Go to advanced search

by lazyleo
Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:30 pm
Forum: Networking and servers
Topic: Pi 4 slow WiFi
Replies: 1
Views: 513

Pi 4 slow WiFi

Hi all! First post on these forums. I'm using my Pi 4 as a media server / NAS. It is currently connected to a AC WiFi. Somehow, I am getting pretty poor network ...
by AtTheHakShack
Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:54 pm
Forum: Graphics, sound and multimedia
Topic: GIANT UPDATE: Build FFmpeg and mpv – Automatically in 54 Minutes!
Replies: 278
Views: 155823

FIXED! Build FFmpeg and mpv – Automatically in 54 Minutes!

... The command to download it manually is wget -q --show-progress --no-use-server-timestamps https://downloads.sourceforge.net/lame/lame-3.100.tar.gz ... ##### Now we build and install FFmpeg! This is the very powerful media "engine" at the center of everything we're doing. The last 3 "--enable" ...
by gvkalra
Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:21 pm
Forum: OpenMAX
Topic: gstreamer: v4l2convert / v4l2h264enc for efficient from RGB(A) to I420 to h264 encoding
Replies: 8
Views: 1137

Re: gstreamer: v4l2convert / v4l2h264enc for efficient from RGB(A) to I420 to h264 encoding

... to NULL ... Freeing pipeline ... pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cvlc test.avi VLC media player 3.0.8 Vetinari (revision 3.0.8-0-gf350b6b5a7) [01bdc3a8] vlcpulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused [01bdfbc0] main interface error: no suitable ...
by graf_eberstein
Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:14 pm
Forum: Ubuntu
Topic: [URGENT] Adding Flash plug-in to Chromium - Ubuntu 19.10(aarch64) + MATE on RPi4
Replies: 26
Views: 1452

Re: [URGENT] Adding Flash plug-in to Chromium - Ubuntu 19.10(aarch64) + MATE on RPi4

... AWARD BIOS bilibop/eoan 0.5.6 arm64 run Debian GNU/Linux from external media - metapackage bilibop-common/eoan 0.5.6 arm64 shell functions for bilibop ... Tools to dump and generate boot config table on Tegra devices crtmpserver/eoan 1.0~dfsg-5.5 arm64 High performance RTMP/RTSP streaming server ...
by gribensk
Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:37 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: SSD Partition for Raspbian Light
Replies: 14
Views: 554

SSD Partition for Raspbian Light

Hello all, I wanted to use one of my pi's for a plex server, and since everything is faster with an SSD, I wanted to install raspbian light on a 1tb SSD to hold all of my media. I've had raspbian go down for multiple reasons in the past, so I'm wondering if it ...
by Birdybird
Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:00 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Share on raspberry want to open program on it with w10 client not possible
Replies: 10
Views: 318

Re: Share on raspberry want to open program on it with w10 client not possible

... ### # Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of workgroup = MSHOME wins support = yes #### Networking ... [SharePi] comment = RaspberryPi writeable = yes browsable = yes path = /media/pi/data create mask = 0777 directory mask = 0777 #public = no guest ...
by 6by9
Tue Apr 28, 2020 5:26 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Errors setting up plex on raspberry pi 4
Replies: 10
Views: 600

Re: Errors setting up plex on raspberry pi 4

... to https://dev2day.de/ you get a link to a blog post Official Plex Media Server for ARM 25 Jul 2019, 18:05 Official Plex packages for the Raspberry Pi 2-4 and other ...
by djc290761
Tue Apr 28, 2020 2:53 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Errors setting up plex on raspberry pi 4
Replies: 10
Views: 600

Re: Errors setting up plex on raspberry pi 4

... the command given above ---------- How to Set Up a Raspberry Pi Plex Server Before proceeding with using your Raspberry Pi as a Plex server, as ... update sudo apt-get upgrade After that, you'll need to install Plex Media Server. Before doing so, it's necessary to add the Plex package repository ...
by themsk
Sun Apr 26, 2020 1:20 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: hdd wake up on shut down pi
Replies: 4
Views: 146

Re: hdd wake up on shut down pi

I cant unmount the drive because is used as media content for plex. So, the hdd is mounted all the time, mounted on boot and enter in sleep mode if no one use the plex server.
by djc290761
Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:02 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Media Server
Replies: 0
Views: 99

Media Server

We like to listen to our music at various places in our home and so I am (trying to) setting up either My Media or Plex on my Pi 4

I want something easy and reliable to use.

Any suggestion?
by leelowry
Fri Apr 24, 2020 11:18 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Raspberry Pi 3B+ and Hard-Drives
Replies: 1
Views: 129

Raspberry Pi 3B+ and Hard-Drives

Currently have a Raspberry Pi 3B+ setup as a Media server, my Media is on 2 separate hard drives powered through a USB hub. One of the Hard-Drives keeps ...
by wrp
Fri Apr 24, 2020 6:05 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: Connecting WD NAS to Pi4
Replies: 7
Views: 743

Connecting WD NAS to Pi4

I am trying to set up pi4 as a headless media player. All of the media is on a WD My Book Live. Both are hard wired to the ... thing is that when I go in using RealVNC, in the file viewer I can see the server identified by it’s network name, “vault”. If I connect anonymously the path ...
by renice123
Thu Apr 23, 2020 8:46 am
Forum: Graphics, sound and multimedia
Topic: media streaming server with interactions
Replies: 1
Views: 251

Re: media streaming server with interactions

О каком взаимодействии вы пишете? Если вы хотите управлять передачей потока в Сеть, то icecast2 делает это возможным с управлением через mpd и его консольные утилиты. Иными словами, вы запускаете icecast2 + mpd, управляете mpd через консольную утилиту ncmpcpp. Также есть еще несколько утилит такого ...
by ejolson
Thu Apr 23, 2020 4:07 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Raspberry Pi 4 NAS
Replies: 21
Views: 925

Re: Raspberry Pi 4 NAS

... the latest Raspian Lite image as of (4/22/2020), as a NAS for my Media server. I wasn't expecting it to be super fast but right now I have a 5TB Western Digital USB ...
by jkirby0610
Thu Apr 23, 2020 2:21 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Raspberry Pi 4 NAS
Replies: 21
Views: 925

Raspberry Pi 4 NAS

... the latest Raspian Lite image as of (4/22/2020), as a NAS for my Media server. I wasn't expecting it to be super fast but right now I have a 5TB Western Digital USB ...
by GhostBuster
Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:22 am
Forum: Networking and servers
Topic: Unable to write to a usb drive via network
Replies: 4
Views: 115

Unable to write to a usb drive via network

Hi, I have a Raspberry Pi 4 with 4GB. I am using openmediavault to set up a usb drive to be able to be written to from my windows 10 ... write protected. This has me flummoxed. I have an identical setup as a media server and this i can access. Any help or suggestions on whatever else I could ...
by mahjongg
Mon Apr 20, 2020 2:11 pm
Forum: Teaching and learning resources
Topic: How-To: Raspberry Pi media SERVER (easy) [Obsolete]
Replies: 74
Views: 396488

Re: How-To: Raspberry Pi media SERVER (easy) [Obsolete]

Locked because this thread is now old and obsolete.
by GuilhermeFreire
Mon Apr 20, 2020 1:23 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: RasPi 4 is on RDP slower than the RasPi 3
Replies: 29
Views: 14408

Re: RasPi 4 is on RDP slower than the RasPi 3

For GuilhermeFreire and n4p, here is my bash script to compile FreeRDP for Pi4 : #!/bin/bash export CFLAGS="-O2 -march=armv8-a+crc -mtune=cortex-a72 -mfpu=neon-fp-armv8 -mfloat-abi=hard -ftree-vectorize -funsafe-math-optimizations -pipe" export CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=armv8-a+crc -mtune=cortex-a72 -mf...
by sakatagintoki
Sun Apr 19, 2020 5:08 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Wifi Dongle (Wlan1) not connecting to wifi
Replies: 0
Views: 61

Wifi Dongle (Wlan1) not connecting to wifi

... dhcpcd via the control socket. #controlgroup wheel # Inform the DHCP server of our hostname for DDNS. hostname # Use the hardware address of the ... media 36864 3 bcm2835_codec,videodev,v4l2_mem2mem vc_sm_cma 36864 1 bcm2835_mmal_vchiq ...
by crispn
Sat Apr 18, 2020 7:40 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Drives Ejecting themselves.
Replies: 6
Views: 341

Re: Drives Ejecting themselves.

... drive (WD10 SPZX) which I bought with the intention of using it as a media server. If I try other drives such as Kingston SSD300 or another spinny WD1600BEV which I have ...
by Dschaef1
Sat Apr 18, 2020 2:42 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Do I need power management?
Replies: 0
Views: 47

Do I need power management?

I'm adding a geekworm x825 to my rpi4. It will be for a dedicated dvr/media server.

Do I also need the x735 power management board? Whst will it do for me?
by geev03
Fri Apr 17, 2020 8:41 pm
Forum: Gentoo
Topic: exGent Raspberry Pi 4B (Gentoo OS)
Replies: 1
Views: 609

Re: exGent Raspberry Pi 4B (Gentoo OS)

... lxde-base/menu-cache-1.1.0 mail-mta/ssmtp-2.64-r3 media-fonts/encodings-1.0.5 media-fonts/font-util-1.3.2-r1 media-fonts/liberation-fonts-2.00.1-r3 ... x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.20-r1 x11-base/xorg-proto-2019.2 x11-base/xorg-server-1.20.7 x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.6 x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.9.0 ...
by thagrol
Fri Apr 17, 2020 8:19 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Two IP addresses
Replies: 10
Views: 395

Re: Two IP addresses

... my new Raspberry Pi. During the set up I connected the Pi to my Virgin Media Super Hub 2 through 5G (this apparently uses two channels). I entered ... seemed to work as expected. I then tried to use Putty and tightvncserver to access the Pi desktop from my Windows 10 laptop. In order to use ...
by Alu pi
Fri Apr 17, 2020 5:27 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: Complete guide to Raspberry Pi Model 3B+ Media Center running Kodi on Raspbian Stretch (with desktop)
Replies: 2
Views: 849

Complete guide to Raspberry Pi Model 3B+ Media Center running Kodi on Raspbian Stretch (with desktop)

... is 18.2 Leia. Not the last version obviously but still a fully working Media Center. I like to set up mine so that it is simple to use and no unnecessary ... Make sure “Protocol” is set to “Windows network (SMB)”, then on the “Server name” enter the IP address of your Raspberry Pi and click “OK”. ...
by Pi4Freakz
Fri Apr 17, 2020 5:13 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Pi 4 Ethernet drop (package flooding?)
Replies: 4
Views: 144

Pi 4 Ethernet drop (package flooding?)

... to the latest(February) raspbian. The pi 4 is in works as a headless media server and it does what it meant to do really well. The only problem is that crazy behavior ...

Go to advanced search