Raspberry Pi - $35 Linux computer

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I was all ready to switch OpenELEC to USB, but then the more I read up on it, the more it seems the software has improved so much that its not that noticeable. I'm running it at 1Ghz with some minor bumps in the other core/GPU areas. Runs smooth, plays all files and have had no SD card corruption in 1.5 years of use. I keep looking at things like HummingBoard but there is no reason to upgrade as it works so perfectly at the moment! Doesn't mean I wont buy some new shiny gear though :D
 
Benihana said:
I was all ready to switch OpenELEC to USB, but then the more I read up on it, the more it seems the software has improved so much that its not that noticeable. I'm running it at 1Ghz with some minor bumps in the other core/GPU areas. Runs smooth, plays all files and have had no SD card corruption in 1.5 years of use. I keep looking at things like HummingBoard but there is no reason to upgrade as it works so perfectly at the moment! Doesn't mean I wont buy some new shiny gear though :D
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Interesting... I've currently got a relatively old version of OpenELEC running on a USB and was contemplating sticking an up-to-date version on a spare SD + USB I've got knocking around to see what's improved... Perhaps I'll try just the SD first
 
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Unfortunately today we found out that Raspberry Pi have launched a new Model B+ board. Our case cannot support the changes to this board and it will cost too much money for us to create new tooling. So we are sadly therefore left with no choice but to announce our closing down sale. Everything on the site is on sale with 25% discount.

We wish to thank our Kickstarter backers and purchasers of the PiCE for their support, observations and comments
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My pi arrived today. Is it safe to do an overclock or is it best to leave as is. I've never overclocked anything before
 
DJDaz said:
My pi arrived today. Is it safe to do an overclock or is it best to leave as is. I've never overclocked anything before
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Mines been running overclocked for the last 18 months since I've had it, I have fitted a cheap ebay heatsink kit and it also sits on top of a Network Switch a FreeSat box and temps have never been an issue
 
Frozennova said:
Mines been running overclocked for the last 18 months since I've had it, I have fitted a cheap ebay heatsink kit and it also sits on top of a Network Switch a FreeSat box and temps have never been an issue
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Do you know any links with a guide on how to do it?
 
i'm looking for something to attach it to my TV....so i can plug usb wifi to raspberry and 1 external drive with all the stuff from my room....what's available? thanks.....
 
So this morning I tried installing the latest OpenELEC (4.0.7) on a random SD card I had lying around and I'm very surprised to find that it's actually fairly snappy even without a USB install, and the SD card is only a Class 4 as well... Feels pretty responsive compared to my older install on a Class 10 + USB combo

The only thing annoying me at the moment is I want to copy across my .xbmc folder so that I can keep all the info about what has and hasn't been watched but I can't seem to scp/ssh into the pi anymore... I've enabled it in the settings I think but my connection gets refused - anyone got any ideas?
 
DJDaz said:
Do you know any links with a guide on how to do it?
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You do it via the gui in raspBMC or simply edit the config.txt that is on the root of the SD card on the PC:

Code: 
arm_freq=1100
core_freq=500
sdram_freq=500
over_voltage=6

I've been running the above OC for months and it's rock solid :-) (Did have to beef up the PSU though :p )
 
C.R.A.Z.Y said:
You do it via the gui in raspBMC or simply edit the config.txt that is on the root of the SD card on the PC:

Code: 
arm_freq=1100
core_freq=500
sdram_freq=500
over_voltage=6

I've been running the above OC for months and it's rock solid :-) (Did have to beef up the PSU though :p )
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Ah cool. Didn't realise it would be as simple as that. Thanks
 
uncle_rufus said:
So this morning I tried installing the latest OpenELEC (4.0.7) on a random SD card I had lying around and I'm very surprised to find that it's actually fairly snappy even without a USB install, and the SD card is only a Class 4 as well... Feels pretty responsive compared to my older install on a Class 10 + USB combo

The only thing annoying me at the moment is I want to copy across my .xbmc folder so that I can keep all the info about what has and hasn't been watched but I can't seem to scp/ssh into the pi anymore... I've enabled it in the settings I think but my connection gets refused - anyone got any ideas?
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See, told you so ;) should fly on the class 10 with a small overclock. Surely you can make a backup on the OpenELEC settings menu and transfer that over? I've not needed to restore a backup yet, but I would imagine it would contain all the data you need? Are you connecting as root? default password is 'openelec' but i'm sure you already knew that. Whats the exact message you're getting?
 
Benihana said:
See, told you so ;) should fly on the class 10 with a small overclock. Surely you can make a backup on the OpenELEC settings menu and transfer that over? I've not needed to restore a backup yet, but I would imagine it would contain all the data you need? Are you connecting as root? default password is 'openelec' but i'm sure you already knew that. Whats the exact message you're getting?
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I'm not sure what I'd done exactly but I tried re-installing 4.0.7 again and the SSH is now working so something must have messed up - I don't think I did anything differently

However I'm still having trouble transferring stuff across - I tried backing up the entire ~/.xbmc folder from my old install and copying it back across but this sent the system into a reboot loop so I had to start again...

Then I tried just the ~/.xbmc/userdata folder, which didn't cause the reboots but also didn't restore everything - after restarting I could see all of my media but none of it had any thumbnails/fanart/etc or any of the watched/unwatched status of anything, requiring me to rescan which defeats the point

I also read somewhere that you can select the "export video library" thing and select "as single files" which I tried and this appears to have created local copies of the fanart/info/thumbs directly alongside the media itself. It was my understanding that this would make it quick and easy to re-import the media but from what I can tell that doesn't seem to be the case. (Also I notice whilst the .nfo files appear to contain tags for something like "watched count" this doesn't seem to be affecting the watched/unwatched status - perhaps the local files are being ignored completely?)

So to anyone out there - given a spare SD and/or USB how can you do the following:

1. Install a fresh new version of OpenELEC onto the spare SD and/or USB
2. Copy the library, sources, all the fanart + watched/unwatched status of all your media across from old install to new
3. Also preserve your settings including things like the overclock you had before etc.

The above would be my preferred way of performing an upgrade to a newer version (I know you can do an in-place upgrade but I don't generally trust those - better to keep your old install handy until you're satisfied the new one is working, so you can always roll back)
 
Did you try going to System>OpenELEC>System and then hitting "Create System and XBMC Backup"?

You can then copy this file onto your new SD card and in the same menu there is a "Restore Backup" option.
 
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