There are some codecs for which you need to buy a license, and put a key in /boot/config.txt. H.264 is included in the price of the RPi3, but not MPEG-2 (DVDs) or VC-1 (WMV), so even if you had MMAL or OpenMAX access, you'd need a license to h/w decode either of those two (viz, MPEG-2 or VC-1) forma...

Is your Ethernet cable a crossover cable? The way I understand it, is that you want a a direct connection to your desktop with the RPi for back up over Ethernet as it's faster to transfer files? I use to do this with a host and guest set up with KVM/qemu. You need to have a separate subnet and ip st...

Can you provide a link to a complete image? At the page you've linked there are dozens of links, which isn't helpful for a Gentoo-beginner? Forgot my post & thanks for providing this! (Just need a little bit scroll down!) Thank you, FM_81 Sorry. Didn't see your post sooner. The main GitHub page: ht...

Hi, A bit late to the this thread, but I'm new to Raspberry Pi. :) If you want 64-bit, then I would recommend reading here: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1058530.html There is a link to the GitHub page that has a ton more information. I looks pretty stable. They are using the 4.10 kernel whi...