Raspberry Pi 2 Model B surprise launch, local pricing

kripstoe said:
How weird is this. Just found a brand new RbPi2 in a case, in our mens restrooms just sitting on the counter... :confused: Hopefully the owner contacts our facilities people.
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I'd check for webcams in the restroom.
 
After doing the rounds in the office for some other testing I finally got the chance to fire up my Pi 2 with OpenELEC. Initial impression is that it's very comparable to my trusty HPMS. Menu is snappy and once the meta data had updated there is no noticeable lag. I did some limited testing on 1080p sources and it's all smooth.

I went looking for a more elegant way to power it on/off and found the RemotePi Board Plus 2015, which looks like a drop in solution and claims to work with pretty much any remote and OpenELEC.

[video=youtube_share;fOLIoRlQ1RE]http://youtu.be/fOLIoRlQ1RE[/video]
 
I will be getting that case as well as a RPi 2 B from them end of March - when I can buy myself something again. :D
 
As to getting cheaper, doudt you can get it much cheaper, they have given me good service, the R100.00 delivery charge might make it a bit steep, so I will be getting a few other bits from them as well, to make it worthwhile.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
As to getting cheaper, doudt you can get it much cheaper, they have given me good service, the R100.00 delivery charge might make it a bit steep, so I will be getting a few other bits from them as well, to make it worthwhile.
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Oddly enough i did find a cheaper enclosure at Micro Robotics -> R79 + R69 (flat-rate) delivery. I grabbed it.
Ps: You can collect free from their store in Centurion.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
Only thing that has, that is of any value, that the RPi 2, does not from my poi t of view, is an RTC.
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The Odroid-C1 is much better.

[video=youtube;vSgka1awkXs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSgka1awkXs[/video]

Full Review

Overall score:

ODROID C1: 29 points
Raspberry Pi 2: 20 points
 
My RPi 2 B will be arriving today, but now I am looking for a audio player, that will pause/resume play an audio book, so that I can continue listening, where I was, when I got interrupted.

Any recommendations please.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
My RPi 2 B will be arriving today, but now I am looking for a audio player, that will pause/resume play an audio book, so that I can continue listening, where I was, when I got interrupted.

Any recommendations please.
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You running headless or with full desktop?
 
I'm using some of my pi as dedicated headless audio devices. Look at squeezelite on top of squeezeplug or picoreplayer.
 
morkhans said:
I'm using some of my pi as dedicated headless audio devices. Look at squeezelite on top of squeezeplug or picoreplayer.
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Thanks, will look at those ...

Xaile works great, and I understand Audacious, and VLC with a plugin, have similar functionality. Using MPD to play back my music, and it works very well, but there, is as far as I am aware, no way of pausing/resuming/bookmarking for audio books, with it ...
 
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