Raspberry Pi and streaming machine in living room

bulletv1 · 28 Oct 2014 at 15:26

Hi,

Thinking about ripping all my dvds and blu rays onto my pc/nas and was thinking about using my raspberry pi that i used for a week when it came out. I've seen RaspBMC XBMC which i'm thinking about using. If i managed to get all that working and connected via hdmi to my amp from the pi would 5.1 work fine on the films that have it and also. Is it easy?

Thanks.

bulletv1 · 28 Oct 2014 at 15:52

Well my setup will be Pi -> HDMI -> STR-DN1040 (5.1 setup) -> HDMI -> Bravia TV

Is it hit and miss due to the formats and ripping or the pi?

bulletv1 · 28 Oct 2014 at 16:42

Was thinking about getting a media remote for it. Unless my universal remote works with it. Well think I'll give it a go not going to cost me anything to try.

What do you use to rip?

bulletv1 · 30 Oct 2014 at 15:00

If I get it to work at an acceptable level (might just rip the DVDs so I can hide them in the attic) I might buy a little switch I can get from a guy I know who owns a pi shop. Any smart black cases out there anyone recommends so it fits in nice with my amp and ps4 etc?

bulletv1 · 6 Nov 2014 at 10:27

meandu229 said:
I use FLIRC which is a usb IR reciever. Its very fast and works great with my universal remote. Very recommended as its 100% customisable too so you can task any button on your remote to any task.
Cost is ~£20

I picked up a £7 "PC Remote" from my mates pi shop. Has all the controls i need on it and a mouse control and it seems to work alright. Might get that FLIRC once i've got everything up and running properly. Going to use my 32GB memory stick for the moment and then get a synology NAS.

If any what RAID configuration do you lot use? I was thinking about getting a 3 disk bay and using RAID 5