Raspberry Pi as a HTPC

Ug. So I spent R200 on a Logitech harmony 300i remote, R150 on a Lindy IR dongle... and I couldnt get the remote to work with xbmc. I am totally not sure how to set it up for xbmc.

So I downloaded the android xbmc remote app... and it works flawlessly. I just wasted R350 :(
 
ghoti said:
Ug. So I spent R200 on a Logitech harmony 300i remote, R150 on a Lindy IR dongle... and I couldnt get the remote to work with xbmc. I am totally not sure how to set it up for xbmc.

So I downloaded the android xbmc remote app... and it works flawlessly. I just wasted R350 :(
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How easy was the Android XMBC remote to set up?
 
ghoti said:
Im using Raspbmc.

I have a network storage device (mvixbox) with about 2 TB of HD content on it. Testing with the movie Avatar. A 1080HD 11GB mkv HD file I am able to run it seamlessly over the network. There is no stutter or issues.
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What is the final (total) size of Raspbmc download? In terms of bandwidth req, not uncompressed image.
 
Pakka said:
I was actually hoping to put something on the Pi that could handle my videos and download my torrents as well
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xbmc has plugins that allow you to set it up to download torrents.... and check your gmail.... and browse facebook or forums. Right now I am busy downloading a 6666 ROM pack (with all old sega/nintendo and even some zx spectrum games).
 
ghoti said:
You enable it under settings on xbmc. Then you put the IP, username and password into the client. Thats about it. Very very easy.
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How about over Bluetooth? I have a dongle I want to use as I don't have anyway for the Pi to use internet.
 
Sysem said:
How about over Bluetooth? I have a dongle I want to use as I don't have anyway for the Pi to use internet.
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As it is a Linux platform I am sure there will be Bluetooth drivers depending on your hardware. Not all Bluetooth sticks was made equal.
 
wily me said:
As it is a Linux platform I am sure there will be Bluetooth drivers depending on your hardware. Not all Bluetooth sticks was made equal.
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Ok cool. See the official XBMC doesn't seem to support Bluetooth, but there are other options I'll try when my Pi arrives.
 
Still waiting. I give them one more week then all hell will break loose! ;)
 
ghoti said:
About 50mb.
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that's only the initial download.
the rest will be downloaded / updated on your first power up of the rPi.
(yes you need an internet and LAN connection to run RaspBMC the first time
 
eehellfire said:
that's only the initial download.
the rest will be downloaded / updated on your first power up of the rPi.
(yes you need an internet and LAN connection to run RaspBMC the first time
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Didnt even notice that. Must be real fast. I suppose if I had read the documentation or instructions I might have seen that, but I just switched it on and went at it :D
 
Guys I just tried to boot with raspBMC, but I can't get past the logon.

It asks for "raspbmc login" to which I type "pi"
and "Password" to which I enter "raspberry".

But it says Login incorrect.

Any ideas?

EDIT: I have verified that my keyboard registers my keystrokes properly, because when I enter "raspberry" as the username, it works perferctly
 
Pakka said:
Guys I just tried to boot with raspBMC, but I can't get past the logon.

It asks for "raspbmc login" to which I type "pi"
and "Password" to which I enter "raspberry".

But it says Login incorrect.

Any ideas?

EDIT: I have verified that my keyboard registers my keystrokes properly, because when I enter "raspberry" as the username, it works perferctly
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Isn't the user\pass for raspbmc root\root?
 
eehellfire said:
that's only the initial download.
the rest will be downloaded / updated on your first power up of the rPi.
(yes you need an internet and LAN connection to run RaspBMC the first time
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"And LAN connection", so can I not use my 3G dongle?
 
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