Marc Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 So for those of you who dont know what Im on about with this update, you will first need to go read this http://www.husky-owners.com/forum/showthread.php/48090-Raspberry-Pi Update on my Raspberry Pi. Got it through the door last week, and I gotta say they are smaller than I actually thought they were. Anyways, first step I needed to get a few bits for it. Case - I went on the internet to look for a housing for it. Managed to get myself a clear looking case which was only £5 so was pretty impressed with that. This came today and was self assembly (which was fun LOL) Wireless Dongle - Dont want any wires across the room or that would defeat the object of turning it into a media server without plugging my comp into the TV SD Card - They use an SD card as their harddrive so got myself a 4gb one of these. USB Hub - Got a powered usb hub as not only do I need more USB ports, it also powers the device itself So first I needed to install the software for my media center. This proved to be an issue as even once I put the software onto the SD card, I then needed it to be on the net (wired) in order for it to update to get the wireless working. My TV has HDMI but my monitors do not. This is at one side of the room. My Internet connection is at the other....... Time to get TVs moved about just so I can update this thing. OK, so all plugged in and I have set it off updating. Took about 15 mins to do the update in total and I was ready to move it over to the TV and set up wireless. This I could do easily through the software itself which I was quite happy about. Networking to set up next. I set up a network on my linux box which was picked up really easily by the PI. I can now stream to my TV. NEXT..... All I need now is to get the remote working, which will be working from my phone. I tried this the other day but couldnt manage to get it working properly. I may have another go tomorrow. It does stream extremely well when watching films though as we found last night. After that all I need are some sticky pads to stick it to the back of my TV and Im done. One fully working networked media center that can show anything from any PC in the house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemary Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 That's amazing. I don't think we will get one though. When we got our new tv we had to get our neighbours kid to connect it to our sound system. Far too complicated for us :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Found out that rob has one connected it to the tv last night they're awsome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Found out that rob has one connected it to the tv last night they're awsome! Yeah they pretty cool. Can use them for home automation as well so I think that might be my next aim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Yeah they pretty cool. Can use them for home automation as well so I think that might be my next aim His is one of the first generation ones so alot older than yours but its still tiny lol think he is going to use it as a server Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Oh and films to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 His is one of the first generation ones so alot older than yours but its still tiny lol think he is going to use it as a server To serve what? Not powerfull enough by far for anything meaningful for a server, especially the first gen ones as they only have 256mb ram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 To serve what? Not powerfull enough by far for anything meaningful for a server, especially the first gen ones as they only have 256mb ram Do you really think i can answer this question? I have no idea lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Fair enough LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormy Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Fair enough LOL I will ask him later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 They do seem pretty cool, might get one... But I have a net top for my media centre.... I need to find a use for for it lol Sent from my GT-I9100 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 They do seem pretty cool, might get one... But I have a net top for my media centre.... I need to find a use for for it lol Sent from my GT-I9100 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2 Aw come on, you done electronics havent ya ... Home automation man LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Aw come on, you done electronics havent ya ... Home automation man LOL I made one of them in uni... But might build on it a bit... I already have lazer beams etc lol Sent from my GT-I9100 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys Dad Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 @Marc - got any pics of the setup? I'd like to run the laptop to the tv but don't appear to have a 'tv out' socket. Also we watch quite a lot of 'catch-up' tv online which would be better on a larger screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted December 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 @Marc - got any pics of the setup? I'd like to run the laptop to the tv but don't appear to have a 'tv out' socket. Also we watch quite a lot of 'catch-up' tv online which would be better on a larger screen Will get a pic of it tomorrow. Need to stick it to the back of my TV yet. Android based remote control all set up now too, so just use my phone as a remote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted December 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Sorry still no pic of this ... I wanna get it stuck to TV and everything before I snap it LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted December 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Yeah yeah, I know I know... Got the stuff to fix it to the TV tonight so will sort some tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys Dad Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/17/raspberry-pi-launches-app-store/ [MENTION=1]Marc[/MENTION] Edited December 17, 2012 by Dunc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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