[OMG] Raspberry Pi XBMC

[Brandon Norris]

So, the makery was brought a Raspberry Pi to play with tonight. And without a proper hdmi monitor at the makery we got it running thru composite.

But I wanted to see it work properly, so i took it home :)
I got it working with a port of XBMC running to a tv.

Video and Sound work great from the get go, and streaming it over the network is flawless.

i set it up with this

http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=Installing_OpenELEC_on_Raspberry_Pi

in case anyone else wants to give it a shot.

-Brandon

[Luke Dub]

awesome, nice work!

[Cheyenne Deal]

How much does one of those run?

[Brandon Norris]

$35 if you can find one in stock.

or $25 if you get the less good one without the built in Ethernet (and something else i cant remember)

[Bill D]

$25 model has no ethernet and one USB port instead of two.



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[jonny]

Mine just showed up from Newark. $45.11 delivered for the model B. +$7 for an SD card +$10 for wifi. And a powered USB hub is a good idea.

[tavshed]

What is the make and model of the wifi?

[tavshed]

What size is the existing TV at the Makery?

[Patrick Joseph]

Hey Everybody,
 
if any of you have a LINKSYS Router Model WRT54GS, or GL, that you are not using and would like to part with it for CHEAP, let me know.
I am going to hack some of them for a ham radio project.

Pat Joseph - KØCTU

[Kevin Fusselman]

It's a 42" plasma, resolution is around 800x480.

Inputs are component, composite and vga.

[Kevin Fusselman]

We've got a stack of linksys routers at the Makery;  I don't know if any are that particular vintage (I know some are newer, and some older, though), but it'd be worth checking there first.

Meeting's Tuesday, you could stop by then...

[Patrick Joseph]

Yeah, that would be good.   We'll stop by Tuesday.  We'll talk to you a little about what we're doing.

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[Jeff Jensen]

Another source for them is the Good Bytes (Goodwill) Store at 72nd and F Street.  Caveat emptor.

[Travis Smith]

Is this an attempt to make a spontaneous guerrilla network?  Turn a bunch of them into repeaters with boosted signals and set up shop in different trucks at events?  If so, kudos.

http://youtu.be/08eVqpPVGiU

If not, I'm still curious. :)

Travis

[Patrick Joseph]

You could say that.  The word that I've heard used is Mesh.

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[jonny]

Edimax EW-7811Un 150 Mbps Wireless 11n Nano Size USB Adapter

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CLMJLU/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00 

It seems to work pretty good. I have had it drop out a few times but I think that has to do with the powered hub I have not being the greatest.

you could check the pi wiki

http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeripherals 

and maybe see what looks good.

[Stephen Beck]

I may have one of those. Define cheap...

[Sam Flint]

mesh is to be considered ther proper term based on the topolgy of the network

Sam

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[Travis Smith]

http://youtu.be/oHg5SJYRHA0

Travis

[tavshed]

I dropped off an HDMI monitor with sound, HDMI cable, and wireless keyboard/mouse combo that has worked with mine. Only thing I forgot was a Raspberry Pi power source.

Hope to see you tonight.

[patrick]

http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/researchers-build-supercomputer-legos-and-raspberry-pi.html

http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~sjc/raspberrypi/

On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 11:22:12 PM UTC-5, Brandon Norris wrote: