[H-GEN] media centre

[Peter Robinson]

On 05/02/13 14:56, Julian DeMarchi wrote:
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> On 02/05/2013 02:45 PM, Peter Robinson wrote:
>> It all went well for my test as a Linux platform for student experiments
>> but not so much as a media centre so I bought another SD card for $20
>> and installed Raspbmc (there is a tool that writes a bootable tool to
>> the card that runs and installs a variant of Debian with the required
>> XBMC support that boots straight into XBMC).
>>
>> In XBMC I then installed plugins for Youtube, TedTalks,  iView (and
>> other catchups) and a mythtv client.
>>
>> The XBMC user interface is pretty slow but when it comes to running HD
>> video there were no problems.
>>
>> It looks like I need to purchase a codec for mpeg (a few dollars) to run
>> the mythtv client (at the moment I get audio but no video).
>>
>> The extra nice thing is that the tv remove will drive XBMC (although
>> entering text is a bit of a pain - but there is an Android app for that
>> :) )
> 100% what I ended up doing with mine with 1 deviation. I used a logitec
> clamshell bluetooth keyboard. Perfect!
I think I'll try the Android app and see how that goes first but 
clamshell sounds like a good way to go (USB bluetooth dongle for the pi?)
> I have yet to purchase the codecs for mine however.
>
> I also pwoer my Pi off the USB out on my T.V. Turn the tellie on, the Pi
> is on! :)
Me too - on my tv the second hdmi slot and usb are next to each other so 
makes it easier. My only worry is forgetting to shutdown pi before 
turning the tv off.
> Brilliant peice of hardware IMHO.
>
> --julian
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