Raspberry Pi - Who's gonna have a dabble?
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NiceCupOfTea said:
That looks like the one. Any idea how it is used? Would be perfect if it worked with xbmc...
it comes with a few example python scripts for internet radio, hangman, weather, twitter, all of which can be modified to suit.Great encourager to learn Python, if only I had the time!
Dave^ said:
NiceCupOfTea said:
That looks like the one. Any idea how it is used? Would be perfect if it worked with xbmc...
it comes with a few example python scripts for internet radio, hangman, weather, twitter, all of which can be modified to suit.Great encourager to learn Python, if only I had the time!
Mine was sat in a drawer for months, it's recently had some (still ongoing) testing and experimentation.
It's currently sat running Raspbian with a USB webcam plugged in monitoring my garage door.
Not in itself a revelation for its use but the 'motion' package is amazing.
Considering that it's been able to monitor for any visible movement for nearly a week and capture every bit of movement as several still frames along with a video file that continues while the motion is ongoing AND only use minimal storage space (last I checked about 300mb for 4+ days of 24/7 monitoring).
These little things are amazing bits of kit, just ordered the proper camera module and going to look at actually mounting it in a proper case rather than just staring out through a window.
It's currently sat running Raspbian with a USB webcam plugged in monitoring my garage door.
Not in itself a revelation for its use but the 'motion' package is amazing.
Considering that it's been able to monitor for any visible movement for nearly a week and capture every bit of movement as several still frames along with a video file that continues while the motion is ongoing AND only use minimal storage space (last I checked about 300mb for 4+ days of 24/7 monitoring).
These little things are amazing bits of kit, just ordered the proper camera module and going to look at actually mounting it in a proper case rather than just staring out through a window.
Im a total noob to this sort of thing, but I have a 17" VGA monitor that I would like to use as a digi photoframe.
I plan to get an RPi with XBMC preinstalled and then use ethernet into the router, and then gain access to my photo directory on the PC...
I can get a free app that works as a remote controller, so will this all work as expected or have I missed a load of steps out ?
I plan to get an RPi with XBMC preinstalled and then use ethernet into the router, and then gain access to my photo directory on the PC...
I can get a free app that works as a remote controller, so will this all work as expected or have I missed a load of steps out ?
Turn7 said:
Im a total noob to this sort of thing, but I have a 17" VGA monitor that I would like to use as a digi photoframe.
I plan to get an RPi with XBMC preinstalled and then use ethernet into the router, and then gain access to my photo directory on the PC...
I can get a free app that works as a remote controller, so will this all work as expected or have I missed a load of steps out ?
there's no VGA output on the Pi, just an analog signal, or HDMI.I plan to get an RPi with XBMC preinstalled and then use ethernet into the router, and then gain access to my photo directory on the PC...
I can get a free app that works as a remote controller, so will this all work as expected or have I missed a load of steps out ?
Turn7 said:
cianha said:
there's no VGA output on the Pi, just an analog signal, or HDMI.
Yeah, I was going to use an HDMI-VGA lead.cornet said:
Turn7 said:
cianha said:
there's no VGA output on the Pi, just an analog signal, or HDMI.
Yeah, I was going to use an HDMI-VGA lead.Using RaspBMC and have noticed that on my TV remote, the Exit button no longer jumps back around 7 seconds. Coupled with the left and right arrows doing 30 second jumps you could skip credits etc really well.
Very annoying, its been removed in the new version, 'Gotham'.
I've jumped back to the older version ('Frodo', 12.3 Final) using Nightly Builds in the RaspBMC Settings and disabled auto-updating.
I'd noticed the font on the front page of Confluence skin (the default) had changed last week; I didn't realise at the time it was a whole new OS version.
Very annoying, its been removed in the new version, 'Gotham'.
I've jumped back to the older version ('Frodo', 12.3 Final) using Nightly Builds in the RaspBMC Settings and disabled auto-updating.
I'd noticed the font on the front page of Confluence skin (the default) had changed last week; I didn't realise at the time it was a whole new OS version.
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