OpenPHT

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• About / WARNING!
• What is OpenPHT?
• OpenPHT open testing and feeback
• Information
  • Installation via traditional apt-get
  • Manual installation to test
• Test Hardware
  • Test setup 1
• Current issues
  • HDMI output does not work
  • Playback on videos is too fast
• Latest build logs

About / WARNING!

This page text is temporary for now. This package is currently undergoing testing. Use at your own risk!

What is OpenPHT?

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 open testing and feeback

'openpht_20151207+git+bsos-1_amd64.deb' has been synced to brewmaster_testing dist for testing. Once you enable the testing repo, you can install it, or grab the deb from here. I advise installing the deb with gdebi if you choose that route. Getting to this point was quite a struggle (being a novice to packaging myself), but the application seems to launch to the setup screen. Further testing is needed. This has been built against the OpenPHT GitHub repository.

Information

• 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

Manual installation to test

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.

Test Hardware

Test setup 1

• 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]

Current issues

HDMI output does not work

• 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.

Playback on videos is too fast

• Possible fix 1: Change the playback from automatic to transcoded
• Possible fix 2: Correct your audio playback device (Mine was originally HDMI, changed to Analog Stereo). Exit OpenPHT and retry the video.
• Possible fix 3: 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.

Notes from PK:
In brief testing, correcting my HDMI output to Analog Stereo solved the playback for me.

Latest build logs

• [20151207 - openpht_20151207+git+bsos-1_amd64.deb] - PENDING