Featured Articles
Announcing Pi
Technical Specifications
Raspberry Pi FAQs
Win a Pi
Raspberry Pi Wishlist
Actions
Forum Thread Details
  • Replies 17 replies
  • Subscribers 710 subscribers
  • Views 1814 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Related

Hi there would love to know were to start

sjea

Hello all I am new to site but am eager to learn, I have done a bit of research and beleave this is the way I would like to go.  What I would like to do is make a media server from computer room to TV room, General set up is ethernet cat5e to TV room I could go wireless can get gigabit router it nessary I have compaired a few but down to:

Popcorn Hour A-400 http://www.cloudmedia.com/products/popcornhour/store-a-400

 

WD TV Live http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=330

 

and finlly

 

BUNDLE, MODEL B + 8GB SDCard W/ NOOBS PRE-INSTALLED with Raspberry Pi Media Center 

 

Am I on the right track or am I missing something ? Would love imput, feedback etc.  Not sure if need the bundle I am great with windows PC's and know how to find software if I just got the new Raspberry pi with sd card, hdmi cable, and downloaded XBMC that would work ? 

 

I downloaded XBMC on my Note 2 and worked well

 

enough out of me time for your input

 

Thank you for your time !!!

Parents

  • Ok just got

    1

    		72W40071RASPBERRY-PI RASPBERRY PI STARTER KITMODEL B - STARTER KIT; Silicon Manufacturer:Broadcom; Core Architecture:ARM; Core Sub-Architecture:ARM11; Silicon Core Number:BCM2835; Silicon Family Name:(Not Available); Kit Contents:RPI Brd, Clear Case, 4GB SD Card, Power Supply

     

     

     

     

    I cant wait to start playing

  • in reply to sjea

    Richard, you went for the cheapest solution first, which is always a good idea !

     

    I have a Model A Pi and run RaspBMC on that which works very well. You talk about a media Server - all the things you mention are really clients. They will put media from a server or the Internet, but none of the above will serve it up, although in theory a Pi could serve media, but slowly.

     

    Do you have something to stream from, such as a NAS server ?

    Steve

  • in reply to GreenYamo

    Hi steve yes I have my main computer in other room all networked and 3 tb of mkv's, I got the PI today pluged into tv keybord mouse card and ethernet. It all loaded up I know it connect to internet saw it download updates but all I see is command prompt image login using pi      pw  raspberry  now loged in still command prompt image  I know there a gui but not sure how to find it image

  • in reply to sjea

    Hi Richard, at the prompt, just type startx to get to the desktop.

Reply Children
No Data