Hi there. Noob looking for some advice

[vinylash]

Hi guys I'm new to the forum and just wanted to say what a brilliant community it seems to be.
I got my hands on a pi2 and have been using retropie to fill my old school gaming needs (using this forum for advice may I add). By following posts on here, it works flawlessly by tweaking and using an external usb hub.
But I wanted to explore more of what this fantastic little machine can do. So I turned my attention to a Linux based OS. Ive installed rasbian using noobs and I have a few general questions that this forum may be able to help with. I'm fairly new to the world of Linux so please go easy lol.

1. I would like a media player to use in raspbian which I can use like vlc on a Windows machine. Ive seen that omx player seems to be the choice, but is there a way of using a gui where I can double click a video and it will just play, or right click and select 'play with'? The reason I ask is I just wanted something fairly simple rather than use a command line all the time.

2. Does rasbian have the ability to use programs such as k3b and use an external cd writer to burn disks? I have a powered usb hub so powering the drive shouldn't be an issue.


I really appreciate any advice or comments in advance. And just want to say again that this forum is by far the best place to be for raspberry pi fans.

[DirkS]

1. I would like a media player to use in raspbian which I can use like vlc on a Windows machine. Ive seen that omx player seems to be the choice, but is there a way of using a gui where I can double click a video and it will just play, or right click and select 'play with'? The reason I ask is I just wanted something fairly simple rather than use a command line all the time.

You could use omxplayergui as a 'lightweight' solution. Alternatively you could install Kodi on Raspbian, wich is probably not exactly what you're looking for.

2. Does rasbian have the ability to use programs such as k3b and use an external cd writer to burn disks? I have a powered usb hub so powering the drive shouldn't be an issue.

Top post when I googled for 'raspberry pi cd burning' is viewtopic.php?f=63&t=57305.
So I would say that's possible.

[fruitoftheloom]

You should not need a powered USB Hub to power a slimline USB Drive, providing you have a decent good quality 5V2A PSU like:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/un ... wer-supply

http://www.amazon.co.uk/External-Netboo ... B0042RWWTE


Regards K3B, there a lightweight alternatives which may be better suited to the RPi like xfburn..


Regards media take a look at kweb, it is more than just a web browser and includes OMXPlayer gui

viewtopic.php?t=40860

[vinylash]

Thanks for the replies and info guys.
I'll check out some of this stuff and let you guys know how it turns out

[W. H. Heydt]

2. Does rasbian have the ability to use programs such as k3b and use an external cd writer to burn disks? I have a powered usb hub so powering the drive shouldn't be an issue.

Yes. I do just that. I use a good powered hub with both of the USB connectors on the CD/DVD burner connected to the hub. It works just fine to burn CDs.

[vinylash]

Ok, installed tbo omx gui and used the 'open with' setting to set the open command for all my movies. I have to say so far it's played expendables 3 in mp4 format very well. You can definitely tell that it works well with the rpi2 hardware accelerated. I'm very happy with this solution so far. But I may look at trying kweb too.

Just waiting for my CD drive enclosure to turn up to try k3b for burning CD s.

I have to say I'm impressed with the Jessie OS.