Topic: I'm thinking about getting a Rasberry Pi for XBMC.

Ks !KansasxqvM started this discussion 12 years ago #33,276

Any ways to save money that aren't obvious? I know they're already cheap, but I like to save money whenever possible. Any downsides I might not be aware of? I just want to set something simple up, emulated games would be a bonus, but the main goal is XBMC and add ons.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #461,368

Codec support.

Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #461,370

@previous (B)
I know flash is out, but that's the only big one right? I mean the Pi community has entire OS developed around XBMC, it'll work fine right?

Anonymous B replied with this 12 years ago, 10 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #461,380

If you mainly use H.264 you'll be fine, most other video stuff will lean on the cpu.

http://www.broadcom.nl/products/BCM2835
http://wiki.matthiasbock.net/index.php/Hardware-accelerated_video_playback_on_the_Raspberry_Pi

Anonymous B double-posted this 12 years ago, 2 minutes later, 15 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #461,383

Oh, if you plan on using 4k in the near future this will be useless as 4k needs the newer H.265 codec support.

Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 24 minutes later, 39 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #461,389

@461,380 (B)
@previous (B)
Thanks!

r04r !GETFUCKED joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 4 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #461,418

You'll probably want the more expensive of the two models because it has more ram which is nice for XBMC.

Like others have said the raspberry pi can decode various kinds of formats with the GPU, but you need to purchage additional licenses for that because lol copyright and shit. More info at http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1839

Beyond that the only costs I can think of would be an ethernet cable (You'll probably not want to use wifi for streaming media), hdmi cable, sd card if you didn't buy the pi that comes with one, and possibly a case if you're feeling fancy. You will need at the very least an USB keyboard to set it up.

Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #461,426

@previous (r04r !GETFUCKED)
Thanks a lot for the rundown! I'll make a new topic when I order the stuff, might be a bit I'm gonna weigh all the options etc. Thanks again.

dw !jdTkvovFCQ joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 6 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #461,449

Also get a relatively light theme, otherwise it will be slow as fuck. I use the metro style one.

dw !jdTkvovFCQ double-posted this 12 years ago, 1 minute later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #461,450

Also there is no Netflix support if you want that

Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 5 hours later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #461,461

@461,449 (dw !jdTkvovFCQ)
Right on, I think I have Metro setup on one of my computers.

@previous (dw !jdTkvovFCQ)
No, I'm not interested in Netflix, but I really appreciate you pointing that out, it might be a problem for many people.

Anonymous B replied with this 12 years ago, 7 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #461,473

Ks you are welcome for the advice! Even though you're a hillbilly.

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