Hello,
Is there a board that can play a video/Audio to a HDMI or DVI monitor. I do not want any mini computers like Raspberry PI. I need something small that can send a video like a WAVE or MP3 from SD ram or anything like it to a monitor.
I do not want to deal with any operating system that will come up every time your turn on the unit. I like the video/Audio start playing as soon as the power is turned on. Any recommendation would be appreciated.
Thanks
Bobby
Try Google on “Arduino + video”.
Have You decided what resolution and what FPS You need?
The current status is unknown, but the project was launched through crowdfunding.
I have an Arduino Giga R1 WiFi and I have managed to get it to read a WAV audio file from a USB stick and play it via the 3.5mm audio socket on the board. You will need an amplifier between the audio socket and the speakers.
I used this example:
https://docs.arduino.cc/tutorials/giga-r1-wifi/giga-audio/
Look under the heading "Play Single Audio File". I had to do a fair bit of tweaking. I couldn't find the example WAV file so had to make my own. As it stands the code could not find the start of the audio data. My WAV file contained a couple of additional bytes before the data which the program cannot cope with. It also uses a single DAC and shoves all the audio through that. If the WAV file is stereo it should be sending every other 12 bit number to a different DAC, one for the left speaker, and one for the right. There are also minor issues with the text output to Serial. But it works.
As for video. I believe the Arduino Uno Q has a USB C port that can be used with a dongle that provides an HDMI or possibly Displayport connection to a computer monitor. Not sure if it is up to the task of streaming video though. The information provided here:
https://store.arduino.cc/collections/uno/products/uno-q-4gb
suggests that it can. I haven't tried it.