for the record, using the same installation procedure with NOOBS 1.3.2 using the same Transcend SD card model (see amazon link above) here are the time it takes between raspberry pi electrically powered on and the video showing on TV : using raspbian (*) => 57sec using raspbmc => 1m58sec I have not ...

for the record : i am using raspbian installed with NOOB_1.3.2.zip, installed on a SD card (this one actually => http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B003VNKNEG/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i04?ie=UTF8&psc=1) so well i tried with [Q] key instead of [ESC] => same behavior (for the record, ps aux | grep omxplaye...

Did you set gpu_mem to a higher value in config.txt? gpu_mem=128 is recommended for playing 1080p video. no i have not touched /boot/config.txt (but will try soon) It could be that pressing ESC to quit is leaving a copy of omxplayer running. q is the key required to quit omxplayer => good one. i ha...

should i try with another distribution ? raspbmc maybe ? any clue ?

with raspbian freshly installed from NOOBS_v1_3_2.zip if i start the following command omxplayer -o hdmi myfile.avi => it plays just fine in 1080 both video and audio, it's fantastic !! then if I press [ESC] to quit. i return to the console as expected. then if i start again the same command, it giv...