Raspberry Pi as a HTPC

[morkhans]

My guess is many of you will be looking to slap XBMC on your Pi so let's get a thread started

Your options at the moment are:
OpenELEC
Site: http://openelec.tv/
Download: http://sources.openelec.tv/tmp/image/openelec-rpi/
Install: http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?ti...n_Raspberry_Pi (Linux) http://www.squirrelhosting.co.uk/hos...-info.php?id=9 (Windows)
Forum: http://openelec.tv/forum/124-raspberry-pi

Raspbmc
Site: http://www.raspbmc.com/
Download: http://www.raspbmc.com/download/
Install: http://www.raspbmc.com/wiki/user/windows-installation/
Forum: http://forum.stmlabs.com/

Overclocking
Can be done safely as long as you don't mess with voltages
http://www.senab.co.uk/2012/05/29/ra...-overclocking/
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/vi...hp?f=29&t=6201

Some Tips
http://mrpfister.com/journal/setting...aspberry-pi/ps

Issues
Alpha support for USB sound cards: http://forum.stmlabs.com/showthread....d=1052&page=17

[ToxicBunny]

I'm running Raspbmc on mine for the moment...

Not getting much of a chance to mess with it too much right now, but that will hopefully change soon enough.

[morkhans]

My friend installed Raspbmc RC3 which we messed around with, but I struggled with the webserver and airplay services becoming unavailable. So when my Pi arrived I gave OpenELEC a go. Airplay and webserver worked first time, but I find it doesn't always boot first time. I tried some serious 1080p content via SMB share and there was noticeable stutter. I'm don't know if that's something that will be solved over time as the releases become more refined or if it's a physical limit of the HW.

[ElecEng]

The LAN port on the Rpi connects to the SoC via a USB bus, which can't handle 40Mbps transfer rates which is what bluray content requires.

[Nuro]

My friend installed Raspbmc RC3 which we messed around with, but I struggled with the webserver and airplay services becoming unavailable. So when my Pi arrived I gave OpenELEC a go. Airplay and webserver worked first time, but I find it doesn't always boot first time. I tried some serious 1080p content via SMB share and there was noticeable stutter. I'm don't know if that's something that will be solved over time as the releases become more refined or if it's a physical limit of the HW.

Pity about 1080p. Anyone else tried some heavy 1080p stuff?

[ToxicBunny]

I have,

When the Codecs were right (files about 12Gb) they played just fine for me...

[ToxicBunny]

The LAN port on the Rpi connects to the SoC via a USB bus, which can't handle 40Mbps transfer rates which is what bluray content requires.

It would possibly help if you did a bit of research before spouting forth,

Yes, the Ethernet port connects to the SoC via USB, but its USB 2.0 so it has a theoretical throughput of 480Mbit/s... that is MORE than enough to handle Bluray which is approximately 40Mbit/s...

[morkhans]

Pity about 1080p. Anyone else tried some heavy 1080p stuff?

It may also have to do with how the content is encoded.

I need to dome some more testing with different files and local disk attached via USB vs over network.

[bar1]

My remote worked once, and never again.

any idea why?

[stevovo]

Is there a way to install OpenElec onto the sd card using windows? The guide above says you need a linux machine

I'm sure it's possible because I used windows to install Raspbmc but I wanna try the other one

edit: And also, what files do I need to copy over from the raspbmc install so that I don't have to update the whole library again?

[morkhans]

Is there a way to install OpenElec onto the sd card using windows? The guide above says you need a linux machine

I'm sure it's possible because I used windows to install Raspbmc but I wanna try the other one

Someone could image an existing install. Other option is to do it with a live CD if you don't want to install Linux.

[stevovo]

Someone could image an existing install. Other option is to do it with a live CD if you don't want to install Linux.

I forgot about the live discs, thanks!

[morkhans]

I forgot about the live discs, thanks!

Come to think of it, it might even work from a ssh session on a raspbmc

[mici]

Is there a way to install OpenElec onto the sd card using windows? The guide above says you need a linux machine

I'm sure it's possible because I used windows to install Raspbmc but I wanna try the other one

edit: And also, what files do I need to copy over from the raspbmc install so that I don't have to update the whole library again?

Step by step instructions on here: http://www.squirrelhosting.co.uk/hos...-info.php?id=9

[Pakka]

I just got my Pi! I'm can't wait to get home and play with it.

Is there anything in the defualt Pi operating system that can handle video streaming? Or must I skip downloading the Pi OS and just get Raspbmc or OpenELEC right away?