Raspberry Pi - $35 Linux computer

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Trick said:
Quinaay, what version of xbmc are you running? Are you using the builds in the link i posted above? 1080p, youtube, DTS, AC3, everything runs flawlessly with a 1ghz pi on those builds. its now looking like TrueHD downmixing is working too.
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I had a look and couldnt find it, i wouldnt know how to install it either if i found it lol!

Evilpaul said:
deb files contain the information within them of where all the files go, you just need to run the appropriate command to install them. (*hint*)
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thanks for that, ill have to scratch my head and get around it at some point soon, for instance i wanted to install iperf on Openelec to see what my network connection was like because there isnt a addon for it anymore..

jas72 said:
hey this looks fun which Pi do you buy A or B? 256 or 512 version?
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Get the 512 model B version, much more features, newer, faster and around same price.

Wierdly enough i woke up this morning and before work decided to test youtube again worked great didnt buffer and ran so smoothly streaming 720p. I'll keep an eye on it but so far this morning things are great, minus the odd lag on 1080p streaming. i also added heatsinks yesterday its around 55c now much better.
 
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Trick said:
Quinaay, what version of xbmc are you running? Are you using the builds in the link i posted above? 1080p, youtube, DTS, AC3, everything runs flawlessly with a 1ghz pi on those builds. its now looking like TrueHD downmixing is working too.
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The same goes for the latest release of RaspBMC, even RAW VC1 blu-ray rips work silky smooth over wired Ethernet (obviously you need the VC1 codec for these to work otherwise you'll just get audio and no picture :p )
 
Hi there,


I already have a Model B hooked up to Ethernet with a 4gb card. I had an 8gb PNY in it, but the card died after a month.

I am looking to get second Pi Model B for another project, so need another SD card, a power adapter (I am currently using a Samsung Tab charger, and don't have a spare for the second Pi), powered USB hub and Wifi adapter. Any recommendations? Cheaper the better :)
Looking for an 8gb or 16gb card.

Thanks in advance,
 
If you get a decent powered hub then you won't need a separate PSU as the new rev. Pi's can be powered via any USB port (backpower).
However I would still use a micro usb cable to supply the lions share of the current as it is then somewhat protected via the Pi's F3 polyfuse.

Something like this would work and mean no need for an extra psu:

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/ClimaxDigit...id=1395621081&sr=8-18&keywords=anker+usb2+hub

Just make sure you use the charge port to power the Pi as it won't be limited to 900mA like the other ports (It's able to supply 1.5A which should be more then enough when combined with the hubs additional 900mA backpower even for heavy overclocks and a good few bus powered devices :-) )

Also that 'official' PSU won't allow for any meaningfull overclock as the 1A current will not be able to hold a steady voltage if you increase the clock cycles. Even 1.5-2A PSU's can struggle holding a steady 5V on a heavy overclock.
If you plan on having a decent Overclock (1-1.1GHz & 475-500MHz) and also a few bus powered devices (WiFi, 2.5" HDD, USB Blu Ray ..etc) then you really need to be looking at a 5V supply that can provide 4-5A imho.
 
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Well for start if you are running XBMC on your Pi then you really want to be running it off a USB pen as it's significantly faster even compared to a very FAST SD card.

Simply connecting a powered USB hub to either of the Pi's 2 standard USB sockets even without any connection on the Micro USB power port will power up the Pi.
However some hubs might current limit each port which would cause problems, getting a hub like the one I posted would solve this because if the current is limited to the 900mA USB3 spec you can get around this by connecting the Pi's micro USB port to the HUBS 1.5A charge port.
That way you would be making 2.4A (1.5+0.9) available to the Pi via the USB hub, and any ROMS, HDD's, WiFi..etc added to the HUB will also have access to the HUB's total power via it's transformer (4-5A depending on the HUB's 5v transformer).

Obviously if the current demand of your Pi's setup exceeds the total current available from the HUB's transformer it will cause the 5v to drop and the Pi will crash/become unstable. However even a heavily OC'd Pi which is running multiple bus powered devices should run perfectly stable with a 4 - 5 A supply.
I have a heavily OC'd Pi (1.1GHz, 500, 500, 500MHz) + USB Blu Ray + 1TB 2.5" HDD +
Belkin N Wireless 300Mbps USB Adapter F5D8053 + 64GB Corsair USB3 & 16GB Corsair GT USB2 Flash pen + 90mm FAN @ 5v, ALL running rock solid from a 5A Anker USB hub :-)
 
Guys, I've got a Pi connected to my TV in the living room, with a external HHD with my photos and music.

I've also got another Pi in the lounge connected to another TV.

My question is, can I access the HDD from living room pi to stream the content over
to the Pi in the lounge.

Both are running raspbmc, I've asked this question before, but I ended up screwing up the living room pi and it wouldn't boot :P

Any newbie guides out there?
 
What distro are they running?

You'll want to share the photos + music folders over NFS from one pi to the other. How exactly to do it depends a little on what you're running but I imagine if you exercise your Google-Fu a little with "NFS share between two pis running Openelec/raspbmc" you may find a guide
 
IrishChr1s said:
Guys, I've got a Pi connected to my TV in the living room, with a external HHD with my photos and music.

I've also got another Pi in the lounge connected to another TV.

My question is, can I access the HDD from living room pi to stream the content over
to the Pi in the lounge.

Both are running raspbmc, I've asked this question before, but I ended up screwing up the living room pi and it wouldn't boot :P

Any newbie guides out there?
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You have at least 2 options, either samba or NFS.
I just use samba as it's easy and makes browsing to my Pi's via my PC's nice and easy :-)

RaspBMC Settings ------> System Configuration ------> Samba Server ENABLED

Then just add via SMB on the other pi.
 
Does anyone have any recommendations for config/settings for rTorrent on a Pi? I'm running OpenElec but almost every time I run a test download my Pi just hangs. Lots of people seem to run torrents on their Pi, so I wonder where I'm going wrong? I guess I need a config specific to the Pi..
 
Hi all,

Can anyone confirm if I can set-up a VPN from a Pi running openelec, so that it connects to a Windows VM which I have in another building (via a WAN link)

Initially I want it to VPN in to the Windows server (running VPN server) and access fileshares (to which I can stream media files from)

Currently I am doing this from my laptop, so I VPN in to home network, and open up the fileshares and play through VLC, ok but ideally I want to shift it to use the Pi

Guides on the web have mixed reviews.
 
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