The 'Raspberry Pi' thread - Page 31

RyoSaeba · 6th May 2012, 1:56 AM

I think in the near future we can expect to see full sized desktop cases with bricks in them and a raspberry pi hot glue to the inside with extension cables running off it lol

daehenoc · 6th May 2012, 6:35 AM

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Originally Posted by slyls1

Can't wait to see some custom nodded enclosures for this. Are there any available commercialy?

I contemplated putting mine into an old USB HDD enclosure for sh1ts and giggles

But then I came to my senses, I'll probably use one of those little plastic boxes you get from DSE.

Pugs · 6th May 2012, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by daehenoc

I contemplated putting mine into an old USB HDD enclosure for sh1ts and giggles

But then I came to my senses, I'll probably use one of those little plastic boxes you get from DSE.

a jiffy box..

oclockforlyfe · 6th May 2012, 11:40 AM

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ThunderbirdMoz · 6th May 2012, 11:27 PM

lol@that link about eh usb ports sticking out and why that is so.

Paronga · 6th May 2012, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ThunderbirdMoz

lol@that link about eh usb ports sticking out and why that is so.

i thought it said because the raspberrypi was made on the cheap and they didn't try to line all the things up/ space constraints?

ThunderbirdMoz · 6th May 2012, 11:54 PM

yep. It looks so out of place sticking out like that. haha

Simonk83 · 8th May 2012, 9:42 AM

Well XBMC is working great, very impressed for such an early build (and it was put together before the devs even had a Pi. Impressive). It's only going to get better from here

Looking to get rid of my Boxee Box once it becomes a little more mature, but it's not far off

GooSE · 8th May 2012, 12:01 PM

Awesome. Couple of questions:

How's the speed of XBMC in terms of navigation and displaying metadata, etc?
Is your library/database thing stored on the local SD card?
Have you tried 1080p MKVs with Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD?

the_fuzz · 8th May 2012, 1:43 PM

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Originally Posted by GooSE

Awesome. Couple of questions:

How's the speed of XBMC in terms of navigation and displaying metadata, etc?
Is your library/database thing stored on the local SD card?
Have you tried 1080p MKVs with Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD?

very interested in the above answers as well.

Simonk83 · 8th May 2012, 1:51 PM

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Originally Posted by GooSE

Awesome. Couple of questions:

How's the speed of XBMC in terms of navigation and displaying metadata, etc?

The first few builds were a bit clunky, but the later builds have a newer version of the skin (Confluence) that seem to be streamlined a bit, and now it's really quite quick and smooth. I'm impressed with the speed now

It's not without its issues (sometimes you lose the background and/or thumbnails for a bit), but for such an early build it's really impressive.

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Is your library/database thing stored on the local SD card?

By default, yes (which works totally fine), however I've just setup a MySQL server to keep it, just to avoid losing the DB should I format the card or something daft. I just have the Pi wired to my network, so it's just retrieving all my files from my PC anyway (with regards to the library).

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Have you tried 1080p MKVs with Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD?

I've tried 1080p and it plays fine, but I don't have any TrueHD or DTS-HD files. I'll try and grab one to test. I imagine it'll be totally fine though, assuming your amp supports it

GooSE · 8th May 2012, 2:08 PM

Thanks for the info. Looks like, with a nice case, the RPi could turn out to be a media player to be reckoned with. If only it didn't have stuff coming out of all 4 sides.

TheWedgie · 8th May 2012, 2:14 PM

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Originally Posted by GooSE

Thanks for the info. Looks like, with a nice case, the RPi could turn out to be a media player to be reckoned with. If only it didn't have stuff coming out of all 4 sides.

Perhaps a case with screwmounts to attach to the VESA mounting point on the back of your TV?
The size of the thing, you'd probably only need a single screw hole to hold it.

Guess you'd need an IR extender if you wanted a remote though.

Simonk83 · 8th May 2012, 2:15 PM

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Originally Posted by TheWedgie

Perhaps a case with screwmounts to attach to the VESA mounting point on the back of your TV?
The size of the thing, you'd probably only need a single screw hole to hold it.

Guess you'd need an IR extender if you wanted a remote though.

If you have a smartphone, there's a pretty good XBMC Remote app that works via wifi

birdie · 8th May 2012, 2:37 PM

Anyone know if one of these would be any good as custom router with something like smoothwall, m0n0wall, pfsense, or custom debian based...

An issue I could see is they only have one ethernet jack... I guess a possibility would be to use a USB-to-Ethernet adaptor maybe, but not sure how fast/slow they are?

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6th May 2012, 1:56 AM	#451
RyoSaeba Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Perth Posts: 6,876	I think in the near future we can expect to see full sized desktop cases with bricks in them and a raspberry pi hot glue to the inside with extension cables running off it lol

8th May 2012, 12:01 PM	#459
GooSE Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,422	Awesome. Couple of questions: How's the speed of XBMC in terms of navigation and displaying metadata, etc? Is your library/database thing stored on the local SD card? Have you tried 1080p MKVs with Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD?

8th May 2012, 2:08 PM	#462
GooSE Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,422	Thanks for the info. Looks like, with a nice case, the RPi could turn out to be a media player to be reckoned with. If only it didn't have stuff coming out of all 4 sides.