Raspberry Pi - $35 Linux computer

Edward78 · 16 Nov 2013 at 17:08

Can it be a dedicated fps server??

manic111 · 17 Nov 2013 at 01:59

Neodite said:
Not sure if it works with the BT sport APP.

But stuff like youtube/twitch/facebook vids, I just airplay them from my iPhone to the Pi running Open-Elec.

From what I've read it won't do the BT video.

dmsims · 19 Nov 2013 at 16:38

New arduino board

http://uk.farnell.com/gertboard/gertduino/rpi-arduino-like-atmega-i-o-board/dp/2344460

PooBrain · 19 Nov 2013 at 22:17

Woden said:
I have been using my Raspberry Pi to run XBMC since I got it a while back, and I have been very happy with it, quite impressed. But she is about to be made redundant. I have a new TV (huge ) coming with smart features so won't need the Pi.

So ... what do I get her doing?

Make a surveillance drone or a remote controlled car?

cheesyface · 21 Nov 2013 at 16:19

Have being trying to configure for streaming football via gamepass. The bmc plugin(s) work but it struggles and spends a lot of time buffering. Have tried with raspbmc and openelec which both have problems. It doesn't appear to be the network connection as, when it is running, downloads on my pc have no effect.

The OS's both seem to use high levels of the cpu (90%+) while idle. Have tried some suggestions from the net on disabling rss feeds and some other options but it still struggles.

Anyone running this with medium to high level of quality? Or is this simply a hardware limitation of the poor little beasty?

Cosimo · 22 Nov 2013 at 09:35

A rather nice addition to Raspbian, the Wolfram Language and Mathematica:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/5282

gregorius · 22 Nov 2013 at 10:30

Cosimo said:
A rather nice addition to Raspbian, the Wolfram Language and Mathematica:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/5282

I must admit that I had to check that it was not April 1st when I saw this! I presume it will be cut-down version of MM?

bledd · 22 Nov 2013 at 22:23

Ok.

I've ordered a v2 b pi.
Class 10 SanDisk card

Already have a fast usb2 pen drive.

Which OS should I use the for xbmc

DireEmblem · 24 Nov 2013 at 23:11

frying_pan_cat said:
I'm trying to get my pi to connect to the internet through my computer but not having any luck. The pi is wired to one of my PCs ethernet ports and the PC is connected to the router via wifi. I've enabled internet connection sharing as detailed here on the wifi connection and changed the settings for the wired connection to obtain an IP automatically but my pi doesn't seem to be able to see the internet. Am I missing something really obvious?

Thanks

Are you using a crossover cable to connect your Pi to your pc - you cant connect two devices directly without one.

moss · 25 Nov 2013 at 10:09

DireEmblem said:
Are you using a crossover cable to connect your Pi to your pc - you cant connect two devices directly without one.

You don't need a crossover cable to connect a Pi directly to a PC, it has an auto-sensing LAN port as do the vast majority of modern PCs.

Longbow · 29 Nov 2013 at 15:44

Hmmm, for some reason my movies played over SMB are rather slow, buffering every 2 seoncds, for about 15 seconds.

Evilpaul · 29 Nov 2013 at 15:46

There is a lot of CPU overhead required for Samba, so if possible use something else (NFS). If you have to use Samba, then you are best off looking at doing a minor overclock.

uncle_rufus · 29 Nov 2013 at 15:59

Longbow said:
Hmmm, for some reason my movies played over SMB are rather slow, buffering every 2 seoncds, for about 15 seconds.

Are you using a wired connection or wireless? And what distro?

Mr. Peri Peri · 29 Nov 2013 at 19:55

I've just purchased an HP N54L Microserver which I intend to use primarily as a media server, and was thinking of using a couple of PIs as media clients in the living room and the bedroom. I'm wanting to stream HD video and music to the clients.

From what I can make out XBMC seems the way to go on the PI end - and it can be controlled from a remote app e.g. from my android phone or ipad tablet. Which version of XBMC would people recommend?

Also what are the recommendations for the server end? Is XBMC purely a client, or does it have a server component that would run on the N54L? I will be using the server for various things so want it to be as flexible as possible - probably running a Windows Server OS or similar rather than say FreeNAS - so I guess some sort of media server running within Windows?

Any advice appreciated as I'm just starting to plan out how to achieve this setup.

Nate--IRL-- · 29 Nov 2013 at 20:23

Not too sure about streaming HD stuff - locally it works fine, but over the network is iffy, your mileage may vary. I use Raspbmc. I have the XBMC remote on my phone.

I use webmin and ssh to administer the pi from my main computer. I have an FTP server on the pi, so i can dump files onto the 32gb SD card. I had lxde running in the background, behind XBMC, with xfreerdp too, but I found little use for it.

Nate

Tinders · 29 Nov 2013 at 20:36

I have an N40l, With all my vids and music on. I then have numerous pi connected to my network using cable and it streams 1080 stuff just fine. It wasnt so brilliant over wifi. I use xbmc and just point that to the shared drives on the server. The server also has a freeview hd and sat hd card in it and i use the nextpvr client to access the tv channels using the pi.

Mr. Peri Peri · 29 Nov 2013 at 22:27

Thanks for the info guys.

I should add this will be running over a wired network.

Do you use an SQL server to keep the PI clients in sync or are they all standalone?

uncle_rufus · 29 Nov 2013 at 22:44

Just to chime in I also have an N54L which I use as a media server and stream videos to a pi in my living room. Running UnRAID on the server which is absolutely fantastic (although I do and have used Linux extensively at work I still feel like as far as distros go UnRAID would not be too difficult for someone inexperienced), and I run OpenELEC on the pi which has been flawless since I switched to it from raspbmc where I had several problems.

As others have noted a wired connection is much more stable than a wireless connection when streaming, my pi is connected to the network over a set of power-line adapters which has been fine streaming 1080p. No SQL server although I did consider it at one point, perhaps I may look at it again when I have a 2nd pi

Tinders · 30 Nov 2013 at 08:50

Im planning to have a play with the sql side but a newborn and a 15 month old child means playtime is limited!

Longbow · 30 Nov 2013 at 10:59

Evilpaul said:
There is a lot of CPU overhead required for Samba, so if possible use something else (NFS). If you have to use Samba, then you are best off looking at doing a minor overclock.

uncle_rufus said:
Are you using a wired connection or wireless? And what distro?

Raspbmc, wired connection. This is something that has worked fine for ages, but not any more.

It is a network/smb issue though, as the video works fine when connected via USB.

Edit: Issue was my end, had to change some features with the Realtek driver, disabled: 'Interrupt Moderation', 'Large Send Offload', 'Energy Efficient Ethernet' and 'Green Ethernet'. It's now silky smooth over SMB like it was before.