Raspberry Pi - Who's gonna have a dabble?
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I just worry about burning oit y external hard drive.Esders said:
Just had a text from my wife to let me know that my Pi 2 has been delivered. Also got a text to say that my Lightberry has been despatched. Hopefully I will get it before the weekend I can then install everything and have a play. Getting very excited.
Have you shown your wife the lightberry and what it does? Because I excitedly showed my girlfriend a youtube vid of a lightberry running and she said "that's terrible, it'd drive me nuts", instantly pissing all over my bonfire and making me feel like a sad geek at the same time.Oakey said:
Have you shown your wife the lightberry and what it does? Because I excitedly showed my girlfriend a youtube vid of a lightberry running and she said "that's terrible, it'd drive me nuts", instantly pissing all over my bonfire and making me feel like a sad geek at the same time.
I hadn't heard of Lightberry until I saw this thread. My wallet hates you...What lightberry did you guys go for ?
I'm still considering a one, have seen some people making up the same systems themselves, all the bits and bobs are on amazon.
The advantage is the expensive ones that are "all in one" but have seen some say they fail.
lightberry used to have forums on his site, it got full of people with problems, so he removed them.
To be fair, some of this appears to have been people expecting a "turn key" solution that would just work, rather than something that you may need (or want) to fiddle with.
I'm okay to fiddle with stuff, its what we buy "stuff" for right ?
I will dig out the links for the bits and bobs needed from amazon.
I'm still considering a one, have seen some people making up the same systems themselves, all the bits and bobs are on amazon.
The advantage is the expensive ones that are "all in one" but have seen some say they fail.
lightberry used to have forums on his site, it got full of people with problems, so he removed them.
To be fair, some of this appears to have been people expecting a "turn key" solution that would just work, rather than something that you may need (or want) to fiddle with.
I'm okay to fiddle with stuff, its what we buy "stuff" for right ?
I will dig out the links for the bits and bobs needed from amazon.
Installed Plex on the media server, and just fired up the Pi 2 with Rasplex on it - very impressive!
May well take over from Frodo after all!
Anyone tried OSMC? Its the new version of RaspBMC which has stopped development and won't even be released for Pi 2.
I've ordered another SD card to try it with.
May well take over from Frodo after all!
Anyone tried OSMC? Its the new version of RaspBMC which has stopped development and won't even be released for Pi 2.
I've ordered another SD card to try it with.
Pity, I'd have liked to see RaspBMC on the Pi2, just because I can feel how much faster the hardware is with the quad CPU.
Plex zips through menus etc. Want to try OSMC to see it, and how fast it reacts.
Never even seen OpenELEC....can anyone who has used all three (well, four) of the above talk me into trying it over OSMC and Plex?
Plex really is amazing; media, streamed or played, to any device, even when you aren't in your house. I can't believe its free, quite honestly.
Plex zips through menus etc. Want to try OSMC to see it, and how fast it reacts.
Never even seen OpenELEC....can anyone who has used all three (well, four) of the above talk me into trying it over OSMC and Plex?
Plex really is amazing; media, streamed or played, to any device, even when you aren't in your house. I can't believe its free, quite honestly.
Hi all. Looking for some audio help with my Pi.
Currently I have a Pi B running Raspbmc. It's pretty much unused because I'm finding HD content over my wifi is very buffery/laggy.
Planning to repurpose it as part of a house move. Similar idea, but with wired network and an AV receiver. What I want it to do is receive HD content from my PC (or at some point a NAS). HDMI out from the Pi to the AV receiver. HDMI from AV receiver to the TV. That part should work fine. For audio though, does the Pi send 5.1 audio through HDMI to the AV receiver so that I can then output it to speakers like other sources, or do I have to handle audio separately? I assume AV receivers split the audio out once they receive it rather than sending it up HDMI to the TV then having an audio out on the TV.
Basically I want to avoid spending £XXX more to get an AV receiver with network when I have a Pi sat there collecting dust which can do that job.
Currently I have a Pi B running Raspbmc. It's pretty much unused because I'm finding HD content over my wifi is very buffery/laggy.
Planning to repurpose it as part of a house move. Similar idea, but with wired network and an AV receiver. What I want it to do is receive HD content from my PC (or at some point a NAS). HDMI out from the Pi to the AV receiver. HDMI from AV receiver to the TV. That part should work fine. For audio though, does the Pi send 5.1 audio through HDMI to the AV receiver so that I can then output it to speakers like other sources, or do I have to handle audio separately? I assume AV receivers split the audio out once they receive it rather than sending it up HDMI to the TV then having an audio out on the TV.
Basically I want to avoid spending £XXX more to get an AV receiver with network when I have a Pi sat there collecting dust which can do that job.
Berz said:
Hi all. Looking for some audio help with my Pi.
Currently I have a Pi B running Raspbmc. It's pretty much unused because I'm finding HD content over my wifi is very buffery/laggy.
Planning to repurpose it as part of a house move. Similar idea, but with wired network and an AV receiver. What I want it to do is receive HD content from my PC (or at some point a NAS). HDMI out from the Pi to the AV receiver. HDMI from AV receiver to the TV. That part should work fine. For audio though, does the Pi send 5.1 audio through HDMI to the AV receiver so that I can then output it to speakers like other sources, or do I have to handle audio separately? I assume AV receivers split the audio out once they receive it rather than sending it up HDMI to the TV then having an audio out on the TV.
Basically I want to avoid spending £XXX more to get an AV receiver with network when I have a Pi sat there collecting dust which can do that job.
Pretty sure I'm correct in thinking you'll get 5.1 through HDMI and everything should work as you've planned. Currently I have a Pi B running Raspbmc. It's pretty much unused because I'm finding HD content over my wifi is very buffery/laggy.
Planning to repurpose it as part of a house move. Similar idea, but with wired network and an AV receiver. What I want it to do is receive HD content from my PC (or at some point a NAS). HDMI out from the Pi to the AV receiver. HDMI from AV receiver to the TV. That part should work fine. For audio though, does the Pi send 5.1 audio through HDMI to the AV receiver so that I can then output it to speakers like other sources, or do I have to handle audio separately? I assume AV receivers split the audio out once they receive it rather than sending it up HDMI to the TV then having an audio out on the TV.
Basically I want to avoid spending £XXX more to get an AV receiver with network when I have a Pi sat there collecting dust which can do that job.
I have no lag issues with my RaspBMC setup, but I'm cabled networking, not wifi.
I overclocked mine to Turbo in the RaspBMC settings. Never had any issues.
Berz said:
Hi all. Looking for some audio help with my Pi.
Currently I have a Pi B running Raspbmc. It's pretty much unused because I'm finding HD content over my wifi is very buffery/laggy.
Planning to repurpose it as part of a house move. Similar idea, but with wired network and an AV receiver. What I want it to do is receive HD content from my PC (or at some point a NAS). HDMI out from the Pi to the AV receiver. HDMI from AV receiver to the TV. That part should work fine. For audio though, does the Pi send 5.1 audio through HDMI to the AV receiver so that I can then output it to speakers like other sources, or do I have to handle audio separately? I assume AV receivers split the audio out once they receive it rather than sending it up HDMI to the TV then having an audio out on the TV.
Basically I want to avoid spending £XXX more to get an AV receiver with network when I have a Pi sat there collecting dust which can do that job.
Yes. You plug the Pi into the AVR, and the AVR into your TV. The Pi will output 5.1 as PCM, DTS or DolbyDigital.Currently I have a Pi B running Raspbmc. It's pretty much unused because I'm finding HD content over my wifi is very buffery/laggy.
Planning to repurpose it as part of a house move. Similar idea, but with wired network and an AV receiver. What I want it to do is receive HD content from my PC (or at some point a NAS). HDMI out from the Pi to the AV receiver. HDMI from AV receiver to the TV. That part should work fine. For audio though, does the Pi send 5.1 audio through HDMI to the AV receiver so that I can then output it to speakers like other sources, or do I have to handle audio separately? I assume AV receivers split the audio out once they receive it rather than sending it up HDMI to the TV then having an audio out on the TV.
Basically I want to avoid spending £XXX more to get an AV receiver with network when I have a Pi sat there collecting dust which can do that job.
Always use the Ethernet connection rather than WiFi. Use Homeplugs if you need to.
Just bought a Pi with 2,800 games loaded on to it (NES, SuperNES, Megadrive, Gameboy Advance, Gameboy Colour). It has been amazing sitting going through these remembering all the marathon gaming sessions, friendships and fights these things started! The graphics are quite s
t however, nowhere near as good as I remember 
The playability on most of these are still first class, especially Mario Kart which I could play forever! It's quite bizarre that such a tiny thing can do all of this. I remember £100+ for a copy of Streetfighter II on the SuperNES! I just paid half that for the Pi, two pads all the cables and the games combined!
I foresee little sleep tonight
t however, nowhere near as good as I remember The playability on most of these are still first class, especially Mario Kart which I could play forever! It's quite bizarre that such a tiny thing can do all of this. I remember £100+ for a copy of Streetfighter II on the SuperNES! I just paid half that for the Pi, two pads all the cables and the games combined!I foresee little sleep tonight
Justices said:
Just bought a Pi with 2,800 games loaded on to it (NES, SuperNES, Megadrive, Gameboy Advance, Gameboy Colour). It has been amazing sitting going through these remembering all the marathon gaming sessions, friendships and fights these things started! The graphics are quite st however, nowhere near as good as I remember The playability on most of these are still first class, especially Mario Kart which I could play forever! It's quite bizarre that such a tiny thing can do all of this. I remember £100+ for a copy of Streetfighter II on the SuperNES! I just paid half that for the Pi, two pads all the cables and the games combined!
I foresee little sleep tonight
Link? Or is it an unofficial thing?t however, nowhere near as good as I remember The playability on most of these are still first class, especially Mario Kart which I could play forever! It's quite bizarre that such a tiny thing can do all of this. I remember £100+ for a copy of Streetfighter II on the SuperNES! I just paid half that for the Pi, two pads all the cables and the games combined!I foresee little sleep tonight
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