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CosmicSmash

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Hmm, I know a guy with a Retron5... more a miracle that he hasn't sold it yet....

I know a guy who has one too, but if this guy sold it he would only end up buying it again. I shall say no more to protect their anonymity.

CiDeRmAn

CosmicSmash wrote: »

I know a guy who has one too, but if this guy sold it he would only end up buying it again. I shall say no more to protect their anonymity.

You're a good man Cosmic, a good man....

Thing is...
It's just sitting there, in the press under the TV.
It hasn't been played in about 8 months either.
I can see the great things about it, but it's kinda gathering dust and there's little it can do that a RP2/3 can't do better, at this stage, especially coupled with a decent USB controller.
What.
To.
Do.

Steve X2

Hmm, might give this a go.
3D printable Millennium Falcon
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20160301-this-epic-3d-printed-millennium-falcon-will-take-you-4-months-to-build.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkRf05GyCx8

Keith, I wonder if any of the parts in this would suit your project?

Nerdkiller1991

Well, my father just got one of those Kodi boxes, and you won't be surprised what he's using it for. Piracy, duh. And when I point that fact out, all they do is berate me for it, stating that "why would they sell the box otherwise?". I'm not gonna be the one to use such things. I don't like movie piracy at all. I mean, I get that Kodi is an open source thing, but it doesn't deserve to be used this way. So yeah, you can see that I'm not a fan of this.

Myrddin

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Well, my father just got one of those Kodi boxes, and you won't be surprised what he's using it for. Piracy, duh. And when I point that fact out, all they do is berate me for it, stating that "why would they sell the box otherwise?". I'm not gonna be the one to use such things. I don't like movie piracy at all. I mean, I get that Kodi is an open source thing, but it doesn't deserve to be used this way. So yeah, you can see that I'm not a fan of this.

Those things are everywhere now, & it reminds me of the proliferation of 'dodgy boxes' a few years back. Something tells me it won't be long before the necks of these boxes is cut at the ISP level, which will remove about 95% of their userbase (people who buy them off 'the bloke down the pub' and who won't have the knowledge of how to reprogram them. Though then again, I've seen these boxes that can phone home, obtain the newest installation files, & update themselves. So who knows. I'd say they're becoming a big enough problem that ISP's will be forced to do something sooner rather than later though.

DinoRex

Ah yes. In the land of the NTL dodgey boxes the man with the RS232 cable was king.

Nerdkiller1991

Myrddin wrote: »

Those things are everywhere now, & it reminds me of the proliferation of 'dodgy boxes' a few years back. Something tells me it won't be long before the necks of these boxes is cut at the ISP level, which will remove about 95% of their userbase (people who buy them off 'the bloke down the pub' and who won't have the knowledge of how to reprogram them. Though then again, I've seen these boxes that can phone home, obtain the newest installation files, & update themselves. So who knows. I'd say they're becoming a big enough problem that ISP's will be forced to do something sooner rather than later though.

At this point, I think it's gonna be the only way he'll take the hint...that is unless the cheap Chinese components don't crap out first, if what I'm hearing about these things are true.

DinoRex wrote: »

Ah yes. In the land of the NTL dodgey boxes the man with the RS232 cable was king.

Now you got me thinking of this.

Myrddin

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

At this point, I think it's gonna be the only way he'll take the hint...that is unless the cheap Chinese components don't crap out first, if what I'm hearing about these things are true.

Yeah have heard that too, absolute garbage a lot of them apparently.

Optimus Prime

Looks cool! it's 1:34 scale that one (to the studio model ?) . the one I'm doing is 1:1 with the original studio model. I don't think the parts would fit. Which is a pity cause the ones you can get are crazy expensive on shape ways.

Steve X2 wrote: »

Hmm, might give this a go.
3D printable Millennium Falcon
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20160301-this-epic-3d-printed-millennium-falcon-will-take-you-4-months-to-build.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkRf05GyCx8

Keith, I wonder if any of the parts in this would suit your project?

eddhorse

Basically you are streaming a torrent with those boxes. Same as the android Popcorn time and HD cinema scenario. Then theres the card sharing boxes.
You are right though it will have to be stoppped by ISP, i dont think half the people that have them realise.

Steve X2

Optimus Prime wrote: »

Looks cool! it's 1:34 scale that one (to the studio model ?) . the one I'm doing is 1:1 with the original studio model. I don't think the parts would fit. Which is a pity cause the ones you can get are crazy expensive on shape ways.

It's a 3-D model, we can scale up or down
But like I said before, if you can get the models I can print them. Shapeways is ridiculously overpriced.

Dr Bob

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Doge

Re:Kodi boxes, I can't see an ISP being able to block the content.

Most of the plugins are just python scripts that automate all the clicking you have to do on streaming websites, and get the stream to you without all the ads.

To block that, the ISP would have to block a metric ton of websites.

Most of the plugins are not comparable with torrents or p2p downloads.

Nerdkiller1991

Doge wrote: »

Re:Kodi boxes, I can't see an ISP being able to block the content.

Most of the plugins are just python scripts that automate all the clicking you have to do on streaming websites, and get the stream to you without all the ads.

To block that, the ISP would have to block a metric ton of websites.

Most of the plugins are not comparable with torrents or p2p downloads.

Yeah, this is something that I thought would be harder to crack down for those who already have them. This isn't a case where all they can do is change the channel provider's encryption to block the channel card, these are multiple sources. If anything, it'll probably be the preinstalled devices that'll be brought up to court. The barebones, though still equally hackable boxes on the other hand will probably be safe from all this.

K.O.Kiki

"Coleco Chamelon"

https://twitter.com/frankcifaldi/status/699662592218787841

https://twitter.com/frankcifaldi/status/704506008513581056

eddhorse

I was thinking that card didnt look like a motherboard type PCB, especially with the connectors on top haha

Myrddin

Doge wrote: »

Re:Kodi boxes, I can't see an ISP being able to block the content.

Most of the plugins are just python scripts that automate all the clicking you have to do on streaming websites, and get the stream to you without all the ads.

To block that, the ISP would have to block a metric ton of websites.

Most of the plugins are not comparable with torrents or p2p downloads.

That's what'll happen I'd say, there's be a blacklist of constantly updated sites that ISP's will be forced to block. Sure, it wont stop the piracy...but it might just make the boxes unreliable enough that people stop using them.

MrVestek

So anybody else purchased the Raspberry Pi 3?

I'll be interested in seeing how it performs as a Kodi / RetroPie box.

um7y1h83ge06nx

MrVestek wrote: »

So anybody else purchased the Raspberry Pi 3?

I'll be interested in seeing how it performs as a Kodi / RetroPie box.

I'd be interested to see if it open up the opportunity for new consoles to be emulated in a decent fashion.

Fingers crossed for Saturn and maybe Gamecube etc.

MrVestek

Josiah Clever Shin wrote: »

MrVestek wrote: »

So anybody else purchased the Raspberry Pi 3?

I'll be interested in seeing how it performs as a Kodi / RetroPie box.

I'd be interested to see if it open up the opportunity for new consoles to be emulated in a decent fashion.

Fingers crossed for Saturn and maybe Gamecube etc.

Well the Pi2 could emulate PS1 and N64 games at a decent rate.

Saturn is very hard to emulate because of it's complicated co-processor structure... the only thing that I could see the Pi3 helping with there is the fact that they've moved to a 64bit CPU but I can't imagine it'll give it an extra grunt considering the GFX chip is the same as far as I can see.

Still... built in wifi and bluetooth is a major plus.

Steve X2

MrVestek wrote: »

Well the Pi2 could emulate PS1 and N64 games at a decent rate.

Saturn is very hard to emulate because of it's complicated co-processor structure... the only thing that I could see the Pi3 helping with there is the fact that they've moved to a 64bit CPU but I can't imagine it'll give it an extra grunt considering the GFX chip is the same as far as I can see.

Still... built in wifi and bluetooth is a major plus.

The OS is still 32bit for now. They're evaluation to see if its worth moving to 64bit.
The graphics chip got a slight bump on the pi3, nothing crazy though.

I've got a couple on the way from pimoroni so will see how she runs

MrVestek

Steve X2 wrote: »

MrVestek wrote: »

Well the Pi2 could emulate PS1 and N64 games at a decent rate.

Saturn is very hard to emulate because of it's complicated co-processor structure... the only thing that I could see the Pi3 helping with there is the fact that they've moved to a 64bit CPU but I can't imagine it'll give it an extra grunt considering the GFX chip is the same as far as I can see.

Still... built in wifi and bluetooth is a major plus.

The OS is still 32bit for now. They're evaluation to see if its worth moving to 64bit.
The graphics chip got a slight bump on the pi3, nothing crazy though.

I've got a couple on the way from pimoroni so will see how she runs

Yeah ponied up for one including PiBow case myself. You bought more than one? Surprise surprise... :P

MrVestek

Surely when it hits mass market somebody will rebuild Raspbian (or whatever) to run 64bit, no?

Steve X2

MrVestek wrote: »

Surely when it hits mass market somebody will rebuild Raspbian (or whatever) to run 64bit, no?

I'm sure someone will compile a 64 bit OS, maybe not Raspian, but something.
But I also wonder if there's any benefit to it on a system like this with 1GB ram.

MrVestek

Steve X2 wrote: »

MrVestek wrote: »

Surely when it hits mass market somebody will rebuild Raspbian (or whatever) to run 64bit, no?

I'm sure someone will compile a 64 bit OS, maybe not Raspian, but something.
But I also wonder if there's any benefit to it on a system like this with 1GB ram.

Could be if someone compiles or rewrites one of the major emulators or Kodi to run natively in 64bit.

Myrddin

Two chances of Saturn emulation on the Pi3 I'd say

MrVestek

Myrddin wrote: »

Two chances of Saturn emulation on the Pi3 I'd say

I... erm... :P

Amalgam

MrVestek wrote: »

So anybody else purchased the Raspberry Pi 3?

I'll be interested in seeing how it performs as a Kodi / RetroPie box.

Steve X2 wrote: »

I've got a couple on the way from pimoroni so will see how she runs

I have one shipped/incoming from The Pi Hut. The now have backorders with May as a date.. :eek:

A bit cheeky of them to keep taking (seemingly) orders for stock yet to arrive.

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Hackaday crunch some real world tests and it seems to be a good bit faster. Emulation of 'difficult' PSX titles shouldn't slow down as much.

Hackaday: Pi 3 Benchmarks: The Marketing Hype Is True

http://hackaday.com/2016/03/01/pi-3-benchmarks-the-marketing-hype-is-true/

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EDIT: Only the Leds have physically moved, to the other side of the MicroSD slot, so, fairly open cases with some space should still work.

Steve X2

Ohh, nice

http://kotaku.com/nintendos-snes-themed-3ds-is-just-beautiful-1762744336

Corholio

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

"Coleco Chamelon"

https://twitter.com/frankcifaldi/status/699662592218787841

https://twitter.com/frankcifaldi/status/704506008513581056

It's been a trainwreck to follow really.

Pat the NES Punk has done some great podcasts on it over the past few weeks, well worth a watch.