Raspberry for Movies?

[raspberrynewbie]

I bought a Raspberry Pi from a friend of a friend just to watch movies on connected to my tv.
It was working and now it won't work. It keeps saying Host Sight Down. For example, when I go to "Mash Up" to watch a movie it will say source site down or it says no search results found and I know there have to be results because there were before. I guess I just don't have a clue what I'm doing but a little guidance would be nice because I know nothing about codecs.
Thanks in advance.

[DirkS]

What software do you use to watch the movies?

It looks that you are streaming video from the Internet (?). Are you sure the connection is working?

Gr.
Dirk.

[raspberrynewbie]

I am sorry all I know is the box turns on to a dashboard - mine is set to confluence- and it says like videos, music, programs, pictures and system on the bottom. When I click on videos it offers me Mash Up( I'm guessing internet streaming) to watch movies, but then when I click on it all the time it says source site down even though I'm connected. . How do I make sure my internet is connected. Also, what all can my raspberry pi be used for for beginners who know nothing in the coding side? Thank you in advance.

[forenbenutzer]

Sounds like RaspBMC or XBMC?

First you could check your network connection on the system information page in XBMC.



Go to "Network" in this view.

[raspberrynewbie]

That's it! . It says I'm not connected. However when I go to Programs> Raspmc Settings all my info is there. When I scan networks it doesn't show any wifi networks.

[drgeoff]

Has the Wi-Fi dongle fallen out?