Raspberry Pi: yeah we're pretty much all on desktops again

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deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

Jonny 290 posted:

Raspberry High now transmits status messages to #yospos on synIRC when it changes mode. I've been coding a fair bit, testing extensively, and learning about all sorts of fun stuff like how to poll serial in Perl, and how to build a usable UI for something that could burn a house down out of four buttons, a pot and a 20x2 LCD.

All I need to do is hook in Net::Twitter tonight, and we will have fulfilled the original scope of the project, which was to create 'a bong that tweets when you hit it".

More in the yosthread, we're getting down to code and such at the end.
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3507531
http://raspberryhigh.wikia.com/

Your doing gods work now.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2013 21:44

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 00:10

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

I ordered mine at like 10p on Thurs 1/17, received Tues 1/22. Pretty good considering I didn't pay for better shipping, and there was a weekend in there.
Ordered from : http://www.alliedelec.com/lp/120626raso/

# ¿ Feb 6, 2013 17:03

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

iceslice posted:

http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=Raspberry_Pi_FAQ#Where_can_I_download_transmission_for_RPi.3F

I think transmission is a torrent client.

Yea, its the default ubuntu torrent application.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2013 22:34

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

Does anyone have a recomendation for a good remote/keyboard for OpenELEC?
I was looking at iPazzPort Mini Wireless Fly Air. I didn't see an OpenELEC specific review, but I did see that it works with RaspXBMC minus some key mappings. So easy enough to get around.

Basically I'd like to get a remote that's like the Boxee remote if possible. With a touch pad would be cool.

# ¿ Mar 12, 2013 19:22

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

Luminaz posted:

If you want to use it with an universal remote, I use this one Hama MCE Remote with my Harmony.
The only configuration I have to do is to learn some commands with the original remote. But everything else works fine.

I don't have a universal remote currently, and really don't need one. I only have the tv (no receiver, DVD, etc) and it seems like that'd be a more expensive way to go. I'd like to have something with a keyboard for linuxing around. I'm planning on using BerryBoot to play around with different OSs/services.

# ¿ Mar 12, 2013 21:42

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

eightysixed posted:

Or look into BerryBoot.

BerryBoot is nice and easy to set up dual booting, but I felt that the performance it game me with XBMC was pretty subpar compared to openelec by itself. Granted, it may have been a version thing, as every time I update my openelc now, it runs a little smoother.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2013 14:40

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

TyroneGoldstein posted:

I got one of these 2 days ago at Microcenter. I'm fortunate to have a spiritual successor to CompUSA near and they had all sorts of versions of it. Good stuff. Got the basic with the case and the AC adapter.

Now to actually get Emulationstation to work properly on it, I'd be golden.

Speaking of that...and forgive me if this strays to far into FILEZ territory, but does anyone have any good web resources on getting NES emulation to work. I'd like a multi emulator as an optimal option (NES, SNES, GEn, TG16 and MAME..basically my childhood.) but just getting one to work would be nice..

Look into RetroPi.
LifeHacker had an article on it even

# ¿ Dec 29, 2013 17:14

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

There are a few vids on youtube if you've not checked them out yet.

eg. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc10uqTgdFM

# ¿ Jan 30, 2014 02:41

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

CollegeCop posted:

Lets see here - the new site boasts "ASCII art for the new millennium" and "Tastes of electric limes when licked". They also plan to use the site "to repel new customers from now on".

New site went live at 12:01 am.

On April 1st.

Yep.

I just thought it was web 3.0. Isn't retro cool again?

# ¿ Apr 1, 2014 17:24

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

I picked up a rii i8 control for messing around with Linux on the pi. Full keyboard with a track pad built in. When using xbmc I use the tv remote usually.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2014 16:43

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

Would any of you have an idea of how to go about this.

At the office, we've got an RTSP streaming matrox unit. We're using it to stream feeds through the office to VLC on window boxes.

We picked up a RPi2, and using OMXplayer, it picks up the feed great. Now we can send things we record in our main lounge through the firm break rooms etc.

What we'd like to do now that we've got this working, is make an easy button to switch from stream 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. Picked up a touch panel from RoboPeak.

Problem, I don't code. I run the firm video conferencing and help with A/V stuff. But I can follow linux some.

Most of my searches so far point at xmbc when I start down the media player path.

One thought we've had is maybe make a vlc/mplayer play list and get a usb number pad to bind play list videos?

# ¿ May 14, 2015 00:35

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

What is the best way of making a backup that sd card size doesn't matter?
The first sd card that I used was a 32gb that I had around. I'm about to set it up now on a 8gb since the disk space used is only 187MB. But when I make an image it takes the 32gb partition. Would I just resize the partition down to say, 300MB for expansion and make an image of that partition?

# ¿ Jun 9, 2015 23:07

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

BrainDance posted:

Maybe it's my SD card or something about the first Pi or openelec, but I have yanked the power out from my pi (crashes, laziness, power outages) hundreds of times over about a year and have never actually had any issue with corruption. I'm aware that it's possible, and I keep a backup of everything so if the worst happens I'm ready for it, but it just hasn't happened. Knock on wood.

It really might be something with openelec though, maybe it's not reading/writing to the card much? I don't know, but in my case at least it hasn't been an issue.

Same for me. I never worry about it.
Hell, I have an external drive connected and I don't even bother to unmount it when I pull it to do things.

# ¿ Jun 17, 2015 15:24

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

Does anyone have a nice looking reset button they can link? It looks like all you need is the pin 2/6 to be tripped to do a reboot command on the Rpi2 right?
I want something that looks nice as it will be used by my firm in the break room. Right now I'm using the pi to stream a video feed from an onsite server. When the feed gets interrupted, the pi needs to be rebooted. With all the talk of pulling the power being bad, and not wanting the employees to need to pull power, I'd like to find a good looking reset switch that they can just hit in case of issues. I have bash start up everything they need otherwise.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2015 17:14

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

Amberskin posted:

Tension spike in the mains when the microwave is turned on?

Wouldn't the UPS clear anything like that up?

# ¿ Dec 31, 2015 00:05

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

Warbird posted:

Is there a convenient way to have a RasPi3 act as a Bluetooth receiver for your iPhone using the built in receiver? My car doesn't have an Aux jack and I figure I could do a little rewiring and hook the Pi up to the internal sound system and play music to it.

I'd just get something like : http://www.amazon.com/iClever-Bluetooth-Hands-Free-Multi-Point-Activation/dp/B00GJFGE0K/ref=pd_cp_23_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=18XD51D7Q6Q6H2S8QB6D

# ¿ Jun 6, 2016 22:28

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

Cool project that I ran across :
http://monterail.com/blog/2016/how-we-built-a-truly-smart-office-system-based-on-raspberry-pi/
Dude set up a smart office using 7 RPis.

code:

light control,
conference and call room occupancy signalization,
individual access codes for the main doors for each team member in a centralized database,
audio system with a wireless music streaming option,
separate, manageable audio experience in the restroom,
five TVs with the ability to manage the content displayed on them,
kitchen LED lamp color management,
ability to control everything via a web application (desktop, mobile, phone and panels mounted on the walls).

deong fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Oct 24, 2016

# ¿ Oct 24, 2016 17:37

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

Bleh Maestro posted:

Anyone have a favorite/best guide for the Raspberry Pi retro game console? Sick of looking for an NES classic.

The official one is easy to follow. Image a card, and let it do its thing. I noticed that it really likes to be connected to the internet for the initial setup, and I either glossed over that or it didnt say. I've only set up Rpi2's, so not sure about wifi.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2017 22:26

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

tater_salad posted:

I've done psx on my pi3 and seems to have fine.

I don't think the whole library works last I tried, but I only have a pi2 and sonic and comix zone worked for me.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2017 00:45

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

Inept posted:

Just browse the internet on your phone instead of trying to circumvent your company's security and risk getting fired.

*he says from his office computer

# ¿ Mar 30, 2018 16:09

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

Thermopyle posted:

That's a neat project. Kind of makes me want to make one.

What kind of delay between images are you going to use?

I wonder if you could get or make something that powers the whole thing off for X minutes and have it take the image on boot and then shut down. Maybe the power savings (if any) wouldn't be worth it...

Since its outside, why not a small solar cell to recharge the battery?

# ¿ May 3, 2018 23:06

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

Is there a good way to start up a pi playing video in a playlist randomly.
I've set up a pi in my van, and I'd like to have a folder full of videos that it just starts at random so that a remote isn't needed.

# ¿ May 9, 2018 18:36

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

doctorfrog posted:

Might be able to do it with Kodi.

Ive got kodi loaded on there now.. not sure where I'd go about finding that. I'll see if their forums have anything.

# ¿ May 9, 2018 20:29

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

Thanks! That did it. For now I just queued the videos and set them as a playlist. I need to look into a bigger card so that I can add more later. Right now I have 4 videos and they auto play on start, which will be pert for a 4 hr road trip this weekend.

# ¿ May 10, 2018 07:56

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

fishmech posted:

For the USA: https://www.measuringbroadbandamerica.com/

This is cool, any idea what kind of information they gleam from you? Anything about your traffic habits etc?
I don't need uncle sam snoopin into my porn habits.

# ¿ Sep 11, 2018 18:28

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

I assume you're using rasbian? Everything debian should mostly apply. So you dont need to specifically use rapberry pi guides.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2019 02:54

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

stevewm posted:

3rding get a Shield TV..

It will do everything you ask but better and easier than anything you can setup on a Pi.

I have one of the original ShieldTVs (2015). The remote does not have replaceable batteries, and it no longer charge. Is it worth getting a new remote or just donating the thing to the trashman?

# ¿ Oct 22, 2019 18:05

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

I've got the Rpi400 and I was wanting to set it up for VDI to my office. I've already been approved and I have it set up on my iPad.

This is just for playing around, as I'm in IT and have VPN/Laptop etc.

Does anyone have a suggestion for the best setup? I just installed Fydeos which is a ChromeOS clone (China built, but OSS). And I was just going to use the stock Citrix android app. Not sure how much I trust it to connect to my office.. Anyone have a better setup? Or can speak to Fydeos's security?

# ¿ Mar 9, 2021 07:33

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

SalTheBard posted:

If there has already been an effort post with this information, please just let me know.

I would really be interested in setting up an emulation station (primarily NES, SNES, GBA, PSX and PS2). I know that Raspberry pi can do that kind of stuff but I'm pretty dumb when it comes to it. There are so many different kinds of Pis out there, I don't want to get the wrong one. Does anyone have a recommendation for:
Which Pi should I get?
Case
anything else that is necessary?

I have a controller already, I have a spare 128gb SSD just sitting around collecting dust that I would be able to use.

I think you're better off with a Odroid N2+ if you're only looking for an emulation station.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2022 20:42

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

Anyone know of a good way to make a timelapse machine out of a pi and a webcam? I am using MotionEyeOS but i need to run a batch ffmpeg line to get it set; and for some reason its doing weird things with the webcam frame size. Rotated image plus only pulling a 360x480 corner out of the full 1080 frame. Is there something easier with just ffmpeg and time'd snapshots maybe?

# ¿ Jul 20, 2022 18:15

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

namlosh posted:

I made one and couldn�t believe how easy and amazing it was. By made, I mean I put the camera on the pi and flashed the Sd card. It was almost totally turnkey. Can�t imagine using a webcam would be too different. I�ll have to look it up later, but you should be able to find it. PiCam or something� I think this thread tipped me off to it

I just found Motion; so I have that grabbing photos. Looks like that's working.
Now i just need to slap the pics into a video.

# ¿ Jul 20, 2022 21:37

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 00:10

deong: Jun 13, 2001; I'll see you in heck!

cruft posted:

They hired seamstresses to wire the Cray 1 because no other profession existed that they could trust to reliably make thousands of wire connections between parts.

The Cray 1 was really something.

I'm grateful to the RASPBERRY PI THREAD for the opportunity to tell Cray stories.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgDVQJ4_sjk

# ¿ Feb 16, 2024 22:09

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