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Re: Aye, Aye Raspberry Pi
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:02 pm
by trogggy
It's still 'no'.
The pi streams just fine with xbmc. Honest.
I've no idea what that article's trying to say, unless it's that you can't access Hulu directly (ie not via xbmc).
Having said that I've never used Hulu, so maybe that's a case apart. Is it US only?
I know stuff like [removed], sports devil, navi-x etc (anything I've tried that works on my pc build) works.
Re: Aye, Aye Raspberry Pi
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:51 am
by EFORCE
Just saw a demo at a friend the other day. Streaming from a NAS seems flawless even in HD. Also Icefilms works without any problems. I am actually considering replacing my xbox as the main unit with this one......
Re: Aye, Aye Raspberry Pi
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 10:47 am
by xbs
The "problem" with the RPi is that the menus/view with fanart are a bit slow compare to an "real" PC...
This can be improved with OverClock, setting the OverClock trigger lower (e.g. 50-60) and run it from a fast USB pendrive e.g. USB 3.0
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root ~ # hdparm -tT /dev/sda1
/dev/sda1:
Timing cached reads: 194 MB in 2.01 seconds = 96.29 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.08 seconds = 20.80 MB/sec
My current config is OC 900/333/450 OC, OV 2, up_threshold 50, mSD class 4 2GB + USB 3.0 16GB and it's pretty snappy
Does anyone tried a USB HDD yet?
Re: Aye, Aye Raspberry Pi
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:48 pm
by EFORCE
I just received my PI and installed it with RASPBMC. sofar works like a charm, but indeed does sometimes respond a little slower than the xbox when using Transparancy! but it is a heavy duty skin.
Sofar no problems but unfortunately it doesn't play DVD rips. Hope they solve this in the near future. On the other hand, it plays HD just fine from my NAS or laptop, so I can't complain......
I read about improvments when loading XBMC from USB, but do not really understand it....
Re: Aye, Aye Raspberry Pi
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:15 pm
by whufclee
There's a massive improvement in performance if you use a USB 3.0 stick. I'm using the Jetflash 700 8gb stick and it's working brilliant - really fast, lots faster than a class 10 SD card.
I know the r-pi only has USB 2.0 ports so in theory USB 3.0 shouldn't make any difference but it really does - there is a technical explanation but I don't really understand, all I know is that it works so I'm very happy
Re: Aye, Aye Raspberry Pi
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:22 pm
by xbs
You need to buy a licence from the RPi store for mpeg-2 (DVD ISO) playback.
Re: Aye, Aye Raspberry Pi
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 4:04 pm
by spicemuseum
whufclee wrote:There's a massive improvement in performance if you use a USB 3.0 stick. I'm using the Jetflash 700 8gb stick and it's working brilliant - really fast, lots faster than a class 10 SD card.
I know the r-pi only has USB 2.0 ports so in theory USB 3.0 shouldn't make any difference but it really does - there is a technical explanation but I don't really understand, all I know is that it works so I'm very happy
Link?
Re: Aye, Aye Raspberry Pi
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 6:20 pm
by whufclee
Link? You mean to the usb stick or the technical explanation? The stick cost £5.99 from ebuyer but I think its now gone up a pound. There was a link to the technical stuff posted on xbmchub, you'll find it in the r-pi section somewhere. I think it was tuxen that posted the link.
Re: Aye, Aye Raspberry Pi
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:11 am
by nidge
Thought you guys might be interested? Personally I don't watch The Gadget Show now Suzi Perry isn't in it
lol
http://gadgetshow.channel5.com/gadget-s ... dia-centre
Re: Aye, Aye Raspberry Pi
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:00 pm
by EFORCE
xbs wrote:You need to buy a licence from the RPi store for mpeg-2 (DVD ISO) playback.
I bought the license but there are still issues with VIDEO_TS and DVD iso playback on the PI.
HD works fine, so I am happy.... I can still use the XBOX for the DVD rips
Also with a XBOX to USB connector, the XBOX remote works out of the box, so no need to buy a IR receiver or new remote
Re: Aye, Aye Raspberry Pi
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:15 pm
by whufclee
For anyone considering buying a r-pi or maybe you're having playback/slow navigation problems I've done some video guides. These are aimed to be very noob friendly but I'll be adding more advanced guides in the coming weeks/months.
My Raspberry Pi "How To..." Playlist
Re: Aye, Aye Raspberry Pi
Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 12:27 pm
by EFORCE
I love mine, still need to try the USB install to improve perfromance, but overall it works great. Also good to know the XBOX remote works out of the box, so I bought myself a XBOX to USB cable for a couple of euro and can use the existing remote without original config (when using RASPBMC).
Re: Aye, Aye Raspberry Pi
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 8:15 am
by bigkidoz
Does the PI have any IR/RF receivers built in, other than a hacked xbox sensor what else can you use that would work with a logitech uni remote ?
Re: Aye, Aye Raspberry Pi
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 8:24 am
by Xphazer
No IR receiver built-in. Thats what i use on one of my RPi..
http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title ... O_Receiver
Re: Aye, Aye Raspberry Pi
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 1:37 pm
by Geeba
spicemuseum wrote:whufclee wrote:There's a massive improvement in performance if you use a USB 3.0 stick. I'm using the Jetflash 700 8gb stick and it's working brilliant - really fast, lots faster than a class 10 SD card.
I know the r-pi only has USB 2.0 ports so in theory USB 3.0 shouldn't make any difference but it really does - there is a technical explanation but I don't really understand, all I know is that it works so I'm very happy
Link?
Yeah made me take a second look!
I'm always up for more performance! wonder if there any gains for the Xbox USB1.1 port
http://news.softpedia.com/news/USB-3-0- ... 1535.shtml
"What is interesting is that not only does the next-generation SuperSpeed standard reach much higher speeds, but performance is better even on USB 2.0 ports. This, the hardware maker claims, is owed to the multi-channel architecture used in the units' construction."