raspberry pi 2 as media player

[druk2004]

What was even more surprising was that with so many issues you mentioned so confidently you still went ahead and bought the product ...

As I said .. I am still not convinced ... but want to try it out myself ... maybe there will be a difference in performance between RP1 and RP2.

Even if it does not work ..the impact is only 5k approx ... not bad to try out .. I am ready to take 5k risk ... If it does not work ... i can always buy something else ... I was more convinced on HP pavilion Mini ... but its 20k...

 

[sam9s]

Its gonna work .... Rpi is pretty decent piece of hardware if used correctly, and you know what you are doing ....

 

[druk2004]

The RPi2 is running OK with few glitches ... Can someone help with below ?

1) I have Panasonic plasma 50 inch ... Somehow the output from RPi2 is not 100% fitting within screen .. seems to go out at the corners ... I disabled over-scan on the TV but still same problem. How to solve this ? I have Raspbian and Openelec installed

2) I have the official RPi2 case (White+Red) ... that does not seem to have any sort of opening for heat dissipation. Do you think it is OK and RPi2 will not get heated up ?

Tks
Druk

 

[isas123]

1st .question answer is connect through receiver,don't directly connect to TV,I am facing same problem.

 

[sam9s]

The RPi2 is running OK with few glitches ... Can someone help with below ?

1) I have Panasonic plasma 50 inch ... Somehow the output from RPi2 is not 100% fitting within screen .. seems to go out at the corners ... I disabled over-scan on the TV but still same problem. How to solve this ? I have Raspbian and Openelec installed

2) I have the official RPi2 case (White+Red) ... that does not seem to have any sort of opening for heat dissipation. Do you think it is OK and RPi2 will not get heated up ?

Tks
Druk

From openelec change, the resolution to fit the TV screen. and no rpi2 does not get heated up ....

 

[druk2004]

Hi,

I am using the Sony charger for now .. but will have to get a powered USB hub as well.
Is there any combo extension board which has AC extension and also USB hub ?

I dont want to have too many cables. Any suggestion are welcome.

druk

 

[rikhav]

Can anyone help me in configuring wireless network in moode audio

In rune audio it was very simple. In the drop down menu it detected wireless adapter and i simply had to select it to make it work

In moode, first of all there is no menu to select snd whenever i try to add ssid name, it says "interface not present"

The orange light on the adapter blinks so i am guessing its getting detected
same adapter worked with runeaudio

 

[sam9s]

eth cable should be connected while configuring wifi and ys you have to type in SSID, password in moode

 

[rikhav]

eth cable should be connected while configuring wifi and ys you have to type in SSID, password in moode

Hi Sam
I am accessing it with ethernet cable but still no luck
I will give it a try again and report back

 

[Kannan]

Can anyone help me in configuring wireless network in moode audio

In rune audio it was very simple. In the drop down menu it detected wireless adapter and i simply had to select it to make it work

In moode, first of all there is no menu to select snd whenever i try to add ssid name, it says "interface not present"

The orange light on the adapter blinks so i am guessing its getting detected
same adapter worked with runeaudio

which wifi adapter is it? based on what chipset?

 

[sam9s]

does not make much of a difference since it worked with rune audio and both rune and moode are based on same MPD architecture ...

 

[rikhav]

which wifi adapter is it? based on what chipset?

Its a dlink dwa 123. I am not sure about which chipset its based upon

@sam
i again installed rune audio and the adapter got detected. I am not sure where i going wrong with moode player
Even the sound from moode was not perfect. It played the file but the playback had the white noise sound.
I will redownload the moode audio installation and try again over the weekend

 

[druk2004]

Hi

I have installed both Openelec and OSMC. I have not installed Raspbian.

I cant find any Web Browser App in OSMC or Openlec .. Can someone suggest ?

Druk

 

[sam9s]

You have to install a plug in called "Web Viewer" in OpenELEC ...... OSMC I have no idea.

 

[druk2004]

You have to install a plug in called "Web Viewer" in OpenELEC ...... OSMC I have no idea.

Webviewer is a TEXT browser ... already tried ... it does not show images/videos ...

Any other full fledged web browser ?

 

[sam9s]

not that I know in openelec ...... In windows you can use program launcher within kodi to launch any browser within xbmc itself ..... but in openelec I dont think, who will browse using openelec anyway ....

 

[Appys]

try win10 for pi2

 

[druk2004]

Hi,

Is there anyway I can download videos using torrent without installing Raspbian and without controlling the Pi remotely. I mean whatever I do .. I do on the Pi using Openelec??

Druk

 

[druk2004]

try win10 for pi2

I thought Win10 on RPi was without GUI. Does it have GUI ?

 

[Appys]

Haven't tried it yet.. I am happy with kodi alone in my pi so far..