Raspberry Pi - Who's gonna have a dabble?

[Bullett]

paulrockliffe said:

Does the new Pi give the option for optical audio output? I'm using PIs and a server for Kodi around the house, pretty much as above.

I've just got round to setting up surround sound on my TV and realised that the TV's optical output is only 2.0 unless the source is the TV's digital tuner. I had intended to HDMI in 5.1 to the TV and optical to the amp, but it looks like I need to skip the middle-man to get 5.1 from the PI to the Amp.

I don't really want to have to buy anything more expensive if I can avoid it.

For the chap with the server above, I've got a similar setup, but I've got a Kodi install on the server (which gets used to supply a distribution amplifier that covers the ceiling speakers around the house) if you use the Yatse Remote on Android you can one-click update your library without having to mess about with PCs etc.

Why not go pi hdmi to amp hdmi to tv hdmi? That's what I do.

[marctwo]

Bullett said:

Why not go pi hdmi to amp hdmi to tv hdmi? That's what I do.

I'm guessing his amp doesn't have hdmi.

[strudel]

marctwo said:

strudel said:

Class 4 microsd with latest raspbian:

simon@Octopus:~$ sudo dd if=/media/simon/NAS/2015-01-31-raspbian.img of=/dev/sdg
[sudo] password for simon:
no talloc stackframe at ../source3/param/loadparm.c:4864, leaking memory
dd: writing to ‘/dev/sdg’: Input/output error
5098505+0 records in
5098504+0 records out
2610434048 bytes (2.6 GB) copied, 2696.04 s, 968 kB/s

Slooooooooooooooooooooow.

Try appending 'bs=1m' to the end of the dd command:

sudo dd if=/media/simon/NAS/2015-01-31-raspbian.img of=/dev/sdg bs=1m

Also, try keeping the image file on a local drive.

I'll try the bs param next time. It was a local drive, the box I used was the NAS

[maniac886]

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet but there seem to be some B+ cases that do not fit the new Raspberry Pi 2. I purchased the one below from Amazon and had to modify it to get it to fit.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00M8ZEHIQ?psc=...

[Bullett]

marctwo said:

I'm guessing his amp doesn't have hdmi.

Probably but I've spent too many years in IT support to make such a basic assumption.

[MyVTECGoesBwaaah]

So after seeing the Pi 2 on the news I think I may have a go at this. Got a question for you folks though, is it possible to plug in a external hard drive (A non mains powered one, just 1 USB port) into the Pi? I see conflicting things online rather than a yes or no answer. Would the power draw be to much? Thinking of using it as a bit of a NAS/backup type thing.

Ta

[Bullett]

It will depend on the power requirements of the drive and what PSU you are using for the Pi.

If you've got the drive already then I'd suggest giving it a go.

[maniac886]

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[MyVTECGoesBwaaah]

Bullett said:

It will depend on the power requirements of the drive and what PSU you are using for the Pi.

If you've got the drive already then I'd suggest giving it a go.

Couldn't find the power requirements anywhere for the drive oddly. PSU I was planning on getting this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-IT-International-Adapt...

It seems to get the best reviews, there are a lot on there but none seem to stand out as being good.

Anyway think I will go for it and see what happens!

[gpb1]

MyVTECGoesBwaaah said:

Couldn't find the power requirements anywhere for the drive oddly. PSU I was planning on getting this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-IT-International-Adapt...

It seems to get the best reviews, there are a lot on there but none seem to stand out as being good.

Anyway think I will go for it and see what happens!

They've got iWant 5v 2.1A chargers in Currys for £5.99 at the moment

[Tonsko]

Do you have an ipad or iphone? Recent android phone? Those USB adapters should do the trick. Ipad one is 2.1A, see what the output is on yours.

[MyVTECGoesBwaaah]

Cheers guys, will try a phone charger at first. Mine is an Android one and looks OK, so will see how it goes.

[Tonsko]

My nexus 5 adapter put out 1.2A,which was the reason for the issues further up this page. Check to make sure!

[Too Late]

Hi chaps.
What SD card is everyone using on their rPI2's?
Also is there an issue with power supplies? do i have to get a specific power supply for the PI and not use one of my spare micro USB chargers i have kicking about

[Tonsko]

As above. If it outputs 2.1A ish, you should be good. Depends on what you connect to it, ofc, as devices will all draw power.

As for memory cards, there is a link here that shows which are good/no good. http://elinux.org/RPi_SD_cards

[Too Late]

Tonsko said:

As above. If it outputs 2.1A ish, you should be good. Depends on what you connect to it, ofc, as devices will all draw power.

As for memory cards, there is a link here that shows which are good/no good. http://elinux.org/RPi_SD_cards

Thanks
Got myself a Micro SD now
Thanks for the link~!

[Russ35]

Never got around to getting a Pi, but seeing as there is the Pi2 I've decided to finally get one.

So everything ordered that I need (probably got everything bar the Pi2 and case if I could be bothered to look). So everything has now arrived except the Pi2

[Oakey]

Got my Pi2, put my sd card from my b+ in (which updated the OS just the other day) and I just get the colour splash screen. Doesn't boot.

Think i've sorted it

Edited by Oakey on Friday 6th February 17:44

[DeuxCentCinq]

Where's the best place to get cases? RS seem to only have white, black and clear. Quite fancy a crazy one for the 2.

[Du1point8]

DeuxCentCinq said:

Where's the best place to get cases? RS seem to only have white, black and clear. Quite fancy a crazy one for the 2.

how crazy you want?

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/208090269/pi-borg-...