[EJ22]

Originally Posted by mp3ireland2

What OS are people currently using on their pi? I'm currently using raspmbc. I find it very good however I am looking for something that starts automatically into XMBC but gives you the option of exiting XMBC and going to a desktop environment. I downloaded open elec last night so will try this this evening.

Also if downloading images, is their an easy way to expand an SD card image so that it uses all of a 16gb card instead of having just a 2gb or 4gb partition?

I'm SD switching at the moment between Raspbmc, Squeezeplug with MiniDLNA and Samba server installed and RetroPie (Emulationstation and RetroArch-RPi). I think for what you're looking for you should look into Raspbian and install Xbian in it. Then you should be able to run at terminal sudo update-rc.d xbian defaults and that should set it to auto start Xbian on boot, but whether the xsession will start behind it I don't know.

Also as for expanding images, try get a gparted live cd. then its just a process of running that from the disk and resizing your SD card. This is something I still need to do with all my cards but I haven't been bothered

[massy086]

hi all i have my pi running raspmc and its working great hooked up to my lg tv my tv remote is operating it great but i have no back button is there a way i can assign a button cheers in advance for any help

[arodabomb]

Originally Posted by massy086

hi all i have my pi running raspmc and its working great hooked up to my lg tv my tv remote is operating it great but i have no back button is there a way i can assign a button cheers in advance for any help

I'm fairly sure you can edit the remote.xml file. I think it should be in /home/pi/xbmc/userdata/keymaps to assign functions to key presses. I haven't tried to do this yet, but there does seem to be a few others with the same problem.

http://forums.pulse-eight.com/defaul...?g=posts&t=526 http://forum.stmlabs.com/showthread.php?tid=1656

There are also a few talking about posting their remote.xml file on xbmchub http://www.xbmchub.com/forums/raspbe...spbmc-rc4.html but I'm not sure that they have yet.

[massy086]

http://forums.pulse-eight.com/defaul...?g=posts&t=526 http://forum.stmlabs.com/showthread.php?tid=1656

There are also a few talking about posting their remote.xml file on xbmchub http://www.xbmchub.com/forums/raspbe...spbmc-rc4.html but I'm not sure that they have yet.[/QUOTE]

cheers that sorted it nicely

[RUCKING FETARD]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/26096...rt_camera.html

[EJ22]

Originally Posted by RUCKING FETARD

http://www.pcworld.com/article/26096...rt_camera.html

Thats frigging brilliant

[waveform]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...r-raspberry-pi

[EJ22]

Might have to throw a few bucks that way.

Also not completely on topic, but connectbot for android ssh's into the pi easily so if anyones looking for an alternative for on the fly ssh id recommend it

[BopNiblets]

A guy I know bought a HDMI to VGA cable for his Pi but I don't think HDMI output works this way, I can't figure out where the conversion from digital to analog happens, I'm guessing it won't work for connecting Pi to regualr LCD monitor?
Looks similar to this:
http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j0...-TLD-HV01-.jpg

[vibe666]

if you want to plug an RPi into a TV with no HDMI, you could use a scart lead.

plenty available (and from UK suppliers) on ebay.

http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=...berry+pi+scart

[EarthlyPangaea]

Originally Posted by BopNiblets

A guy I know bought a HDMI to VGA cable for his Pi but I don't think HDMI output works this way, I can't figure out where the conversion from digital to analog happens, I'm guessing it won't work for connecting Pi to regualr LCD monitor?
Looks similar to this:
http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j0...-TLD-HV01-.jpg

It has to be an active converter, afaik the Pi's GPU offers no VGA signal output, so a passive converter is useless. I bought this and it works quite well with OpenElec and Raspbian. You'd have to spend more to get one with audio capabilities, but the output from the 3.5mm audio will do.

Originally Posted by vibe666

if you want to plug an RPi into a TV with no HDMI, you could use a scart lead.

plenty available (and from UK suppliers) on ebay.

http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=...berry+pi+scart

I looked around in my rat's nest of cables at home and I got an RCA audio to 3.5mm cable, an RCA video to RCA video cable and a RCA to SCART converter and I can connect my Pi to a non-HDMI display that way.

[vibe666]

Originally Posted by EarthlyPangaea

It has to be an active converter, afaik the Pi's GPU offers no VGA signal output, so a passive converter is useless. I bought this and it works quite well with OpenElec and Raspbian. You'd have to spend more to get one with audio capabilities, but the output from the 3.5mm audio will do.



I looked around in my rat's nest of cables at home and I got an RCA audio to 3.5mm cable, an RCA video to RCA video cable and a RCA to SCART converter and I can connect my Pi to a non-HDMI display that way.

yeah, i think it's pretty much the same thing, just all tidily tucked away inside the cable sleeve.

[Howlin1]

Is there any talks about increasing the memory/specs in future models?

[Rooney10]

Hi folks,

Thinking of getting a RPi. My main use case would be to have it connected to a TV 24/7, so I could watch YouTube, videos online, etc. rather than shunting my laptop all over the house with its 40 minute battery.

To do this, I guess I'd need a wireless dongle, a usb hub, wireless mouse & keyboard & flash player all working ok.

I've done a bit of googling, and it looks like all this is possible, but some wireless dongles aren't supported.

I guess, could someone confirm that this is all possible? And also, do you have any OS recommendations? I know my way around Fedora, etc. Is the Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix decent? Or am I better off going with something else? Not got much experience with ARM based systems.

Thanks

[arodabomb]

Originally Posted by Rooney10

Hi folks,

Thinking of getting a RPi. My main use case would be to have it connected to a TV 24/7, so I could watch YouTube, videos online, etc. rather than shunting my laptop all over the house with its 40 minute battery.

To do this, I guess I'd need a wireless dongle, a usb hub, wireless mouse & keyboard & flash player all working ok.

I've done a bit of googling, and it looks like all this is possible, but some wireless dongles aren't supported.

I guess, could someone confirm that this is all possible? And also, do you have any OS recommendations? I know my way around Fedora, etc. Is the Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix decent? Or am I better off going with something else? Not got much experience with ARM based systems.

Thanks

I'm doing that with raspbmc. I just have the pi connected via ethernet (my TV is beside the router) and a usb hard drive with some films on it. Using my laptop or phone as a remote most of the time, although I was using the Rii mini keyboard for a while until my brother took it back. Vodie, youtube, 4oD, icefilms and watchseries all work perfect for me. Since RC4 I've seen no stuttering. If you've got a compatible (Lib-cec) hdmi tv, you can use your tv remote to control the pi through the hdmi cable with a little playing around with the remote.xml file.

There's a few other distros around, (Openelc etc) but raspbmc was the smoothest for me.

But if you're picking up a usb hub and a usb wifi dongle make sure they are supported, I've a hub that shuts off my ethernet and tries to feed power back into the pi.