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Demonstration of raspbmc on raspberry pi b+
Raspberry Pi 3:
With the kit:
How to get raspbmc
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The OC might be what crashes it.
Chromecast can’t play mkv files etc, so it doesn’t work well as a Home Media Player for that purpose.
+Andrew Midkiff how will be the stream quality? video and audio
+Andrew Midkiff thats not really the best experience though, chromecast is only really good for the legit applications it supports.
You can’t really compare it to Chromecast. Chromecast needs another device to stream the media from. The Pi streams it by itself. Add it to a NAS and you have a fantastic media library and playback device. Might be worth giving OpenELEC a try as it’s a ready made XBMC build. By far the best £50 I’ve ever spent on my home media stuff.
True, the quality is meh, but it is possible. Raspberry pi on the other hand needs some work around to play Netflix. I use both and love them both for different reasons.
Use plex if you have a chromecast. It is by far the best way to do it. You set up one computer in your house to be a stream server, then all computers on the network act as remotes, or recievers for the video. You can then cast the video from any of your devices to your chromecasts from plex.
The Raspberry pi for a Media player is Great!! well my one is….thinking of upgrading to the new pi+.
How work with a 1080p mkv files? I want buy a raspberry pi for a media player
Its crashing because you are not using a direct powersupply. .. use and adapter with 5v and 2 amps and it wont crash
Exactly.
OK. I’ll use a iPad 2 charger then.
Looked perfect to me, didn’t notice any lag and the video playback from usb was smooth. Can you playback video files from usb on a chromecast?
Great video. I’m looking forward to playing with a B module soon!
I love my Pi. Installed Openelec, over clocked the system mildly and connected to my XBMC / mySql server. Menus aren’t super smooth but its played every file I’ve got without buffering, skipping etc. Streaming is smooth as well. Love it!
i switched to chromecast and plex.
the PI gets the job done but picking the film to watch on the phone and telling it to play on whichever tv in the house. also “just works” on more than just my chromecast, it works on my chromebook, phone, tablet, remotely.
its not perfect but it is good
You should try Openelec.
Raspbmc is not very stable because it’s “open”, but Openelec is stable.
cheers!
but hey, raspbmc looks better right?
+Kanishka Karimi They use the same themes and look the same 😉
nice heat sinks. will this all run better if you have more memory on raspberry like with a usb memory stick and larger micro SD card?
If you run it from a USB stick it’s faster. If you use OpenELEC it’s quicker than Raspbmc on an SD card anyway as it’s a scaled down version of XBMC – looks and functions the same. You can also overclock the Pi by running sudo raspbi-config in the terminal and selecting to overclock. It said in this video that it’s already overclocked but it shouldn’t be. It comes standard as 700mhz. If you overclock though it’s you’re responsibility, not mine. Raspberry Pi say you can overclock it safely which is why they have the options to overclock in the raspi-config menu. I’m running mine on Turbo.
can u get mobdro and showbox as addons for xbmc?
Love the kit recommendation, good video. Thanks!
raspberry Pi 2 B is out now faster and double the ram
Apple keep getting worse and worse… I’m so sorry I ever bought any Apple products!
Openelec and kodi new xbmc is fantastic on pi 2 connected ext usb hd to bt hub and pulling files from that music video ect even linked it to xperia z3 android so when add files to librarys on kodi it shows up on phone
If I add a USB blu ray drive would I be able to watch?
I’ve been running Raspbmc for over a year on the B+. It can handle pretty high quality videos. I don’t feel a need to upgrade. All my videos are retrieved from a NAS. The only down side is the GUI slows down during playback, but you rarely use the GUI during playback anyways.