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Casa de TrailMyx => Hardware Design => Home Entertainment PCs => Topic started by: UOMaddog on September 16, 2012, 08:32:25 PM
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So I took some pics of my new Raspberry Pi and thought I'd do a quick write up. I'll be adding more once the rest of my parts come in for the HTPC!
Album: http://imgur.com/a/OSVHK
So let's do a quick run down of specs and inputs/outputs...
Specs:
- 700MHz ARM 11 processor
- 256MB RAM
I/O: (Board Diagram (http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Raspi_Iso_Blue.png))
- 1 x SD (full size) card slot (operating system is loaded on here...mainly Debian linux distros, Class 4 or higher is recommended)
- 2 x USB 2.0 ports (cannot handle devices that draw power, use an external powered hub for that! I believe the max power is 500mA)
- 1 x 10/100 Ethernet jack
- 1 x HDMI (supports full 1080P HD video) w/ digital audio over HDMI (H.264 @ 40MBits/s, OpenGL ES2.0 & OpenVG)
- 1 x Composite video output
- 1 x 3.5mm (1/8") stereo audio output
- 1 x Micro-USB input (this is the power source)
- 26-pin GPIO (supports PCM, I2C, all kinds of other stuff)
If you have more questions about the specs or general info: http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs
What makes this different from other boards like Arduinos and MAKE controllers?
- Whereas other boards are "hobby boards", the RPi can actually run an operating system (Linux, primarily Debian distros)
What makes it so awesome?
- It's only $35 (plus another $10-ish for the case) and can power a full-featured Home Theater PC (HTPC)!
What do I plan to do with it?
- Build an awesome HTPC so my wife can finally play all her BluRay Downton Abbey episodes (yea..sadly it's the truth). How do I plan to do it? Stay tuned and I'll shown you once my other parts arrive!!!
For now, enjoy the pics! Sorry they're not the greatest quality because I just snapped them with my Galaxy SII camera. I put a standard Sharpie in a few of the pictures so you can grasp the scale of it! Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try to answer them after my next post!
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BTW, where did you purchase yours? I found them at Newark, but they seem to be in permanent non-stock.
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Very nice!
Give us a brief run down of how it works once the rest of the parts arrive!
Dumb it down for me this time. ;)
I was thinking about checking out Downtown Abby myself! I heard it's good! DA has gotten some great reviews on Netflix.
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WOW I am glad you posted this. I never have heard of this and just purchased a prefab HTS and will take it back now with hopes that I can play with this for around 150 dollars less :) Thank you for this listing.
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TM they say out of stock but just go ahead and order it, as soon as they get it it gets shipped ... basically they are permanent out of stock... .. my order took about 3 weeks to get filled.
Maddog where did you get that case... musch nicer than mine.
I guess i should have started a new thread on this myself instead of posting here... http://www.scriptuo.com/index.php?topic=10015.msg86015#msg86015
But to summerize what i wrote in that thread...
Buy the $4/$2 MPEG-2/VC-1 licenses to activate the hardware MPEG-2/VC-1 decode/encode from http://www.raspberrypi.com/
You can power it off the USB port of your tv.. with the added bonus of it turning on and off when you turn on off tv, if you use the last of the 3 options below you should be able to control it via your tv remote.
3 diff HTPC builds worth checking out...
http://www.raspbmc.com/
http://xbian.org/?page_id=17 <-- includes apple Airplay support for those apple fanatics
http://openelec.tv/home/menu/what-is-openelec
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I'll create a section to consolidate all these threads....
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Perfect timing, I was getting ready to start a Home Theater Build thread in Off Topic - getting ready to start building in my new basement. Thinking 10-foot powered screen, 3D HD projector, HTPC, etc.
Definitely will be a nice forum!
Funny how we have gotten to be so much more than UO LOL.
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I ordered my case with the RPi from one of the two official distributors, RS Components (the other is Allied Electronics): http://raspberrypi.rsdelivers.com/default.aspx?cl=1
You can choose Black, White, or Clear and they have plenty of other decently priced accessories (HDMI cables, SD cards, MicroUSB chargers, ethernet cables, etc)
I have not purchased any of the MPEG2 licenses yet and have not had any issues with playback. Most of my content is MKV and such. I had forgotten about running it off the back of a TV (using the service USB port which actually does supply power on most TV's), but you need to make sure it can put out at least 700mA to power it safely.
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I ordered my case with the RPi from one of the two official distributors, RS Components (the other is Allied Electronics): http://raspberrypi.rsdelivers.com/default.aspx?cl=1
Nice case ... but seems like that site is uk only as they charge VAT and high shipping... making that case cost $16. I noticed they added an extra $7 for the pi in vat as well...
Currently in Florida no VAT/Sales tax is payable for internet orders, So I think i will stick with Element
But that is a nice case
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Wow You guys are doing all the data collecting for me. Pretty soon all I will have to do is place my order. I am sending my other HTPC back this weekend and will be purchasing this one.
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I found where you guys were asking about different cases. Found a few photos of where a guy built his case out of legos :)
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So let me add to my story....
So I've decided the following setup since we'll be moving into a new house come February (which already has an outlet and cable jack installed above the mantle):
- RPi powered by USB port on TV connected to TV with ~1ft HDMI cable (will startup/shutdown with TV and it uses so little power I don't care)
- RPi Ethernet wired (via outlet using Netgear XET1001 85Mbps powerline adapter) to router OR if I can get a wireless USB adapter working, I might use that, but only if it can handle streaming and if the power from the TV can handle it!
- NAS to use as a media server (not sure which one I'm going to get yet)
- Logitech wireless keyboard/mouse as a backup, USB dongle connected to one of the RPi USB ports
I'm stuck on 2 issues:
#1. Whether to keep trying to get my bluetooth mini-keyboard working properly (getting it to connect via bluetooth and startup and prevent it from disconnecting) OR whether to just use the Android XMBC Remote Control app with either my phone or my Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" tablet.
#2. What to do about playing physical DVDs/BluRays...I was hoping there'd be a way I could make my SATA BluRay disk drive wireless, but apparently even if you could, there'd be issues playing protected media (that's what I've read at least). Otherwise I have to rip every DVD/BR to my NAS (which I don't necessarily mind doing, but it would be nice to be able to pop in DVDs sometimes).
So here's where I take input...
- What NAS should I get?
- Does anyone know a way to make a SATA disk drive wireless? Even if I could somehow run it off a USB port in the NAS or something, that would be possible? Do you have some other solution?
I know some of you must have a good answer!!!
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UOMadDog, What is that nifty keyboard remote you have?!
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Ultra U12-41310
Are you having issues getting the software to recognize this bluetooth keyboard UOMaddog? Alot of the reviews I read had this same issue.
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Other options are the (22$ on amazon right now)
IPazzport Pro Mini KP-810-10-BTT by OrientEX
This Bluetooth handheld keyboard is a great accessory for your ipad / iphone 4 or later vision / Samsung galaxy P1000 / Smart Phone with bluetooth HID profile / laptop, home pc, Playstation or Wii gaming system.
It is a perfect combination of keyboard, touch and laser pointer for teaching or training, with keyboard, mouse and laser pointer all in one hand. Great for travel or as a gift.
Features:
- Portable and elegant;
- The world's first Touchpad 90-degree flip design;
- Innovative design of the Navigation keys;
- Windows Multimedia Control;
- Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery;
- Laser pointer / presentation with remote control;
- Real QWERT full-function mini keyboard.
- CARPC: car computer's best wireless solution!
System Requirements:
Android 3.0 OS or above
Mac OS
Linux(Debian-3.1, Redhat-9.0 Ubuntu-8.10 Fedora-7.0 tested)
Windows (all) with USB port
iPAD, iPhone
Google android TV and mobile phone(with bluetooth HID profile or driver, supporting bluetooth HID keyboard.)
Package include:
1 pc mini keyboard (bluetooth receiver / rechargeable battery included)
1 pc usb cable (mini-usb charging)
1 pc user's manual
1 pc hand strap lanyard
NOTE:
1. Touchpad doesn't work with Tablet and Mobile Phone.
2. All Android TV and Mobile Phones require bluetooth HID profile.
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or Maybe this for a little different change
PC-TV All in One Wireless 2.4G Keyboard Mouse Universal Learning Remote Control
2.4GHz wireless USB dongle, plug-and-play, no driver required.
Easy to install and convenient to use.
Automatic Frequency-hopping, does not interfere with other uses of RF technology equipment, such as 802.11b/g or Bluetooth.
Detailed instruction sheet is included.
Specifications:
Color: silver + black
Wireless Carrier Frequency: 2402MHz-2480MHz
Certificates: FCC, CE, RoHS
Control distance: up to 10m
System requirement: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/Mac OS/Linux/Android
Application: PC, TV, DVD, Set-top-box, etc.
Battery type: 2 * AAA Alkaline batteries (not included)
Battery longevity: >6 months
Item size: 20 * 7.4 * 2.4cm
Item weight: 130g
Package size: 27.2 * 17.4 * 4
Package weight: 225g
Package including:
1 * PC-TV All in One Learning Remote Control
1 * 2.4GHz USB Dongle
1 * User Manual
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Depends if the USB driver is OK in Linux. Do you have a linky for that device?
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Holy crap! I already received my 2 Raspberry Pi boards! Now I have to figure out how to use them....
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Holy crap! I already received my 2 Raspberry Pi boards! Now I have to figure out how to use them....
have you tried pressing the power button? :P
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Lol, well they take a bit more than that. However, I found the default open source XBMC linux image, flashed it onto a 4GB CF card I had laying around. I booted it up on my HDMI monitor at my desk, and after the splash screen went black, it took about another minute to come up with the Confluence main panel of XBMC. This is an amazing little device; I'm looking forward to playing with it this weekend. In the mean time, I need to buy a case for these.
I need to figure out how to export my settings from my main XBMC system so I can have the same database shared between the two systems.
It's pretty snappy for a little 700MHz CPU.
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Look on the raspbmc forums. I know I saw something about setting up your different profiles and such with XBMC. Shouldn't be too hard!
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I recieved my new RPI today but I ordered debian 6 for linux on a 4gb sd card for 12 $. I am not familiar much with Linux and figured I would try it the easy way the first since this is a pre installed OS on the SD card and is already setup for the RPI. Is this a good setup or should i try to veer toward XBMC? I did not have enough time tonight to boot up and try it out but there will be time tomorrow.
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I found that installing OpenELEC on the RPi was totally simple and you boot right into XBMC:
http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=Installing_OpenELEC_on_Raspberry_Pi
I think it was a bit easier for me since I did it on my Linux box, but there are also Windows instructions.
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I found that installing OpenELEC on the RPi was totally simple and you boot right into XBMC:
http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=Installing_OpenELEC_on_Raspberry_Pi
I think it was a bit easier for me since I did it on my Linux box, but there are also Windows instructions.
Windows Instructions:
http://www.squirrelhosting.co.uk/hosting-blog/hosting-blog-info.php?id=9
(I downloaded the 3 required bits seperatly as the build was out of date in the combined zip)
EDIT: The beauty of this install is if using a hdmi cable your tv remote will control the XBMC interface without you having to do anything.
As for cases http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=raspberry+pi+case&_sacat=0
I'm thinking of just velcroing it to the back ot the tv. !!
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Safely overclocking the 700 MHz to a nice 1Ghz with a simple firmware reflash and some simple selections. It has 4 different overclock modes and none of them void the warranty the new firmware is developed by the RPi crew.
Overclocking RPi (http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2008)
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At $35 a piece, I won't cry if I overload a board. ;)
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At $35 a piece, I won't cry if I overload a board. ;)
The A version of this board is only 25$ :) If you want to work at a cheaper level :)
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So I'm playing with this beastie and have some mixed results. It seems to stream from my NAS OK at normal DVD resolution, but is you try and stream at 1080p, it buffers like crazy. Probably because of the small amount of memory more than anything else. I'll continue to play with it to see if there's something that can be optimized. I know my NAS works well with my Nvidia ION HTPC, so the bottleneck has to be somewhere in the RPi.
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Let me know if you can't figure out a solution to the buffering issue as I was planning on the same NAS as you and doing everything the streaming route. Most of my stuff is 1080P BluRay so if that's an issue, I may have to change my config.
Please explain more about the whole TV remote with HDMI thing! I saw some comments on the RPi forums, but didn't realize what they were saying! Does it work for ANY TV with any remote? I have a nice Logitech Harmony remote that I was thinking I might use in place of my Comcast remote and my TV remote. Would that still work?
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I don't think the problem is the NAS; it streams just fine from my Ion. I can get it working better by upping the clock rate of the CPU and GPU. It's almost better, but there are a few things I still need to do. Unfortunately the battery to my wireless keyboard/mouse died, so I'm charging it now. Next I'll try to increase the XBMC cache and then serve my NAS as a nfs to avoid the overhead of Samba.
I'm unsure about the HDMI remote thing; but I'm sure I'll be playing with that at some time.
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Just finished imaging the OpenElec version of XBMC onto an SD card so now I'm going downstairs to play with it! Gonna test out the whole remote thing too if I can figure it out!
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Please explain more about the whole TV remote with HDMI thing! I saw some comments on the RPi forums, but didn't realize what they were saying! Does it work for ANY TV with any remote? I have a nice Logitech Harmony remote that I was thinking I might use in place of my Comcast remote and my TV remote. Would that still work?
The Raspberry Pi supports CEC http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1839 (http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1839)
CEC is a "HDMI feature designed to allow the user to command and control up-to ten CEC-enabled devices, that are connected through HDMI, by using only one of their remote controls (for example by controlling a television set, set-top box, and DVD player using only the remote control of the TV). CEC also allows for individual CEC-enabled devices to command and control each other without user intervention." Quoted from -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#CEC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#CEC)
So Basically it will work with any remote that works with your televsion provided you televsion implementation of HDMI supports CEC protocols, which i should imagine is almost every tv as its been an optional compontent of hdmi since version 1.
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Well I have a 32" Samsung (gotta look up the exact model number) and I could not for the life of me get it to work with the TV remote. I even went under the settings in XBMC and tried "Remote device as key presses" (or something like that). I'll have to see if it's an issue with my TV, device, remote or what!
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I think I'm getting closer to fixing the stuttering images in 1080p. Looks like there is not hardware DTS support, so I'm trying a rip with just standard stereo. Judging from the forums, this seems to be a big contributor to the framing issues at 1080p. At this moment, I've overclocked the CPU and GPU as well as the memory and that has helped. I've also expanded the cache for XBMC to around 30MB. Simply switching to dolby in XBMC seemed to help a bit, but it would still stutter from time to time.
One other thing I'm going to try is to take my new 3TB drive and share it as a nfs share. People claim there's alot of CPU overhead with SMB, so this is a way to combat that. It's getting better though.
One other issue. I bought the MPEG2 codecs and can now play .VOB files, but the RPi version of XBMC won't play the files contiguously. I basically have to play the individual 30 minute chuncks to make the way through a movie. This doesn't happen on my Windows 7 Nvidia Ion2 box, so this is just probably a setup issue on my part or the part of this build of XBMC for the RPi. Probably can figure that out though, but there is not real help on the webz at this point.
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Well I have a 32" Samsung (gotta look up the exact model number) and I could not for the life of me get it to work with the TV remote. I even went under the settings in XBMC and tried "Remote device as key presses" (or something like that). I'll have to see if it's an issue with my TV, device, remote or what!
Check if that tv supports CEC over HDMI, both tvs ive tried it on worked without any configing needed, using OpenELec version of XBMC. But both Tvs are new with in the last 6month (Toshiba and sony)
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My 32" Vizio smart TV does support CEC over HDMI. Never heard of this before so I am learning alot with all this new project stuff.
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I checked and got mixed results about my TV. It's a Samsung LN32C350D1DZXA (Version CN01). If you go to Samsung's site it says something about "2010" version (which is when I got mine). The confusion is that some have the ZXA at the end and some don't, but I couldn't find anything about the difference or if that's just a lot number of something. I upgraded the firmware on the TV to the latest version as well and it does list CEC support on the TV, however it is still not working on the RPi. My only thought is that I'm using an older HDMI cable (but since CEC has been around since v1.0, I doubt it would be that).
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I checked and got mixed results about my TV. It's a Samsung LN32C350D1DZXA (Version CN01). If you go to Samsung's site it says something about "2010" version (which is when I got mine). The confusion is that some have the ZXA at the end and some don't, but I couldn't find anything about the difference or if that's just a lot number of something. I upgraded the firmware on the TV to the latest version as well and it does list CEC support on the TV, however it is still not working on the RPi. My only thought is that I'm using an older HDMI cable (but since CEC has been around since v1.0, I doubt it would be that).
Considering CEC was an optional component its quiet possibleyour old cable doesnt support it, sounds like thats the only thing left to try.
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Well I went ahead and ordered a ZyXEL NSA320 NAS ($99.99 from Amazon) for my setup. Should be here by Friday or early next week. I'm now thinking about getting a 2nd RPi, one for our bedroom and one for the family room and then syncing them via the NAS (or something like that) so that I can pause a movie in one room and pick it up in another!
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That NAS has a dizzying number of features. So far it's been perfect. Out of the box it didn't support my 3TB drives, but after I applied the firmware update, it worked perfectly with my WD greenies. I still have video jitter at 1080p, but I'm pretty much certain that's a function of the RPi living at the edge vs. any kind of network latency. I still need to try the shared NFS.
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Well I went ahead and ordered a ZyXEL NSA320 NAS ($99.99 from Amazon) for my setup. Should be here by Friday or early next week. I'm now thinking about getting a 2nd RPi, one for our bedroom and one for the family room and then syncing them via the NAS (or something like that) so that I can pause a movie in one room and pick it up in another!
BTW, here's something about syncing multiples. Might get you started:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Sync_multiple_libraries/Setting_up_XBMC
lots of features possible with editing your advancedsettings.xml file.
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Still no luck trying to get the RPi to be completely free of buffering. I even tried it on my 60" plasma (from a web suggestion). Still no luck. I upgraded the CompactFlash to a class 10 device without effect. So the problem is definitely CPU based. Hrm.
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http://cubieboard.org/
OC to 1.5 ghz more Ram has anyone seen this one?
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http://cubieboard.org/
OC to 1.5 ghz more Ram has anyone seen this one?
Looks interesting.. but no pricing information that i could find and not availble yet. Looks like a Chinese biz man saw the pi and recognized a market. worth keeping an eye on for sure.
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This with the I2C expansion should make it a programmers/Modders Dream machine now. I have worked with the Atmel AVR and I2C chip sets before and they are very versatile. Also it is able to run Android ICS is just a plus :) The IR port will also make this board more useful and powerfull as an HTPC platform.
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Has anyone tried this installation from windows? I am running into problems with thier install because it mentions a batch file that needs to be in the download and it is not included in the RPi download that i am getting from the OpenElec site?
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I'm using Linux since it seemed to be waaaay easier.
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Has anyone tried this installation from windows? I am running into problems with thier install because it mentions a batch file that needs to be in the download and it is not included in the RPi download that i am getting from the OpenElec site?
Yes i have but dont know anything about a batch file... I followed these instructions (I downloaded the 3 items sperately as the combined zip does not hold the latest and greatest image)
http://www.squirrelhosting.co.uk/hosting-blog/hosting-blog-info.php?id=9
Installing was a peice of Pi please excuse the bun.
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I got my little clear RPi enclosures yesterday from Ebay. Very nice little enclosures, but are somewhat like a Rubik's cube to assemble. lol. I'll post a picture later.
Installing was a peice of Pi please excuse the bun.
lol. groan.
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Has anyone tried this installation from windows? I am running into problems with thier install because it mentions a batch file that needs to be in the download and it is not included in the RPi download that i am getting from the OpenElec site?
Yes i have but dont know anything about a batch file... I followed these instructions (I downloaded the 3 items sperately as the combined zip does not hold the latest and greatest image)
http://www.squirrelhosting.co.uk/hosting-blog/hosting-blog-info.php?id=9
Installing was a peice of Pi please excuse the bun.
Did you mean Pun?
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Has anyone tried this installation from windows? I am running into problems with thier install because it mentions a batch file that needs to be in the download and it is not included in the RPi download that i am getting from the OpenElec site?
Yes i have but dont know anything about a batch file... I followed these instructions (I downloaded the 3 items sperately as the combined zip does not hold the latest and greatest image)
http://www.squirrelhosting.co.uk/hosting-blog/hosting-blog-info.php?id=9
Installing was a peice of Pi please excuse the bun.
Did you mean Pun?
What did i make a typo p d d p ... all the same isnt it ;) :-\
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I finally got mine working tonight now I have alot of exploring to do with it.
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One thing I found that was annoying but solvable is powering the RPi. I found it to be unstable for some reason, until I used a dual-USB cable (http://www.amazon.com/Connectland-CL-CAB20042-5-Pin-Power-Cable/dp/B002N2EL6C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1349643353&sr=8-1&keywords=dual+usb+cable) to gather more current from the host system. I guess the current draw of the RPi approaches 1A which is out of the spec of USB, but using 2 USBs from the host caused my RPi to become way more stable.
Just a little FYI....
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Well I've been powering mine just beautifully through my 32" Samsung TV. However, I ran into the same buffering issues with 1080P content streaming from the NAS. Not sure what to do to reduce it. I'm going to try a straight hardwire into the router to see if any of it is the powerline adapaters. If that doesn't work, then I'll look at overclocking. If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what to try next! :( 1080P does work beautifully via USB thumbdrive or external hard drive connected straight to the RPi, but I don't want to be limited to that! Maybe they'll release a $40 version with 1GB of RAM and a 1GHz processor to handle buffering better!
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I've actually had much better luck by having adequate power and I've overclocked somewhat. Also I changed the audio output so that it's not DTS, but just 2.0 stereo. From that, I can get almost no buffering. The power thing was killing me though, so it's working pretty well now. I'll post my overclocking information when I get back upstairs. It's pretty basic stuff that I found with a quick web search.
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Not sure what you were using before, but a standard USB plug is usually only going to give you around 0.5A (500mA), whereas the RPi needs 0.7A minimum to function stable. So using that dual USB thing probably works great because now you can supply up to 1A. I believe I have my audio set to 2.0 (since I don't have a surround sound system hooked up yet). How did you go about overclocking it?
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just edit/add your config.txt file in the boot visible partition of your SD card. You can follow this guide:
http://htpcbuild.com/htpc-software/raspberry-pi-openelec/openelec-overclocking/
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http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2180
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Hmm, that right there will probably make me make a purchase tonight. heh. Thanks freddy.
Here's a Newark link with the added features: LINKY (http://www.mkt-element-14.com/raspberry/4G.html?Ntt=43w5302)
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Urgh...now I want to trade mine in!
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Heh, at $35/each, I can afford to have a couple laying around. These stream my normal DVDs great - zero problems. This new one is interesting because of the debugger support. I'm very interested in that!
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This is the one that I purchased. Which one did you purchase TM? The one That I have already has all these features on the board.
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You may have gotten the very first version of the Rev B. I only have one with 256Mb. Are you sure you have the rev B? I thought you've had yours for a weekish?
If you pull up XBMC, you can see how much free memory you have. Mine is around 112MB
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I have had mine like 2 weeks and yes mine is the revision B with just under 256 mb and purchased from newark but it was back ordered for a week or 2 so maybe mine was from the new product line??
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Well mine is pretty obvious because I don't have those new mounting holes. Oh well, it's not gonna break the bank.
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That's the beauty of this board! I can buy another one (though I wanted 2 to begin with so now I guess I'll end up with 3 total) and can probably squeeze it in without my wife complaining too much about my tech expenditures
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TM, definitely keep us updated on the new board. I'm following this thread with great interest! I would MUCH rather sink my $$ into LAN storage instead of yet another PC for the Home Entertainment System.
One thing I'd be especially curious about is emulator support. My intention was to shift all my emulation over to the HES.
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there's a bunch of threads regarding emulation. What platforms are you interested in?
Oh, I just started playing around with the Linux distro (Raspian). This thing is just too darn cool. I remember back to my Sinclair ZX-81 and can only be amazed at the progress we've achieved. Blessed art thou Broadcom!
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there's a bunch of threads regarding emulation. What platforms are you interested in?
Oh, I just started playing around with the Linux distro (Raspian). This thing is just too darn cool. I remember back to my Sinclair ZX-81 and can only be amazed at the progress we've achieved. Blessed art thou Broadcom!
zx-81 ... ;D
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I spent my lunch today surfing the web using the RPi and Raspian Debian Linux. Was very usable; quite amazing actually.
Hey, I graduated to my Timex Sinclair 2068. I had a friend loan me his VIC-20 also. That was fun; loved the graphics capabilities. Man, I've been a nerd for a long time.
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I spent my lunch today surfing the web using the RPi and Raspian Debian Linux. Was very usable; quite amazing actually.
Hey, I graduated to my Timex Sinclair 2068. I had a friend loan me his VIC-20 also. That was fun; loved the graphics capabilities. Man, I've been a nerd for a long time.
I just realized that I don't fit in with anyone on this site :P
yall are some nerds haha
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there's a bunch of threads regarding emulation. What platforms are you interested in?
Oh, I just started playing around with the Linux distro (Raspian). This thing is just too darn cool. I remember back to my Sinclair ZX-81 and can only be amazed at the progress we've achieved. Blessed art thou Broadcom!
I suppose I need to stop being lazy and head over to their forums and start reading...
Along with MAME, I've collected all the console and legacy system ROM's that I could including C64, Amiga, all Atari, Colecovision, Nintendo, Sega, etc, etc. Pretty fun to go back and play Miner 2049'r on Colecovision or throw in a virtual quarter and play a couple rounds of DigDug just like I was at the Dream Machine arcade.
I was a C64 kid rather than a VIC20; same toybox but only slightly different toys.
@Freddy - you wish you weren't a nerd! I hate to break it to you but in 20 years you're going to be hanging out on some video game forum, maybe even UO-related, and talking about the "good ol' days" when we all had tower PC's that took up entire corners of dedicated, specialty furniture called "desks" and some 20-year old is going to call you a nerd. Then you'll remember the fateful words of 12xWiser and toast my memory ;)
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I spent my lunch today surfing the web using the RPi and Raspian Debian Linux. Was very usable; quite amazing actually.
Hey, I graduated to my Timex Sinclair 2068. I had a friend loan me his VIC-20 also. That was fun; loved the graphics capabilities. Man, I've been a nerd for a long time.
I was doing a little storage cleanup and opened one of my large wooden crates and there looking up at me was a dusty Vic-20 screaming at me power me up and show my functionality to your children and I almost dug it out and powered it up and then the wife called and had me on a new path.
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Lol, these days that would be a futile effort since what may have been so impressive back in the day is certainly outperformed by the average modern coffee pot.
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I suppose I need to stop being lazy and head over to their forums and start reading...
Along with MAME, I've collected all the console and legacy system ROM's that I could including C64, Amiga, all Atari, Colecovision, Nintendo, Sega, etc, etc. Pretty fun to go back and play Miner 2049'r on Colecovision or throw in a virtual quarter and play a couple rounds of DigDug just like I was at the Dream Machine arcade.
I was a C64 kid rather than a VIC20; same toybox but only slightly different toys.
I have a bunch of Atari 2600 cartridges and rips of my GBA.
But people have already done some MAME stuff on the RPi. There's even 3D so I can image you could get even a PS2 ported.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/tag/mame
And here's the link the the Raspian binaries. They've already built binaries for MAME, MESS, etc.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=12984
And full-blown gaming....
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Oh I forgot that Quake3 was ported, so I'll have to give that a whirl this evening. ;D
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Is the quake multiplayer? Is there a n64 port? Can we play GoldenEye online? I'll proximity mine the pooh out of newbz
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Can we play GoldenEye online? I'll proximity mine the pooh out of newbz
http://www.moddb.com/mods/goldeneye-source
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this is what i learned on Research Machines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LINK_480Z 32k or less model .. i think after everything was loaded only had either 8k or 16k of usable memory space.
I actually wrote a multi-lingual word processor in that memory space that worked in English, Hindi and Gujarati, and theoretically would have worked with Chinese and Arabic as well as any other language...
But that was when I was young and my brain was sharp... Looking back I should have sold that software LOL the old dot matrix printing was mighty slow.
Did write some slick games on that thing as well... wish i still had the code
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Here's a great overclocking guide to the RPi:
http://www.memetic.org/raspberry-pi-overclocking/
And here's a good site for Quake3:
http://myraspberrypiexperience.blogspot.com/p/quake3.html
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this is what i learned on Research Machines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LINK_480Z 32k or less model .. i think after everything was loaded only had either 8k or 16k of usable memory space.
I actually wrote a multi-lingual word processor in that memory space that worked in English, Hindi and Gujarati, and theoretically would have worked with Chinese and Arabic as well as any other language...
But that was when I was young and my brain was sharp... Looking back I should have sold that software LOL the old dot matrix printing was mighty slow.
Did write some slick games on that thing as well... wish i still had the code
I remember the Z80 was pretty much the first assembly language I ever wrote. I got heavy into that when I took up the Apple so I shifted to the 6502. But I'll always have fond memories of the Z80 from my Sinclair days!
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Ohh, more gamez!
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5395
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this is what i learned on Research Machines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LINK_480Z 32k or less model .. i think after everything was loaded only had either 8k or 16k of usable memory space.
I actually wrote a multi-lingual word processor in that memory space that worked in English, Hindi and Gujarati, and theoretically would have worked with Chinese and Arabic as well as any other language...
But that was when I was young and my brain was sharp... Looking back I should have sold that software LOL the old dot matrix printing was mighty slow.
Did write some slick games on that thing as well... wish i still had the code
I remember the Z80 was pretty much the first assembly language I ever wrote. I got heavy into that when I took up the Apple so I shifted to the 6502. But I'll always have fond memories of the Z80 from my Sinclair days!
That is pretty kewl TM. Because I programmed assembly on the 65C02 processor which was just an extended set of operators for the same 6502 processor back in the 80's .
I believe the 65C02's first appearance was in the Apple IIe.
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Actually, it first appeared in the Apple IIc. ;) See? It was a low power kind of thing.
Back in that day, I worked as a technician at my local Apple store. And no we didn't have genius bars back then.
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Finally they have the order page back up at Newark for the Rev B RPis. I picked up a couple more. These have debugging capability, so I can really "play" with these. Fun fun fun!
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http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2565
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Lookie here: http://pidora.ca/
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Couldn't let it go for 7 more days to have a year between posts TM? :)
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I <3 my pi... It's still online and running somewhere in my room as a wireless hotspot secured with WPA2+TKIP and acting as a TOR proxy for anytime I need to browse some where quietly :>
...Can't say I exactly remember where I put it though, but it's still online!
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acting as a TOR proxy for anytime I need to browse some where quietly :>
No Silk Road for you!! :P
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Couldn't let it go for 7 more days to have a year between posts TM? :)
Nope. All times are good times for Pi!
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MY pi in its Lego case has been reliably serving up music and videos since i originally posted
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I gave up on 1080p stuff, but normal rez DVD and music works great. Trying now to get it working with my 3-tuner HomerunHD prime.
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acting as a TOR proxy for anytime I need to browse some where quietly :>
No Silk Road for you!! :P
silk road died - tho there are other um...places
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acting as a TOR proxy for anytime I need to browse some where quietly :>
No Silk Road for you!! :P
silk road died - tho there are other um...places
Heh, I had a friend who actually used to buy his medication through silk road. Over the counter it would cost him ~900$ for a refill. Through users on silkroad it only cost him 40$.
He had it tested to though to make sure it was the correct stuff before ever taking any of it (We have a friend who is bio-chemist).
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acting as a TOR proxy for anytime I need to browse some where quietly :>
No Silk Road for you!! :P
silk road died - tho there are other um...places
Heh, I had a friend who actually used to buy his medication through silk road. Over the counter it would cost him ~900$ for a refill. Through users on silkroad it only cost him 40$.
He had it tested to though to make sure it was the correct stuff before ever taking any of it (We have a friend who is bio-chemist).
Most medicine is sold in the USA at amazing rip off prices compared to the rest of the world (a min of 50-80%+ higher prices).
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Yes true statement. I purchase alot of maintenance medicine in central america for an 1/8 of the price I purchase it here in the US. That is nuts and it has the same ingrediants maybe not the same strict measurement we have here but as long as it is close :)
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BTW, I've had a few encounters with cases for these Raspberry Pi thingies. The best one I found so far is this:
http://www.banggood.com/Sliced-Acrylic-Shell-Case-Enclosure-Computer-Box-For-Raspberry-Pi-p-917015.html
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Thought I'd pop my head in...
Finally saying F@#& YOU to Comcast (still forced to get my internet through them though) and using my dad's old 13-ft antenna in the attic with a HDHomerun Dual (haven't gotten it yet, but soon!) on the network with my Zyxel NSA320 NAS, plus a Vizio Co-Star on my nice TV and my RPi on the bedroom TV. Can't wait for it to all be running smoothly! And to be saving $70 a month!
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I'm almost headed in that same direction with ya. When I first got all my cable stuff from Cox, I was paying around $110/month for HBO/Skinimax/Showtime full cable and the internets. That was around 2000 for that price. Now the same thing is $240/month, so I pulled the plug on all the extra cable crap, slowed my interwebz down to 5Mbps all for $140/month. I'm just about done with cable as it is, and can probably live on the Roku + Playon with just internet access. I'm totally tired of the cable shafting.
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Well I'm paying $73.95 (+tax) a month for my internet now, BUT that's for Blast from Comcast that recently got its speed doubled from 50/5 to 100/10Mbps! And I'm actually GETTING those speeds too, which is nice! I was paying $63.95 a month for only 25/5 (but getting around 28/3) and I figured with all the streaming I'd be doing now, it was worth the $10 extra for 4 times the speed. I'll have my Vizio Co-Star tomorrow and the HDHomerun Dual on Thursday so I'll report back this weekend!
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/3499523204.png) (http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3499523204)
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I'm almost headed in that same direction with ya. When I first got all my cable stuff from Cox, I was paying around $110/month for HBO/Skinimax/Showtime full cable and the internets. That was around 2000 for that price. Now the same thing is $240/month, so I pulled the plug on all the extra cable crap, slowed my interwebz down to 5Mbps all for $140/month. I'm just about done with cable as it is, and can probably live on the Roku + Playon with just internet access. I'm totally tired of the cable shafting.
TM, I feel ya. This is my story EXACTLY except I haven't turned things off yet. I'm ready to ditch cable altogether with the exception of Internet and go exclusively with Netflix, Prime, Hulu, and Torrents with auto-downloads configured with RSS feeds (no more need for the . My last bill was $255 for one month (plus I pay for Prime and Netflix anyhow). This has got to end now! I figure I should be able to put $2000/yr back in my pocket, and I'll even build a nice HTPC for the media center with the first 2-3 months savings!
Now, if I could actually implement instead of just talking about it...
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Just think about what's going to happen once Time/Warner merges with Comcast. I pay pretty much the same price I did for my cellphone access from 1997. I'm not getting much value-added from cable, so what's up with this government accepted cartel?
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Just think about what's going to happen once Time/Warner merges with Comcast. I pay pretty much the same price I did for my cellphone access from 1997. I'm not getting much value-added from cable, so what's up with this government accepted cartel?
Fun fact... 4G is wireless 56k.
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I dunno, in my area T-mobile is more than 3x faster than my basic Cox Cable internet access. Latency is crap of course, but sustained download/upload speeds are remarkably fast.
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I've managed to knock back the multimedia charges. Verizon to t-mobile goes from 120/mo to 63/mo and scaling back cox from 235 to 135. The cellphone just seems to be more stable from year to year. I've been overcharged by Verizon for years apparently.
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you know what is crazy? i'm about 15 miles outside of washington dc and tmobile, att, sprint are useless here. The only carrier that works here is verizon. makes no sense right?
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I do miss Verizon's coverage. Nobody can beat them. Hopefully someday someone will..
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I ditched cable except for net access a number of years ago and have never looked back. Saved over $100 a month x3 years = $3600 so far.
Can pickup local tv no problem and then netflix etc... for the rest.
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Well so far I've been unhappy with the Vizio Co Star so I'm looking for an alternate. Sadly, the Netflix app on my Vizio tv works better than the one on the Co Star! Also, the browser is finnicky at best and while you have the Google Play Store, the problem is that there are a TON of apps that I like (and use) that are NOT available for the Co Star for whatever reason ("compatability" ??). I haven't even hooked up my HD HomeRun Dual yet, but from what I've been reading, they say Windows Media Center works very well with it so now I'm contemplating a mini PC I can tuck behind my TV that will just run Windows 7.
Thoughts?
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Is there a reason why you didn't go with the Roku?
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Was looking for something with a Flash-enabled web browser so that I could stream TV via websites as well as something with a full qwerty keyboard. Also, it needs to be able to stream from my Zyxel NSA320 NAS that has all my movies on it (and handle .mkv and such)
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Take a look at the Minix Neo x7. It's pretty good looking. For Flash browsing, use the Puffin browser. Everything else can be handled by XBMC. I need to try and side-load Puffin on my Ouya. XBMC works ok, but it's not as good as others out there.
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Just pre-ordered the Minix Neo x8-H ($149 and includes 2 freebies: the Minix M1 airmouse and an 8GB sd card plus some other little adapter crap) which runs Android 4.4 and has a much nicer CPU/GPU. Supposedly can handle 4K (which means it can't, but should be able to handle 1080P smoothly then since usually the rule of thumb is knock it down 1 tier for "smooth" playback). I'm pretty sure I'll like this one a lot more than the Co Star since its just plain old Android and no Google TV (and I thought Google TV would actually be better! Ha! What was I thinking?!?)
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Kewl, lemme know how that works. I'm interested in it since both my RPi and Ouya just don't handle high-resolution stuff very well. Part of it is licensing of the transcoding and others have to do with DTS causing stuttering woes with slower CPUs.
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Apparently the x8-H has hardware decoding for the audio so it won't matter what player app you use, it should be able to handle everything. We'll see how well it actually works, but I'll definitely post back here. It'll be a couple weeks before it comes in.
Here's where I pre-ordered if anyone else is interested:
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/MINIX-NEO-X8-H-Amlogic-S802-H-Quad-Core-2-0Ghz-Android-TV-BOX-2G-16G-Dual-Band-WIFI-2-4G-5-8G-Bluetooth-4-0-XBMC-Dolby-DTS-328163.html
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Did you have any experience with the WD media box? That thing looks pretty good to stream to for just about all types of formats. People complain that it's a pretty slow beast though. I had pretty high hopes for the Ouya, but it's pretty darn slow when it comes to decoding just about everything.
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I did NOT try the WD box mainly because all the reviews I read said it was waaaay too slow. My wife is not a patient person so I knew that wouldn't fly! ;)
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So far the BEST XBMC platform for me has been my Zotac Nvidia Ion/Atom based HTPC running Windows 7. We just watched Back to the Future on it without a single frame skip. Since it runs Windows Media Center too, it works flawlessly with my HomeRun HD Prime for even the copy-once channels.
I had scaled my network speed to 5Mbps to see if I could stomach it, but I finally had enough of the slowness. I bumped it back to 25Mbps.
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You got a link for that system TM?
In other news, my MINIX Neo X8-H is on the way! Should be here in a week or two (damn shipping from China). I'll update all of you when it comes it and I've had some time to play with it!
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This is the one I have. Looks like it's presently unavailable though...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030UH2J4/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Minix Neo x8-H arrived today (finally)! It is awesome! Streaming Bluray movies from my Zyxel NSA320 DLNA media server with no buffering via the wireless N (I don't have a dual-bad / AC router yet). I plugged in my Logitech wireless kb/mouse combo and it's zippy as hell! I'm not fond of the Minix UI so I switched to Nova Launcher and I'm playing around with a few others (GO Launcher, Shell SPB 3D, etc) to find one that looks best. Netflix was a little choppy at first but I believe that was due to a bunch of apps updating in the background because it smoothed out and haven't had any issues since.
I'll report more as I have more time to play with it....
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Any update on your Minix, MD? I'm thinking about getting something along the lines of this, but I want to be sure it will stream 1080p without stuttering like I'm used to with my Ouya and RPi.
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It definitely handles the 1080P fine without stuttering. For me I still have issues streaming over the wireless but that's because of my modem (I'm only using N, not AC). With AC or hard-wired ethernet, I don't believe I'd have any problem at all. So far I'm loving it, and more importantly, the wife is satisfied with it and she has no patience for finicky *bleep*!
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That's awesome Maddog. I think you have me sold - I really want to access my NAS from upstairs. My Windows 7 XBMC has downstairs covered and this looks to be the answer especially since I have a wired ethernet connection for it. Thanks for the guineapig function!