ?

Version one had decode support in the GPU, but it required a cheap
license key tied to CPU serial number (or something like that).

RPis earlier than 4 may have limited grunt to decode video in software,
or for the extra image processing for the buttons.
Available and usable (may not be the same) hardware support could be an
important question.

Volker

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