Raspberry Pi - $35 Linux computer

Woden · 13 Feb 2013 at 01:29

will13 said:
If you want decent speed and space the 16Gb Sandisk Ultra is good (Ultra is the 30Mb/s ones)

Just ordered a 16GB that should work according to the wiki. One of the Integral ones.

will13 · 13 Feb 2013 at 01:43

Woden said:
Just ordered a 16GB that should work according to the wiki. One of the Integral ones.

Never tried those, I know most Transcend and Sandisk work though

Insane_Homer · 13 Feb 2013 at 16:48

Received my Rev 2 - 512 MB on Monday, a week earlier than expected

RaspBMC installed and working on the MediaTomb Ubuntu server to hide in a corner.

Very impressed with the video playback. Even streaming of the internet (over ethernet cable and 60Mb Virgin Media cable) was good.

Very cool little device. I can see me getting another 2-3 soon to dot around the other TVs in the house... with maybe a Lego NXT project in the pipeline.

aceface57 · 13 Feb 2013 at 17:48

I've currently got a rev 2 512MB version Rasbmc (with a usb install, speeds it up no end) with a mysql database for movies and tv. Current add-ons that are installed and working spotify and tvcatchup. Very cool little board.

banger9365 · 14 Feb 2013 at 01:20

just cloned a kingston 4gb,class 4 to a Transcend 32 GB,Class 10,SDHC (TS32GSDHC10E)
and its about 5 times faster and boots up a lot faster too

Vulcan · 14 Feb 2013 at 17:11

I have issues with Raspbmc final, I get nothing but a black screen for most of the videos. Audio and OSD still works though.

Torch [P4] · 15 Feb 2013 at 12:54

Are u trying to play wmvs by any chance? Think you need a licence key to run them, best converting to a different container like mkv

Edward78 · 15 Feb 2013 at 17:09

Hey can you make a Netflix box out of one?

Evilpaul · 15 Feb 2013 at 17:14

Unless NetFlix provide support, then you can't (directly).

The best you can do is to use a second (powerful) machine running something like PlayOn to stream NetFlix over DNLA in a manner that the RPi can handle.

Radiation · 15 Feb 2013 at 17:22

How do you get spdif as hdmi doesn't pass it on to amp from tv and amp doesn't have hdmi?

Looking for a cheap solution or nothing, is it possible to take a hdmi cable and cut it up so the wire carrying spdif connects to amp?

Woden · 15 Feb 2013 at 17:40

What other inputs does your amp have? spdif wont be cheap, it would have to be an active converter.

Radiation · 15 Feb 2013 at 17:45

Why doesn't hdmi pass the same spdif signal?

Vulcan · 15 Feb 2013 at 22:06

Torch [P4];23765681 said:
Are u trying to play wmvs by any chance? Think you need a licence key to run them, best converting to a different container like mkv

Nope. H264 .mkv that used to work on the older Raspbmc, but now for some reason don't.

slinxy · 16 Feb 2013 at 12:23

I'm surprised this hasn't made it on here yet.. well I couldn't find it with a quick scan of the last few pages..

Pi Supply

Its made its target and for the price it's really no risk.

Its basically a power switch, software driven for the raspberry pi. I've backed it... thou there is another one from the states that just come out that seems to rely on TSR program and works more like an ATX power switch would.

Power Switch

Frozennova · 16 Feb 2013 at 13:30

Can OpenELEC or RaspBMC run webmin?

I want one as a little media box but wouldn't mind using it as a VPN server and a couple of other things.

lokkers · 16 Feb 2013 at 14:01

ManLoveRulesOK said:
Can OpenELEC or RaspBMC run webmin?

I want one as a little media box but wouldn't mind using it as a VPN server and a couple of other things.

I don't see why not.

I followed this guide to getting VPN on my Debian install (no webmin required)

Frozennova · 16 Feb 2013 at 15:37

lokkers said:
I don't see why not.

I followed this guide to getting VPN on my Debian install (no webmin required)

Should have mentioned it would have to be OpenVPN and Virgin Media block port 43 required for PPTP VPN

Boycie · 16 Feb 2013 at 20:45

Thinking of getting a couple of these for my Father in Law and Brother, can anyone tell me what xbmc performance is like when streaming content off a usb hard drive?

Cheers
B

Number_25 · 16 Feb 2013 at 20:49

Boycie said:
Thinking of getting a couple of these for my Father in Law and Brother, can anyone tell me what xbmc performance is like when streaming content off a usb hard drive?

Cheers
B

It seems to be able to run 1080p video without any hitches at all.

Vulcan · 18 Feb 2013 at 11:03

slinxy said:
I'm surprised this hasn't made it on here yet.. well I couldn't find it with a quick scan of the last few pages..

Pi Supply

Its made its target and for the price it's really no risk.

Its basically a power switch, software driven for the raspberry pi. I've backed it... thou there is another one from the states that just come out that seems to rely on TSR program and works more like an ATX power switch would.

Power Switch

£10+ for an on/off switch? No thanks. I just leave mine running, and if I needed to turn it off, I would just pull the usb connector out.

I'm all for addons, but you're spending up to 50% or more of the unit price of a Pi for something that is kind of pointless.

ManLoveRulesOK said:
Can OpenELEC or RaspBMC run webmin?

I want one as a little media box but wouldn't mind using it as a VPN server and a couple of other things.

Openelec is locked down, but Raspbmc should be fine.