Long time Android and Linux user from the uk. Mostly a tinkerer, but not an expert. Usually a raspberry pi or 2 around the place doing various tasks.
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Hi,
I want to install XBMC on my Raspberry Pi B model. I have done that sometime in the past, but at that time XBMC was very unstable and it was crashing a lot. So, has anyone recently installed XBMC? If so, does it have any stability issues? Is it running smoothly (performance-wise)?
If you faced anything strange please let me know...
Do some research on Raspbmc, xbian and openelec. I run Openelec hard wired to a NAS without any issues. From rrading the foruns most issues come about because of special requirements and customisations (where the user lacks the skills/knowledge) run stock and its a pretty sweet media centre for the price tag.
Raspbmc
I've used Raspbmc with great success. It's optimised for running xbmc on the Pi and I've found it fast considering the hardware it's running on.
It's very easy to set up and playback is very smooth over wired ethernet.
A couple of my non-techie mates use it daily without problem.
I can't comment on other solutions as I've not tried them.
I'm in a similar boat - about to set up a new B+ for both my kids to use in their education and also as a "secondary" (although I can see it being the default day to day) configuration as a media player for my dumb TV.
From the research I've done so far, currently (overclocked) OpenElec seems to be slightly recommended against XBian, with RaspBMC a bit behind that. But all the reviews and websites seem to indicate that all three will do the job fine, with the recommendations being from ease of set-up and how "cutting edge" they are in terms of maintenance and improvement. And also that each tend to get boosted at their updates so the lead changes quite regularly.
In my case I think I'm going to set up one SD card for the kids with Raspian and stuff like Scratch and maybe Python etc, with a second card dedicated to media use and swap them out when the usage changes over. That way I can nuke from orbit and play around on the media side without affecting their set-ups at all.
One of the better comparisons sites I saw was the links below (and the pages linked from them):
http://www.htpcbeginner.com/overclocked-openelec-vs-xbian-raspberry-pi/
http://www.htpcbeginner.com/raspbmc-vs-openelec-comparison-2014/
http://www.htpcbeginner.com/raspbmc-vs-openelec-comparison-2014/
I prefer openELEC. I set it up so that the USB drive was the root device so I had more storage and so I can safely overclock without corrupting my SD card
Just wondering what the possibilities are here. Anyone got any experience with a raspberry pi and HP touchpad, how they interact with each, networking to PC's etc? Thanks for your feedback tips and hints and of course interesting pictures and guides
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Hello,
I have a RPi as a NAS (torrent downloader and network storage) and I access the files through the network (with the Touchpad and PCs). If you are looking for something like that, you can search for guides to setting-up you RPi in that way.
The files are accesed within a samba server on the RPi, and using any network file explorer from Android or PC. The RPi is running 24/7 without troubles.
I am working on a project which requires me to operate a stepper motors using Raspberry Pi 3 and C#. I am new to Raspberry Pi. Any tips on how to get started will be appreciated.
Very new to this whole raspberry pi thing.
Long story short, I recently bought a pi zero w and manage to install pi-hole and config my home network to go through it when I browse the net.
This got me very excited so I start looking into more pi projects.
The next thing I want to do is try to install Android TV box into the same raspberry pi. I was wondering if the zero w is powerful enough to run both pi hole and android at the same time or do I need to order another one?
If it is powerful enough, I am currently running Pi Hole off Raspbian, is it possible/how to run both at the same time?
I found a few guides on how to install android tv but cant get my head around running both at the same time.
Thanks:good:
Hi All,
I'm not overly experienced with my pi but looking for some support and hopefully will get better with more use.
I have a Raspberry Pi 3 with Raspberry Pi OS (64 bit), freshly flashed a couple weeks ago. It is running headless, with a wired ethernet connection.
I have installed Portainer and Docker with three different containers. (qBittorrent, Gluten, Zwave2mqtt)
There is a an Aeotec Zwave USB stick installed.
The pi becomes unresponsive every day or every other day. No ability to SSH in.
Historically, the pi worked fine with a similar (though not exact) setup, including the USB stick. This was with the 32bit version of the OS, not using portainer and only the Zwave2mqtt as a docker image.
Would be glad to get log files, but I haven't been able to figure out which log files I need to pull to help diagnose this problem. Where do I start with this kind of troubleshooting?
Thanks!