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Raspberry Pi
- Thread starter Andyk1801
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jenic
ClioSport Club Member
There's a pretty big thread somewhere about them, do a search.
Bit gimmicky. I bought a little breakout kit for mine recently to have a play with (basically some wires and a breadboard), but that's only because I like playing with electronics and things.
I have the early model, the newer ones have more RAM so might be better but imo they are pretty rubbish as a media player, I'd rather an xbox which will do everything the pi will (except mkv playback) a lot better.
Bit gimmicky. I bought a little breakout kit for mine recently to have a play with (basically some wires and a breadboard), but that's only because I like playing with electronics and things.
I have the early model, the newer ones have more RAM so might be better but imo they are pretty rubbish as a media player, I'd rather an xbox which will do everything the pi will (except mkv playback) a lot better.
MKV is the most popular container these days for media, for this reason I have never used my xbox as a player. The latest Raspberry Pi is plenty powerful enough from what I have read.
Nickson
ClioSport Club Member
I've got one.
Bought a Model B last year.
The novelty lasted about an hour and it has sat dormant in my drawer ever since..
Bought a Model B last year.
The novelty lasted about an hour and it has sat dormant in my drawer ever since..
Running openelec xmbc on a pi you have a fully featured media player thats very slick . Full remote control from your tv remote as the pi (if your tv does) supports hdmi cec ....
Brilliant soloution for minimal cost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U7kZF14tDQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Brilliant soloution for minimal cost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U7kZF14tDQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Ol’ Tarby
ClioSport Moderator
Clio 220 Trophy
exactly how mines running. Runs smoothly as you'd like, and got a few plugins installed for xbmc
i still use Win Media Centre over xmbc due to the live tv support which we run to extenders throughout the house , however i can see me doing it eventually , metadata for movies and tv seems excellent on xmbc
jenic
ClioSport Club Member
When I played about with it I used Raspbmc, it was painfully slow when browsing the menus, once playing it was fine. I guess openelec is better, or the newer model with more memory overcomes this problem.
Raspbmc has come along way lately.
I got halfway through making a double din car stereo out of one. Then broke the touch screen and gave up.
Audi TT Stronic
I have these throughout my house..
http://www.ebuyer.com/409029-mb-boxdc3217iye-dual-hdmi-lan-box-boxdc3217iye
the ultimate XBMC front end.. tiny, low power and completely silent most of the time.. and if the fan does kick in your head needs to be next to it to hear it.. plays anything I can throw at it.. love it.
http://www.ebuyer.com/409029-mb-boxdc3217iye-dual-hdmi-lan-box-boxdc3217iye
the ultimate XBMC front end.. tiny, low power and completely silent most of the time.. and if the fan does kick in your head needs to be next to it to hear it.. plays anything I can throw at it.. love it.
Similar spec to yours and similar price I run lenovo q190 in our bedroom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2DIa69HpVU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Nickson
ClioSport Club Member
Started playing with mine again today, this thread motivated me to do it..
Installed OpenElec with XBMC. Set it up on an old monitor at work.
Actually very surprised and impressed with it. May have to find some more uses for it!
Installed OpenElec with XBMC. Set it up on an old monitor at work.
Actually very surprised and impressed with it. May have to find some more uses for it!
E92 325D
I got this XBMC on a mac mini connected to tv...not a clue what i can do with it though!
Rubicon_
ClioSport Club Member
I have around 500 movies on a hard drive, can i set up a file system on a pi so i can run these movies on to my tv and possibly see descriptions or covers? I keep hearing of XBMC.
Yes you can, file share them over your network, Homegroup is the easiest, and jobs a good 'un.
I really wish that they added gigabit ethernet on the latest model..
For what? You won't be able to make use of it on the Pi anyway tbh.
you think? the interface and the way Kodi (xbmc) categorizes all your content trumps Xbox one media player IMO (I also own an Xbox one).
Since updating my setup with a pi2 and using the OSMC installer I was up and running in 5 minutes. Definite improvement on the old version for sure. The extra grunt from the processor and memory has made the extra difference and for £30 or so, you can't go wrong.
Also got a power adapter for it that plugs directly into the tv's USB so that it automatically boots as i turn on the television.
Since updating my setup with a pi2 and using the OSMC installer I was up and running in 5 minutes. Definite improvement on the old version for sure. The extra grunt from the processor and memory has made the extra difference and for £30 or so, you can't go wrong.
Also got a power adapter for it that plugs directly into the tv's USB so that it automatically boots as i turn on the television.
Just my opinion. Album art etc doesn't really bother me, but I can see why it matters to some.
Got my sky box and surround sound running though through the Xbox with one guide setup. Means one box controls everything and I can control the lot through smartglass on my tablet.
Swings and roundabouts tbh.
I assume if I have a pi model B based media setup, I can slot in the new one with all the same peripherals, cables etc, they've not done anything daft?
