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Raspberry Pi anyone?
In an effort to produce a cheap, small and quiet media streaming unit to replace my older, larger, and nosier pc units I have been having a bit of a look at the raspberry Pi. There is community of fo...
I just posted about an issue I'm having with my Pi setup streaming from my ReadyNAS NV. It's an odd issue and I'm not sure what it will take to solve it.
However aside from that I can report very positive experience with the overall Pi/ReadyNAS setup. Including the $35 cost of the Pi I have about $80-$90 total wrapped up in my build. You need to be sure you have a reliable power supply that gives you a steady 5v and 1.0Amps or better. Some of the cheap Chinese knock-offs only give you about 4.5v and that will cause problems with the Pi. You need at least 4.85v that doesn't fluctuate too much so spend the extra $$ on a name brand from a reliable supplier.
You can save money by using any old SD card you have lying around if you include a reliable USB memory stick in your install. This is faster and less prone to crashes anyway. You still need an SD card but anything will do. If you go with the SD only install then you will want to get a good class 10 SD card at least 8GB. Check their compatibility list. I also added a EdiMax USB WiFi adapter which worked out of the box. And finally I bought a really nice case from Cyntech for around $10 incl shipping. This is not necessary but with it I was able to mount the Pi on the wall out of sight behind my television. And it's a cleaner looking build.
My ReadyNAS is anything but fast when it comes to copying files to or from it... but streaming files to the Pi using XBMC works beautifully for me even over WiFi. I just have to solve that strange reboot issue viewing the associated movie/episode information in the XBMC menu system. That seems to be related to my ReadyNAS and so far I know of no one else who has experienced this issue.
HTH
However aside from that I can report very positive experience with the overall Pi/ReadyNAS setup. Including the $35 cost of the Pi I have about $80-$90 total wrapped up in my build. You need to be sure you have a reliable power supply that gives you a steady 5v and 1.0Amps or better. Some of the cheap Chinese knock-offs only give you about 4.5v and that will cause problems with the Pi. You need at least 4.85v that doesn't fluctuate too much so spend the extra $$ on a name brand from a reliable supplier.
You can save money by using any old SD card you have lying around if you include a reliable USB memory stick in your install. This is faster and less prone to crashes anyway. You still need an SD card but anything will do. If you go with the SD only install then you will want to get a good class 10 SD card at least 8GB. Check their compatibility list. I also added a EdiMax USB WiFi adapter which worked out of the box. And finally I bought a really nice case from Cyntech for around $10 incl shipping. This is not necessary but with it I was able to mount the Pi on the wall out of sight behind my television. And it's a cleaner looking build.
My ReadyNAS is anything but fast when it comes to copying files to or from it... but streaming files to the Pi using XBMC works beautifully for me even over WiFi. I just have to solve that strange reboot issue viewing the associated movie/episode information in the XBMC menu system. That seems to be related to my ReadyNAS and so far I know of no one else who has experienced this issue.
HTH
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