makiss8
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movies from usb

Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:08 am

hello all,

i want to use raspberry as media center.
if i plug a flash usb stick with movies on rasp can i play it ?

thanks

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Re: movies from usb

Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:19 am

yes
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make sure they are encoded as h264 for a start
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Re: movies from usb

Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:31 am

thanks for your answer

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Re: movies from usb

Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:30 am

makiss8 wrote:thanks for your answer

with win32DiskIMager i write the image file but after that the sd card is still empty..

whats is going on ?

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Re: movies from usb

Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:26 am

which image file ? post urls
what instructions where you following
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Re: movies from usb

Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:23 am

makiss8 wrote:
makiss8 wrote:thanks for your answer

with win32DiskIMager i write the image file but after that the sd card is still empty..

whats is going on ?
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Re: movies from usb

Wed Oct 15, 2014 7:30 am

fruitoftheloom wrote:
makiss8 wrote:
makiss8 wrote:thanks for your answer

with win32DiskIMager i write the image file but after that the sd card is still empty..

whats is going on ?
All the instructions are linked in the Downloads Page http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
i done all the instructions the same problem i have. when i install noobs edition i can only choose raspbian, every other image the raspberry doesnt boot .

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Re: movies from usb

Wed Oct 15, 2014 7:47 am

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Re: movies from usb

Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:43 am

RaTTuS wrote:ok just download the openelec one http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/openelec_latest
and follow the instructions
http://www.raspberrypi.org/documentatio ... /README.md
I always download the latest OpenElec from their WebSite it is now at version 4.2.1

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Re: movies from usb

Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:25 am

makiss8 wrote:
i done all the instructions the same problem i have. when i install noobs edition i can only choose raspbian, every other image the raspberry doesnt boot .
This has ended up looking like a duplicate of your earlier topic http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt ... 28&t=89125 'cant read sd'

I have added another reply to that topic.

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Re: movies from usb

Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:18 am

thanks you all, the problem was that the image wasnt working probably.

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