[GRLUG] Raspberry Pi Question

[Ryan Pusztai]

I have Amazon Instant Video working on XBMC using the Raspbmc distro. I
bought a cheap remote from Amazon (
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00224ZDFY/) and it works great. I also
tried OpenELEC, but found it very unstable. The RPi locked up quite a bit.

I also own a Roku HD and the reason I am liking the RPi better is that it
runs XBMC and that can play local media (media stored on my network) as
well as Amazon. The Roku uses Plex to play back the local media and that is
OK, but Boxee and RPi with XBMC just make use of my cheap, low powered NAS.
Plex needs some horse power to play HD content.
--
Regards,
Ryan



On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Jonathan Jesse <jjesse at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks again, once again it sounds like something fun I could drop in my
> bag and tinker with from whatever hotel room I'm in for that night....
> Heard they are at Black Hat this week w/ about 4k of these devices for sale
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:14 PM, megadave <megadave at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 1. There are two official manufacturer/distributor partners for the
>> R-Pi. alliedelec is the US partner of one of those two. Lead time
>> before they ship will vary.
>>
>> 2. You can connect R-Pi to your TV, but R-Pi does NOT run windows, so
>> cannot run Netflix (I'm unsure of the requirements for amazon video)
>>
>> 3.  R-Pi can run X11., but whether it starts on boot or  has to be
>> manually started depends on how the software is configured. The debian
>> 'squeeze' that is offered does not start it on boot.
>>
>> For more detailed information:
>>
>>  Official site: (Note "where to buy" on the right site of the page)
>> http://www.raspberrypi.org/
>> http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs
>>
>>  R-Pi wiki
>> http://elinux.org/RaspberryPiBoard
>>
>>  Forums
>> http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Jonathan Jesse <jjesse at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Question to the group... I was getting caught up on Triangulation (one
>> of
>> > the netcasts on the TWiT network) and they were interviewing the guy
>> behind
>> > the raspberry pi...  A couple of questions sparked my intrest
>> >
>> > 1.  From the RS Components webpage:
>> >
>> http://www.alliedelec.com/lp/120626raso/?cm_mmc=Offline-Referral-_-Electronics-_-RaspberryPi-201203-_-World-Selector-Page
>> > it shows 12 weeks for shipping.  Is this really the case and also the
>> only
>> > place to order it?
>> >
>> > 2.  There is an HDMI connection so can I use the $35 device instead of
>> the
>> > $85+ Roku device and achive the goal of streaming Netflix and or Amazon
>> > video through or is something not currently possible?
>> >
>> > 3.  They mentioned a Debian based installer, does that provide a GUI to
>> the
>> > device or just a shell you do everything through?
>> >
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