[GRLUG] Raspberry Pi Question

[Jonathan Jesse]

The ability to create local media is what I was really hoping for. Netflix
and Amazon were bonuses
On Jul 27, 2012 8:36 AM, "Ryan Pusztai" <rpusztai at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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