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While everyone is chasing 8K, this guy made a player who deliberately worsens the picture.
Old series do not always benefit from high resolution. On modern screens, little things are visible, which used to hide film-copy TVs and a soft picture of video cassettes: footprints on the scenery, service inscriptions and other technical details. Enthusiast Anthony Kakzee made an open project 240-MP for the Raspberry Pi to run modern video files through the interface in the style of the old video recorder.
240-MP turns the Raspberry Pi into a simple media player with a text menu. The user selects folders, series and playlists through an interface similar to a video recorder or an old TV screen. At the same time, the system works with local files and Plex libraries.
The 240-MP uses the MPV command player. Video can be stored on the Raspberry Pi itself, a USB drive, an external hard drive or a network resource. Kakkezee added separate modules for local playback and Plex, so the project is suitable for regular home media library.
The project can be connected to a kinescope TV via a composite cable. This option is closer to how old records looked on the home screen in the 90-ies. 240-MP also works with a modern monitor or TV via HDMI.
Before installation, you need to choose the method of displaying the image. For composite connection and HDMI, different parameters are used, so the config.txt file will have to configure the desired option. Details are described in the installation instructions.
After installing the media player, you can control from the remote or keyboard. The menu allows you to open folders, select series and playlists, switch soundtracks and subtitles, turn on the replay and change the basic viewing parameters.
Kakkeze checked 240-MP on the Raspberry Pi 4B, 3B+ and 3B. The developer does not promise support for other devices and does not plan to separately test the project on another gland.
In the future, the author wants to add modules for other media systems. The list of possible directions lists Jellyfin, an alternative to Plex, and RetroArch, a shell for launching emulators of old game consoles.
The 240-MP code is open on GitHub. Kakkezee allows you to copy the repository, change the project for your tasks and collect their own versions of the media player.
Old series do not always benefit from high resolution. On modern screens, little things are visible, which used to hide film-copy TVs and a soft picture of video cassettes: footprints on the scenery, service inscriptions and other technical details. Enthusiast Anthony Kakzee made an open project 240-MP for the Raspberry Pi to run modern video files through the interface in the style of the old video recorder.
240-MP turns the Raspberry Pi into a simple media player with a text menu. The user selects folders, series and playlists through an interface similar to a video recorder or an old TV screen. At the same time, the system works with local files and Plex libraries.
The 240-MP uses the MPV command player. Video can be stored on the Raspberry Pi itself, a USB drive, an external hard drive or a network resource. Kakkezee added separate modules for local playback and Plex, so the project is suitable for regular home media library.
The project can be connected to a kinescope TV via a composite cable. This option is closer to how old records looked on the home screen in the 90-ies. 240-MP also works with a modern monitor or TV via HDMI.
Before installation, you need to choose the method of displaying the image. For composite connection and HDMI, different parameters are used, so the config.txt file will have to configure the desired option. Details are described in the installation instructions.
After installing the media player, you can control from the remote or keyboard. The menu allows you to open folders, select series and playlists, switch soundtracks and subtitles, turn on the replay and change the basic viewing parameters.
Kakkeze checked 240-MP on the Raspberry Pi 4B, 3B+ and 3B. The developer does not promise support for other devices and does not plan to separately test the project on another gland.
In the future, the author wants to add modules for other media systems. The list of possible directions lists Jellyfin, an alternative to Plex, and RetroArch, a shell for launching emulators of old game consoles.
The 240-MP code is open on GitHub. Kakkezee allows you to copy the repository, change the project for your tasks and collect their own versions of the media player.
