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by jamesh
Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:52 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: RASBERRY AND WEB TV
Replies: 14
Views: 5934

Re: RASBERRY AND WEB TV

... with h.264. So if you have videos encoded with wmv, divx, xvid, real media, they might not play.<br/> <br/> A solution would be to transcode your videos to h.264 or setup a server that can transcode videos on the fly based on the playback device. (something ...
by MartinRaspberry
Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:54 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Can It handle Blu-ray playback ?
Replies: 42
Views: 26989

Re: Can It handle Blu-ray playback ?

... <br/> <br/> It can be pretty automated. So if you are on Windows Media Centre, other OS are available,  with MyMovies (<URL url="http://www.mymovies.dk">www.mymovies.dk</URL>) ... ISO, it then pulls all the cover, synopsis, artist info etc, from it's server for your db and then provides a Cover ...
by edzieba
Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:15 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Can It handle Blu-ray playback ?
Replies: 42
Views: 26989

Re: Can It handle Blu-ray playback ?

... <br/> <br/> It can be pretty automated. So if you are on Windows Media Centre, other OS are available,  with MyMovies (<URL url="http://www.mymovies.dk">www.mymovies.dk</URL>) ... ISO, it then pulls all the cover, synopsis, artist info etc, from it's server for your db and then provides a Cover ...
by ElectronPusher
Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:43 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Cases for the Raspberry Pi
Replies: 866
Views: 435594

Re: Cases for the Raspberry Pi

... (the toasters come in dual-slot versions), or even self-contained media server…</r>
by cnxsoft
Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:42 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: RASBERRY AND WEB TV
Replies: 14
Views: 5934

Re: RASBERRY AND WEB TV

... with h.264. So if you have videos encoded with wmv, divx, xvid, real media, they might not play.<br/> <br/> A solution would be to transcode your videos to h.264 or setup a server that can transcode videos on the fly based on the playback device. (something ...
by MartinRaspberry
Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:19 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Can It handle Blu-ray playback ?
Replies: 42
Views: 26989

Re: Can It handle Blu-ray playback ?

... <br/> <br/> <br/> It can be pretty automated. So if you are on Windows Media Centre, other OS are available,  with MyMovies (<URL url="http://www.mymovies.dk">www.mymovies.dk</URL>) ... ISO, it then pulls all the cover, synopsis, artist info etc, from it's server for your db and then provides a ...
by Helpme1986
Tue Jan 03, 2012 4:10 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How would you use a Raspberry Pi device?
Replies: 514
Views: 230495

Re: How would you use a Raspberry Pi device?

... thanks to TheRegister.co.uk (sorry, im probably not helping with your server loads today!)<br/> <br/> Ive got a few things in mind for mine but ... the usual to what everyone else is saying (NAS, SmartTV equivalent, Media Player etc) these are a few things in my mind would be cool if possible<br/> ...
by Paul7k
Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:28 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Linux Distros
Replies: 41
Views: 8046

Re: Linux Distros

... file sharing does not work.<br/> <br/> for the playstation 3, a media "server" is needed, you can get "MediaTomb" for any linux which will do this, it has 2 options, ...
by TheTap
Mon Jan 02, 2012 9:05 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Thoughtful and educated discussion of operating systems and hardware
Replies: 19
Views: 4935

Re: Thoughtful and educated discussion of operating systems and hardware

... OS out there, but it's been tailored to consumption of pre-rendered media rather than actual usage of some amazingly powerful hardware.  The ... <br/> Con : Less hardware support than Linux (more tailored to server usage)<br/> <br/> And that's pretty much it.  I'm not considering ...
by tufty
Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:49 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Thoughtful and educated discussion of operating systems and hardware
Replies: 19
Views: 4935

Re: Thoughtful and educated discussion of operating systems and hardware

... OS out there, but it's been tailored to consumption of pre-rendered media rather than actual usage of some amazingly powerful hardware.  The ... <br/> Con : Less hardware support than Linux (more tailored to server usage)<br/> <br/> And that's pretty much it.  I'm not considering ...
by jamesh
Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:25 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Smart TVs on the Cheap
Replies: 11
Views: 7436

Re: Smart TVs on the Cheap

... raspi.<br/> <br/> Probably we can use DLNA/uPNP or to decode on another media server, and then use raspi only to render it on the TV.<br/> <br/> Can't wait to get my hands ...
by unsimple
Mon Jan 02, 2012 3:40 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Smart TVs on the Cheap
Replies: 11
Views: 7436

Re: Smart TVs on the Cheap

... raspi.<br/> <br/> Probably we can use DLNA/uPNP or to decode on another media server, and then use raspi only to render it on the TV.<br/> <br/> Can't wait to get my hands ...
by Kaz
Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:40 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Smart TVs on the Cheap
Replies: 11
Views: 7436

Re: Smart TVs on the Cheap

... raspi.<br/> <br/> Probably we can use DLNA/uPNP or to decode on another media server, and then use raspi only to render it on the TV.<br/> <br/> Can't wait to get my hands ...
by jamesh
Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:30 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Smart TVs on the Cheap
Replies: 11
Views: 7436

Re: Smart TVs on the Cheap

... raspi.<br/> <br/> Probably we can use DLNA/uPNP or to decode on another media server, and then use raspi only to render it on the TV.<br/> <br/> Can't wait to get my hands ...
by Mushroom_Lord
Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:13 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Smart TVs on the Cheap
Replies: 11
Views: 7436

Re: Smart TVs on the Cheap

... raspi.<br/> <br/> Probably we can use DLNA/uPNP or to decode on another media server, and then use raspi only to render it on the TV.<br/> <br/> Can't wait to get my hands ...
by amit
Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:29 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Smart TVs on the Cheap
Replies: 11
Views: 7436

Re: Smart TVs on the Cheap

I don't think we'll have enough CPU horse power to decode hull HD movies on raspi.

Probably we can use DLNA/uPNP or to decode on another media server, and then use raspi only to render it on the TV.

Can't wait to get my hands on it to try this out.
by bradburts
Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:47 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Looking for a low power LAMP server solution, is this it?
Replies: 18
Views: 6742

Re: Looking for a low power LAMP server solution, is this it?

<t>The Raspberry Pi sure would make a nice low power server.<br/> <br/> 30 Watt is going to cost you around £40 pa today.<br/> <br/> ... performance should be around 5 MB/s which will be good enough for basic media streaming as well.<br/> <br/> You can use a 2.5" HDD no problem. All you ...
by com
Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:50 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Cases for the Raspberry Pi
Replies: 866
Views: 435594

Re: Cases for the Raspberry Pi

I heard some one talk about an altiods case. I think I will make one of those and I also am going to use one for a media server built into my dash of my car with monitors for my kids. I am still thinking of other cases.
Com out.
by Paul7k
Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:31 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Network File transfer
Replies: 8
Views: 2509

Re: Network File transfer

... a device, but was very curious if it would hold up as a network file server for a home, just to transfer media files across devices really (without encoding). as that would be more than likely its ...
by gorn
Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:48 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How would you use a Raspberry Pi device?
Replies: 514
Views: 230495

Re: How would you use a Raspberry Pi device?

<t>i'll use it as a monitoring server (nagios or something like that) for my network, and maybe one as media center (if i can manage to connect a wireless keyboard with pad and read videos on HDD or streamed ...
by robforrest
Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:59 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Spoofing an IR receiver to connect to an amp
Replies: 7
Views: 3147

Re: Spoofing an IR receiver to connect to an amp

... this is to be able to control the amp via the same web interface as the media server, for instance being able to turn the volume up.  For this, all I would ever have to ...
by robforrest
Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:34 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Spoofing an IR receiver to connect to an amp
Replies: 7
Views: 3147

Re: Spoofing an IR receiver to connect to an amp

... so far.<br/> <br/> My first project is going to be using the R-Pi as a media server.  Its going to sit just behind my amp, connect via HDMI, run a small web server that ...
by tank
Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:58 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: What was your first computer?
Replies: 527
Views: 210755

Re: What was your first computer?

... (with RISC OS)<br/> <br/> I have had to go to the "dark side" for media centres and a server for them...</t>
by chrishind10
Sun Dec 25, 2011 3:43 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How would you use a Raspberry Pi device?
Replies: 514
Views: 230495

Re: How would you use a Raspberry Pi device?

<t>I think it makes a great low powered media computer, although if I can find an arm compatible c64 emulator I may be building ... work well it may also be time to retire my power hungry AMD athlon based dev server for something a little more efficient (rasberry pi)<br/> <br/> I look forward ...
by hippy
Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:46 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: News articles and blog posts about Raspberry Pi
Replies: 1021
Views: 235255

Re: News articles and blog posts about Raspberry Pi

... to have grabbed the attention of the newswire services, hence a lot of media are reporting the story so it's on the Google News page. I expect the server is in for a busy day ...<br/> <br/> <URL url="http://www.upi.com/Science_New.....#038;or=sn">http://www.upi.com/Science_New.....#038;or=sn</URL></r>

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