Raspberry Pi now available to be ordered in bulk

[jannievanzyl]

Running XBMC on mine

[wernervn]

R55.86 excl from RS. Not cheap but at least available on backorder.

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http://za.rs-online.com/web/p/proces...PSF_431027|acc


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http://za.rs-online.com/web/p/proces...PSF_431027|acc


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http://za.rs-online.com/web/p/proces...PSF_431027|acc

Tx for the links! Running OpenELEC on mine...

[AfricanTech]

@wilyme thanks and appreciated

Any idea of delivery costs?

[ghoti]

Just to let people know. Ive ordered 5 Pi`s and 10 cases. The lead time on the cases is 11 weeks. Ive ordered a couple of cases from separate companies, the shortest delivery date I could find for a case was 2 weeks... Though that case is closer to R110.

[wily me]

@wilyme thanks and appreciated

Any idea of delivery costs?

It's collect in JHB from RS components else postage to Cape.

[a-person]

How useful is this Raspberry Pi? Can i get windows onto it?

[Praeses]

How useful is this Raspberry Pi? Can i get windows onto it?

It's so useful, you can't install Windows on it It's guiding you to use something useful like Linux

[a-person]

Lol. But all I really wanna do with it is run XBMC on it and use my iPad as a remote control for movies and music and stuff on my tv

[Praeses]

Lol. But all I really wanna do with it is run XBMC on it and use my iPad as a remote control for movies and music and stuff on my tv

http://www.raspbmc.com/ I'm running this. Slightly buggy still, but under constant development. Really enjoying it!

[a-person]

http://www.raspbmc.com/ I'm running this. Slightly buggy still, but under constant development. Really enjoying it!

Cool! Can you tell me a little bit more about your set up?

[Messugga]

Cool! Can you tell me a little bit more about your set up?

Dude, it's a computer. It can run a ported version of XBMC (Raspbmc). There's not much in it otherwise. Just keep it away from really high quality mpeg because that little ARM processor simply doesn't have the grunt to decode it. .H264 it handles very well though.

[a-person]

Dude, it's a computer. It can run a ported version of XBMC (Raspbmc). There's not much in it otherwise. Just keep it away from really high quality mpeg because that little ARM processor simply doesn't have the grunt to decode it. .H264 it handles very well though.

Stream over network? HDD through USB? Windows vs Linux? Why is it 1080p capable if it can't handle the files?

[cbrunsdonza]

Running XBMC on mine

No suprise, is their nothing you don't run XBMC on? I'm sure you even installed it on your Dishwasher ...

[gregmcc]

No suprise, is their nothing you don't run XBMC on? I'm sure you even installed it on your Dishwasher ...

Thats called LGxbmc

[Messugga]

Stream over network? HDD through USB? Windows vs Linux? Why is it 1080p capable if it can't handle the files?

Stream over network: Yes

HDD through USB: Yes, but you'll have to power the drive with external power, so either 'n USB hub or an externally powered drive.

Windows vs Linux: It's ARM-based, which means it's neither X86 or X64, so no Windows. There are several Linux distributions for ARM, however.

1080P capable: First you need to define what "1080p capable" actually means. The unit is a System On a Chip (SOC for short). This means everything is contained in processor, including the GPU. They have hardware support for .H264 which is what most HD media content is anyway. Without the hardware support, the CPU will have to decode the video in software. If you have a 30GB AVI file, for example, even a fairly modern desktop machine will have to work hard to decode it in software. Once you enable hardware decoding in VLC, for example, it allows your GPU to do the decoding of the video, which it is obviously designed for. Due to the size of the chip on the Pi though, they can't have all the functionality a full-fledged desktop GPU will have integrated on the chip, so they only added the most critical support, which is .H264. It decodes .H264 files without trouble, but if you go for other formats you're going to start struggling.