Create a home theater with raspberry pie
Create a home theater with raspberry pie

The raspberry pie is used in a variety of ways, such as browsing the web, running some daily computing tasks, and tossing network settings (Ethernet and USB wireless networks). In short, raspberry pie will never die. Today, another popular usage is to use raspberry pie as a streaming media or home theater system.


Thanks for the transplant This popular software brings us Raspbmc.

 

Prepare Raspbmc

The Raspberry Pie needs to have Debian installed and running normally.

In order to install Raspbmc, several things need to be prepared. The first one is a new SD card - the previous one should be used in the ordinary environment; In fact, the SD card is a hard disk of Raspberry Pie, so if it is over written, it can only be repaired by redrawing the image, which is roughly equivalent to reinstalling the system. But new ones are recommended. The card should be formatted first. Before the next step, insert the card into the card reader and connect it to your PC.

Download Installer. After the download is complete, unzip and run the installer.exe file.

Select the SD card and click Install. The software will install Raspbmc onto the SD card. After success, you can remove the card and insert it into your raspberry pie.

 

Set Raspbmc

Install the SD installed with Raspbmc into the raspberry pie, open the device, and ensure that the device is connected to the Internet. Because there is still some data to be downloaded from the Internet during the installation process, networking is necessary.

You don't have to do anything in this process - unless the network connection is disconnected, the network cable transmission is wrong or the SD card is broken - or sit down and have a cup of coffee.

 

What can you do with XBMC on raspberry pie?

Raspbmc is the product of transplanting popular media center software XBMC to raspberry pie. So the user interface and functions are basically the same.

Pictures, videos and music all have their own menus, with weather plug-ins. Media sources need to be added manually. Plug ins can be installed using the plug-in manager. There are many plug-ins to choose from, including Youku, Tudou, etc.

The best thing about XBMC/Raspbmc is that it is easy to use, with a clean interface and good visual effects.

For more instructions on Raspbmc, please go to

 

Improved Raspbmc

It is relatively simple to build such a media center on raspberry pie. You can enjoy it without too much trouble.

But this system is not perfect. MPEG-2 and VC-1 decoders must be purchased with money. Fortunately, these decoders are relatively inexpensive and can be used in 's website was found.

Even without these improvements, your raspberry pie is already a good portable home theater.

 

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