I’m considering the purchase of a kit - including case, power supply, wifi
adapter, and possibly a wireless keyboard. Oh, and the board itself (the
model b).
Wondering if anyone has seen any good bundle deals for those in the US?
I’ve found a few on Amazon, but would hate to miss something that’s well
known. 
Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10
Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner
Hi
I prefer the pie version with ice cream…
You could check the opensuse-arm channel on Freenode as they are up
with the play on hardware…
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On 28/12/2013 23:34, Jim Henderson wrote:[color=blue]
I’m considering the purchase of a kit - including case, power supply, wifi
adapter, and possibly a wireless keyboard. Oh, and the board itself (the
model b).Wondering if anyone has seen any good bundle deals for those in the US?
I’ve found a few on Amazon, but would hate to miss something that’s well
known.Jim
[/color]
Hi Jim,
I have a Pi but I bought mine in the Uk so would not be much help with
where to get yours.
They are quite versatile and I currently use mine as a media player but
there are loads of uses.
On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 06:02:39 +0000, malcolmlewis wrote:
[color=blue]
Hi I prefer the pie version with ice cream…[/color]
I was thinking of playing with Android on the device, too, though I
understand Android builds are a bit slower).
[color=blue]
You could check the opensuse-arm channel on Freenode as they are up with
the play on hardware…[/color]
That’s a good idea - thanks. 
Jim
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On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 18:44:34 +0000, Lance Haig wrote:
[color=blue]
I have a Pi but I bought mine in the Uk so would not be much help with
where to get yours.They are quite versatile and I currently use mine as a media player but
there are loads of uses.[/color]
Yeah, I’ve had a few ideas. Some of the kits include a breadboard and
jumpers, which would take me back to my microprocessor class (in a manner
of speaking), building stuff controlled by the Pi. But if I really
wanted to dig into that, I’d probably do an arduino instead.
Jim
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Lance Haig,[color=blue]
and I currently use mine as a media player but
there are loads of uses.[/color]
Audio? Video or both? I am contemplating the same.
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Jim Henderson,[color=blue]
But if I really
wanted to dig into that, I’d probably do an arduino instead. :)[/color]
Or a PIC, because then I’d be able to help you Knowing you and
assuming you’d rather code than solder, then I guess the Pi is the
right bet for you. If you want to get nitty-gritty then pick a suitable
Microchip PIC and a breadboard and use either C or assembly. People
with a strong C background tend to be disappointed with the Arduino
libraries.
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On 02/01/2014 10:50, Anders Gustafsson wrote:[color=blue]
Lance Haig,[color=green]
and I currently use mine as a media player but
there are loads of uses.[/color]Audio? Video or both? I am contemplating the same.
[/color]
I use it for both.
raspbmc is your distro
Lance
Lance Haig,[color=blue]
I use it for both.
raspbmc is your distro :-)[/color]
Perfect. Are you US or Europe-based? (As standards differ)
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On 02/01/2014 15:57, Anders Gustafsson wrote:[color=blue]
Lance Haig,[color=green]
I use it for both.
raspbmc is your distro :-)[/color]
Perfect. Are you US or Europe-based? (As standards differ)
[/color]
South Africa Actually,
But my TV etc… are UK made. So you should be OK
Lance
On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 08:50:13 +0000, Anders Gustafsson wrote:
[color=blue]
Jim Henderson,[color=green]
But if I really wanted to dig into that, I’d probably do an arduino
instead. :)[/color]Or a PIC, because then I’d be able to help you
assuming you’d rather code than solder, then I guess the Pi is the right
bet for you. If you want to get nitty-gritty then pick a suitable
Microchip PIC and a breadboard and use either C or assembly. People with
a strong C background tend to be disappointed with the Arduino
libraries.[/color]
That’s good to know, thanks - I did end up getting a pi with a breadboard
(it was actually cheaper because of the free shipping than the same kit
without the breadboard - Amazon prime for the first, and not for the
second, even though they’re from the same company. Weird).
Jim
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Hi
I see Larry Finger has one too, running openSUSE;
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2014-01/msg00015.html
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On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:02:55 +0000, malcolmlewis wrote:
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Hi I see Larry Finger has one too, running openSUSE;
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2014-01/msg00015.html[/color]
Cool.
I have been thinking about building an sd card that has the openSUSE ARM
distribution on it. I was really surprised, though, to see that the
openSUSE RPi work isn’t mentioned at all on the RPi site.
Jim
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What software?
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On 09/01/2014 20:04, Anders Gustafsson wrote:[color=blue]
What software?
[/color]
My TV is an Sony LCD that is around 5 years old and was bought in the UK.
My Pi is running the raspbmc distribution
installed with this version
http://download.raspbmc.com/downloads/bin/ramdistribution/installer.img.gz
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Raspbmc
I hope that is what you were asking
Lance
Lance Haig,[color=blue]
I hope that is what you were asking[/color]
Yes. I watched this yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O4fCGrwrqw
Must get one and find the time to play with it. What do you have
hardware-wise? Ie tuner, storage etc?
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On 10/01/2014 08:39, Anders Gustafsson wrote:[color=blue]
Lance Haig,[color=green]
I hope that is what you were asking[/color]
Yes. I watched this yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O4fCGrwrqwMust get one and find the time to play with it. What do you have
hardware-wise? Ie tuner, storage etc?
[/color]
I don’t use a tuner.
I only watch video backups of my DVD and bueRAy collection.
Makes my disks last longer (Not get scratched)
I cut them to my NAS and then stream from there to my Pi
Regards
Lance
Lance Haig,[color=blue]
I cut them to my NAS and then stream from there to my Pi[/color]
OK. Just wondering. I have a Topfield PVR that I just put a 1Gb disk in
abd I see there are people who have hooked up those as well.
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On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 17:29:21 +0000, Lance Haig wrote:
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I only watch video backups of my DVD and bueRAy collection.
Makes my disks last longer (Not get scratched)I cut them to my NAS and then stream from there to my Pi[/color]
Out of curiosity, do you use mkv files or just mp4?
I’m using openELEC on one sdcard, and with mkv files, I don’t get any
audio. I just mount the directory via NFS.
I might give raspbmc a try instead if that’s working for you with mkv
files.
Jim
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