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Best gizmo box to output composite video?
Hey Guys!
I do a projection setup for Halloween and Christmas. It is pretty cool I think ![]() I was wondering if any of you have an opinion on the most economical "gizmo box" that would play avi or mp4 or whatever type video files off an SD card and output simple composite video and basic L/R audio? It doesn't need to be fancy... just want to be able to loop a reasonable quality composite video signal and be inexpensive. I've got a stash of about 10 DVD players purchased at garage sales for around $5 to $10 but if I can replace these with some type of cheap gizmo box, I might do it to save the hassle of messing around with DVD players ![]() I call it a "gizmo box" because I don't even know if such a thing exists. LOL I was thinking maybe a Raspberrry Pi but it's way more advanced than I'd need and outputs I believe just HDMI. Thanks! Oh, if you're interested, here is my Halloween setup from last year... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLnuvUyP4Pg And the Christmas setup... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0iGuPcDis8 ![]() |
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Can't help with your question, but BRAVO on the holiday displays!
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The RPi does output composite video or HDMI but not both at once. But I think that is fine for your purpose. The original Pi had a separate RCA video connector but I think the B+,2 and 3 combine everything into a mini headphone jack type of plug so you would need an adapter, not unlike what cameras sometimes use.
Maybe some of the cheap Android TV boxes do this as well.
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Maybe I can find some old cheapies if I can't find anything else ![]() |
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I found a cheap HDMI-to-composite gadget on monoprice a few years ago that we've used in our minivan on trips to stream video from my phone (HDMI output cable) to the car aux input. Why minivans still only have composite input, I don't know.
Anyway, I know that's just another step and not really what you want, but if you can't find a good solution that can natively output to composite, you could always go that route.
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Anyway, I just got in one of the Android boxes mentioned above. It's around $32 and looks like it'll work and do a lot of other stuff as well. I haven't tried it yet but should have some time next week to give it a shot! ![]() http://www.amazon.com/TICTID-Android...ilpage_o00_s00 |
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