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I'm pleasantly surprised running it on a Pi3 had a few hiccups with a couple of movies ie blu-ray rips but most are playing fine plus no problem playing Friends blu rips but that could be down to them being a lower bit rate than a movie
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I'm pleasantly surprised running it on a Pi3 had a few hiccups with a couple of movies ie blu-ray rips but most are playing fine plus no problem playing Friends blu rips but that could be down to them being a lower bit rate than a movie
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Maybe, maybe not but I'm guessing Eyerex was meaning he might get a NUC to replace the Pi3 as a server rather than as a client, so the Roku wouldn't be of use instead.
Man of Honour
Apologies, I misread.
Assuming the storage on something else then a NUC isnt going to struggle as a Plex server
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No worries, easy done.
I actually runa NUC as Pex server and it does a lovely job of it!
Pi 3 B+ released today by looks of things. 1.4Ghz 64-bit CPU, onboard dual-band wifi and bluetooth, 300mbit ethernet, 1gb LPDDR2 SDRAM and impressively POE but which requires an adapter. Still, impressive specs for the price.
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Commissario
I looked at all my Pis here and I can't see a reason to swap any of them for the new version.
Don
The PoE hat has a fan, hopefully someone else will make a large heatsink version.
Also supports PXE boot.
Disappointingly, no H265 decoder
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More benchmarks here
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/raspberry-pi-specs-benchmarks/
Run the following commands to get the latest raspbian
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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Bought one to support them
Also supports PXE boot.
Disappointingly, no H265 decoder
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More benchmarks here
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/raspberry-pi-specs-benchmarks/
Run the following commands to get the latest raspbian
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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Bought one to support them
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Yeah the H265 decoder is a shame. I know they tend to be more expensive, but considering rival companies using pretty much same circuit board, are able to offer Gigabit ethernet and more RAM so hopefully Pi won't be too far behind. Probably be Pi 4 or 5 before we get to that stage but this B+ is a step in the right direction. I think I'll probably hold off for now. I don't have any projects planned and still have a brand new Pi Zero W sat in a box.
Soldato
Yeah, when I moved to using odroids I never looked back, the 3B+ offers nothing to draw me back with current config.
yup the Odroid C2 is a pretty nice machine for Kodi.
Soldato
I was tempted to order a new Pi but my current pi3 just about does what I need it to, now I have a case with a fan I'm going to overclock it to squeeze every drop I can out of it
Don
Still waiting on my Pihut order, they take so long when a new Pi comes out.
Soldato
Had anyone used a pi to build a little music player/ streamer?
I'm looking at playing mainly rock stuff like acdc etc.
I'm not a massive music guy or an audiophile. So looking for something good and best bang for buck.
I've been reading up on the hifiberry but I'm not sure if I need an amp or a DAC or both?
What about speakers?
I'm looking at playing mainly rock stuff like acdc etc.
I'm not a massive music guy or an audiophile. So looking for something good and best bang for buck.
I've been reading up on the hifiberry but I'm not sure if I need an amp or a DAC or both?
What about speakers?
Soldato
I use Picoreplayer with a Pi and 7" screen you can get little amps which plug onto the Pi but i a USB DAC plugged into the Pi then run into a HiFi Amp to run my speakers have also used a HiFi Berry DAC which plugs on to the Pi which was good
Not sure as not tested but i think these days you can use Picoreplayer with a Pi3 and Bluetooth speakers so no need for amp
Bit of a party round the back
Not sure as not tested but i think these days you can use Picoreplayer with a Pi3 and Bluetooth speakers so no need for amp
Bit of a party round the back
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Soldato
I've got a Pi running Raspiab Stretch to host the Unifi controller software.
Whats the best way to also run a home server from this?
Also there seem to be loads of things pre-installed on my version of Stretch (maybe i should've gone for the "lite" version), do these things run in the background using processing power and need to be deleted or can i leave them be?
Whats the best way to also run a home server from this?
Also there seem to be loads of things pre-installed on my version of Stretch (maybe i should've gone for the "lite" version), do these things run in the background using processing power and need to be deleted or can i leave them be?
Soldato
Has anyone got any good guides on how to get a screen sorted for a Pi3? Im happy to buy the new Pi3b+ if there is a more elegant solution for it.
I want an AOI unit with a small screen in a case but heard that there is some limitations with the pins vs hdmi and I am pretty confused.
Basically I want to run retropi connect a controller up and just have it as a solo unit with the option to connect it to a tv if required.
I want an AOI unit with a small screen in a case but heard that there is some limitations with the pins vs hdmi and I am pretty confused.
Basically I want to run retropi connect a controller up and just have it as a solo unit with the option to connect it to a tv if required.
Man of Honour
Bizarre one, but I've been googling but thought I'd see if anyone had done something similar.
I'd like to modify my cat flap to simply indicate entry and exit. Nothing more than that. Each time there's an exit it's records date/time and then vice versa, entries recorded.
It looks possible with an accelerometer, but I've zero experience of anything other than using my Pi's for plug and play stuff like a VPN server when abroad or pihole.
I'd like to modify my cat flap to simply indicate entry and exit. Nothing more than that. Each time there's an exit it's records date/time and then vice versa, entries recorded.
It looks possible with an accelerometer, but I've zero experience of anything other than using my Pi's for plug and play stuff like a VPN server when abroad or pihole.
Man of Honour
I'd use a reed switch like you'd get on the front door for a house alarm with a watchdog script that waits for an interrupt on an input pin then log it to a text file or however you'd like to display the data
Man of Honour
Sounds great. Now to educate myself.on how to do this.