Does anyone have any information about Raspberry Pi.
No, its not a typo nor is it a dessert.
Specifically I am looking at creating a Media Server and using the Raspberry Pi's as a Control unit for the TVs that they are connected too.
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Does anyone have any information about Raspberry Pi.
No, its not a typo nor is it a dessert.
Specifically I am looking at creating a Media Server and using the Raspberry Pi's as a Control unit for the TVs that they are connected too.
Search for plex and rasplex, it's what I use...
I use it too, bloody awesome set up for an outlay of around a hundred bucks.
Make sure you get a good remote though, it can be a bit of a pain if you get the wrong one.
I have a Amazon TV with xbmc installed, and play media off of a computer. Bit more setting up, and not really for novices. But when done it just works. About $100 all told.
Sounds like a similar set up Palitu, rasplex uses xbmc on a raspberry PI.
At the risk of sounding a bit, like, um..... derr. Can one of yas explain in laymans terms what you're all conversating about?
I love techy gadgets & feel like I'm missing out
Raspberry Pi is a Computer the size of a pack of Cigarettes. With a HDMI output Port - a SD Card as memory and 2 USB ports - it was designed to teach High school and University Students about basic computer programing and designing.
It has multiple uses.
Depending on the size of the SD-Card and case you can buy them on ebay from $40 - $100
XBMC is a computer software based on Linux specifically designed for Multi-Media.
I am learning about this stuff at TAFE at the moment - I am no expert. Darren, BnB and Gigs are way above my level.
I hope that they will correct me if I am wrong
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No, Plex is the server, rasplex makes use of, and extends the xbmc and openelec code to create a player which is (essentially) a port of xbmc specifically designed to be easy to connect to a Plex server.
The beauty of running Plex is it's multi-platform ability, there are clients for just about everything that has a screen, even some smart tvs have dedicated Plex clients written for them.
Actually, that's a thought, Ex, you should check and see if that's an option, if your tv connects to the Ethernet, it might be better to run a native client.
While you tech geeks are on a roll can someone tell me why our wifi/airport causes interference on Samsung Smart tv-doesn't seem very smart. Every time we use MacBook or iPad, there's static on all local channels through Foxtel.
Does your smart tv use Wifi or Ethernet to connect?
Fair enough. I have none of those fandagled TV's. But i also do not have a server capable of doign the transcoding on the fly ( i have attempted it!). and so far, the performance i have had out of XBMC and a plain fileserver has been much better than what i had from plex.
I also like the amazon fire tv. small, powerful, cheap and neat - it is built to do what it does.