Also, this tends to fix Omxplayer when it wont work
Ive found that almost all of the omxplayer problems are solved by properly updating your raspberry pi. Before you say "I already did that!", read below to make sure you have taken all of the steps since the kernel and the firmware require different commands.Updating Packages
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgradeThis updates the package list and upgrades all the packages. You can use the -y flag if you hate typing yes. After the kernel and all packages are upgraded, this command should show you:
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded
Updating the Kernel
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y dist-upgradeThis upgrades your linux kernel distribution. These are regularly released. You can see which version you have by running:
uname -a
Right now I have "Linux raspberrypi 3.6.11+"
Updating the Firmware
sudo rpi-updateThis upgrades the firmware as long as you have the Hexxeh script downloaded. It and instructions can be found here:
https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-update
If you are having issues with video, make sure your memory split is set appropriately. I uses 128/128.
You can set this by editing /boot/config.txt and adding the line gpu_mem=128
If something is wrong, especially with omxplayer, make sure your packages, firmware, and kernel are all up to date. When they are, your problems will most likely be fixed.
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