OpenPHT
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OpenPHT is a community driven fork of Plex Home Theater. While Plex Media Player is being developed, it requires very new packages, and is difficult to build for. OpenPHT aims to keep the PHT dream alive.
- OpenPHT upstream
- Using libregeek packages
- Using SteamOS-Tools Testing (at your own risk)
- OpenPHT upstream issue tracking
- OpenPHT forums
##Installation via traditional apt-get
./add-debian-repos.sh --enable-testing
sudo apt-get install openpht
sudo apt-get install gdebi
wget http://packages.libregeek.org/SteamOS-Tools/pool/main/o/openpht/openpht_20151207+git+bsos-1_amd64.deb
sudo gdebi openpht_20151207+git+bsos-1_amd64.deb
Please make a proper backup before testing. Due to the amount of odd packaging steps, be aware this package may change / update at any time. The root folder above (minus the filename) is where the package lives.
- Intel Core 2 Quad x86
- Nvidia GT 640
- Audio output hardware tested
- Turtle Beach Headphones [Pass][Audio output: Analog]
- HDMI out to LCD (built in speakers) [Pass][Audio output: Analog]
- HDMI out to LCD (built in speakers) [Pass][Audio output: HDMI][Audio output device: Defaults (Pulse Audio)]
- See the 2nd issue below as well. This likely points to some kind of issue with libcec. Any help on correcting this is greatly appreciated. Due to this bug, video is not synced, and plays at 2-3x speed. Audio will play over the HDMI cable to* my integrated speakers on my monitor, but only if the analog output mode is selected in OpenPHT's settings.
In further testing, HDMI output was selected, and no audio would work. It was found that the the audio server (presumable Pulse audio) stopped. Check that the sound server is connected in SteamOS Settings > Audio > Interface. If you see an error about it being disconnected, restart SteamOS BPM with pkill steam or restart your computer. After Steam was restarted, OpenPHT showed "HDMI" as the audio device, and sound was working.
Please review these settings
- OpenPHT > Preferences > (gear icon) > Audio Output
- Check Audio output channels
- Check Audio output selection
- Check the Audio output device
- Check the Passthrough output device
Please try the following
- Change the playback from automatic to transcoded
- Correct your audio playback device (Mine was originally HDMI, changed to Analog Stereo). Exit OpenPHT and retry the video.
- Check that the sound server is connected in SteamOS Settings > Audio > Interface. If you see an error about it being disconnected, restart SteamOS BPM with "pkill steam" or restart your computer.
