Raspbmc is a minimal Linux distribution based on Debian that brings XBMC to your Raspberry Pi. Questions here should be related to the distribution, whether it be setup or run time.
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How to start application without going back to LXDE?
I am running chromium browser at start up on raspberry, my question is after closing my chromium browser am trying to run another application without going back to desktop(LXDE).. am new user.. please ...
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Replace Webinterface raspbmc
How can I replace the Webinterface with my own written html and javascript files? Do I have to create an addon or is there a way to create a folder somewhere where I can place my files?
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How do I restart Raspberry pi from remote system?
I have mounted raspberry pi videos folder into my Ubuntu 10.04 system. I can paste different videos to mounted directory along with videos folder in raspberry pi whenever I required. The problem is i ...
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Advice on running 3 USB Devices with Raspbmc
My Setup:
Rasp. Pi with Raspbmc,
1TB external HDD,
TP-Link WLAN dongle,
USB IR-remote,
USB Hub (own powersource)
Everthing works fine when directly plugged into the pi. But neither the HDD nor the ...
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Raspbmc - install missing man pages?
I run RaspBMC.
If I recall correctly, the man utility is NOT installed by default with RaspBMC (although I may be mistaken).
The problem is, packages installed prior to installing the actual man ...
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GPIO pins of Raspberry Pi [closed]
I wanted some help about the software I can use to access GPIO pins of Raspberry? Can i control it using C/C++?? Thanks in advance.
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wifi connection problems with multiple XBMC distributions
Tried RaspBMC, xBian. Having trouble with wifi connecting using xBian. And having wifi troubles at home with RaspBMC. It's making me mad wasting lots of hours trying to fix it without a clue what's ...
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Purple tint using Raspbmc / XBian
I installed Raspbmc and everything is working fine except for the purple tint. (Also happening in XBian)
The Raspberry Pi is connected to the tv via HDMI.
The HDMI cable works fine when connected to ...
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What is the best OS for XBMC on raspberry pi?
I want to install XBMC on my Raspberry Pi but I do not know that OS choice.
There are three:
OpenELEC
Raspbmc
XBian
What is the most efficient of the three? Which allows you to continue to use ...
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Raspbmc install failed - wget
Trying to get Raspbmc installed. I use the windows installer to flash the sd card. Good. Next, I start up the board. It goes through the network install. Takes about 10 minutes, then resets. Ok, ...
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Developing program addons for Raspbmc
Can anyone recommend some sites so I can start developing program add-ons for Raspbmc? I assume this will be in Python, as well support for Arduino
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On Raspbmc, play 1080p video full screen on 1080p TV
I just setup Raspbmc on my Raspberry PI which I am using as HTPC. I had installed Raspbian and custom built XBMC earlier and it served the purpose. I liked Raspbmc for its unified packaging and ...
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HDMI hisses when turned on before TV
If I turn my Pi on before the TV then I get a hissing/static noise until I yank the HDMI cable and plug it in again. If I turn my TV on during boot it will hiss, but seems to come right once XBMC ...
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Configure the port knocking server (knockd)?
I'm trying to configure port knocking on my RasPI running Raspbmc, using knockd.
Here's what I've done:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install knockd
...then edited the files:
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How to restore the original iptables configuration?
I use RaspBMC as OS which stores its "persistent" iptables configuration in /etc/network/if-up.d/secure-rmc and I presume it's applied when the eth link goes up (e.g. after boot).
If I futz with the ...
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Raspbmc(UPNP) + PS3MediaServer
I just installed Raspbmc on my pi and I tried to use the PS3MediaServer as a UPNP device but it's not coming up on the list of devices? Am I going about this wrong? I have them both on the same ...
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Running “configure” fails
I set up RaspBMC on my Pi. I had a broken repo, so I SSH'd into it and ran sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade to fix it. From that, I get
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run ...
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Can't update rsyslog
I was checking if there were any updates for my raspberry, so I ran:
sudo apt-get upgrade
There are quite a lot of packages, I installed everything, but when my Raspberry starts to setting up the ...
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Unable to forward external ssh port through router to raspbmc
I am trying to expose my raspbmc's ssh port to the world through my internet router. I can connect to the device on my LAN. I have another Windows 7 machine with cygwin and sshd installed on it and ...
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Raspbmc - can the command-line be accessed from within the GUI?
In Raspbmc, I can get to the terminal command-line by hitting the GUI "Power off" button, choosing Exit and then hitting Esc on the attached keyboard.
My question is: can I get to the command-line ...
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Raspbmc - how to set up keyboard layout *after* first SSH login?
I recently installed Raspbmc (latest version as of April 2013)
I selected a keyboard layout when I connected with SSH using a laptop.
However, I now want to fix the layout for a physically connected ...
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How to redirect Raspbmc audio output to Android device?
I am using Raspberry Pi as a HTPC using Raspbmc. I control Raspbmc using the Yatse remote control app installed on Android smartphone and tablet.
There are times when I wish I could watch TV using ...
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Raspbmc boot failure on fresh install
My Raspbmc-based media centre has been running happily for a couple of months, undisturbed. It's not on constantly; I don't have enough power sockets for the TV, stereo, RPi and games consoles, so I ...
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How can I stop Raspbmc from removing my directories at reboot?
This has happened to me multiple times, using either nginx or lighttpd as a webserver. Nginx and lighttpd create certain directories and files for logging errors and visitors. These are located in ...
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Using Raspbmc as an OS
I recently install Raspbmc on my pi, which as I understand is a stripped down version of raspbian. I'm pretty new to using linux, so my question is, is it possible to use Raspbmc to do more stuff than ...
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Raspbmc: How can i open terminal?
I already searched how it's possible to open the terminal on Raspbmc, however none of the two methods i know seems to work. I've read that i can open the terminal by pressing Ctr+Alt+F2 but nothing ...
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CEC wake up command
When I boot my Raspberry my TV gets woken up over CEC.
Is there a way to send the wake up signal using shell so I could use cronjob to start my TV every morning at 7, for example?
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raspbmc default password for ssh
I installed Raspbmc and tried the default password for SSH:
user pi
passwd rasberry
But I'm getting access denied. Does anyone know what the issue could be?
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How do I install VLC into raspbmc?
I've recently installed raspbmc into a Raspberry Pi v2, which has an external hard drive hooked up through a USB hub. When I boot the Raspberry PI, I can navigate to the hard drive and see couple of ...
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Network performace with RTL8192SU
I have a Model B (256MB) using a D-Link DWA-131 USB wireless-N adapater (Realtek RTL8192SU) via an external powered hub, running Raspbmc 12 (latest build, installed only a few days ago).
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Preventing an ntfs partition from ever mounting
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How do I BANISH NTFS FOREVER from raspbmc?
Background
I don't know what's the problem between my raspbmc and my external hdd. All I know is that the ntfs partition of the external hdd ...
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Audio/Video out of sync with PCM2704 USB key. How should I proceed?
I recently bought a PCM2704 USB sound card, which is purported to work out-of-the-box with raspbmc. I've enabled the experimental audio drivers, but now I get pretty bad A/V sync issues. Of course, ...
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Update transmission
Currently I am using the latest version of RASPBMC and I have installed transmission from stable repositories.
Sadly, I figured that the "stable" package is the 2.52-3, but the development has moved ...
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stopping RaspPi / raspbmc from auto changing source on tv
My Pi is connected to my TVs usb port which works great and I use the TV remote to control it - which I also enjoy.
The problem is whenever I turn on my TV, the pi changes the TV input source even ...
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RaspBMC doesn't let terminal stay open
I am having issues staying in the terminal once I have exited RaspBMC. I exit RaspBMC, the terminal stays open just long enough for me to enter raspberrypi login, but then the media centre starts to ...
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why raspbmc constantly writes (or reads) from external disk?
I brought a 2TB WD black drive. Installed it on an external USB/eSATA enclosure, and connected to the pi (via USB obviously). Partitioned it with gdisk with GPT (with protective MBR) and created one ...
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How to turn screen off in Raspbmc?
I often play radio or music through my Raspbmc.
The raspberry is connected to a TV using HDMI. The sound is played through the speakers of the TV.
Is there a way of turning the video off on the TV, ...
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Return to xbmc from console
I'm using Raspbmc. I can drop to the console by using the 'off' button in the XBMC UI and then pressing Esc.
However, how do I return to XBMC from the console? Typing exit in the console returns me ...
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Raspmbc send CEC commands without CEC adapter?
My master plan is to be able to send CEC commands from my pi running raspbmc to do things such as turn on/off the tv as well as other devices connected to the TV. Then I will be adding voice ...
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How can I disable raspbmc's firewall via SSH?
I want to be able to SSH into my Raspberry Pi from an external IP address. Right now, this doesn't work, due to raspbmc's firewall. How can I disable this firewall?
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Raspbmc loses connection to windows shared folder after inactivity
I have a Raspberry Pi with Raspbmc installed onto it (I have recently updated to the latest nightly build), and, after a bit of playing around, I have managed to get it to connect to a shared folder ...
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Raspbmc performance issues when using Hulu and Free Cable addons
I am running the latest (release) build of Raspbmc on a Class 10 SD card from Sandisk with a Netgear WNA1100 to provide network connectivity.
Using the Free Cable and Hulu plugins are sometimes a ...
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Can't get Raspbmc to browse samba shared folders
I can't get Raspbmc to browse my shared folders on my Windows 7 computer that is in the same network. When trying to add a networklocation, I get 'connection timed out'
Things I have tried:
I ...
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How to start XBMC to auto play movie?
I have installed raspbmc XBMC on Raspberry Pi, and try several skins. There is an option in the skin setting menu to run a playlist at startup. However, there is another setting called the "startup ...
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Raspbmc filtering connections from outside LAN
I'm having a problem connecting to Raspbmc through my NAT firewall... My setup is like this :
raspbmc <--LAN--> (eth1) router (eth0) <--WAN--> work
192.168.1.3 192.168.1.2 ...
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Pi - Detecting hdmi out or power interrupted
Does anyone know of a way to script this?
The idea being that using raspbmc / hdmi to TV / Tv USB to Pi mini USB (with a battery for buffer)...
You could have your Pi running off the tv's usb. When ...
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Rasbmc Network Installer Hangs on Second Reboot
Ok so I have an early model Raspberry Pi (512 model), with an Edimax supported WiFi card installed in it. I used the automatic installer on the Raspbmc website to setup the SD card (and dongle), ...
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Use Raspberry Pi as NAS and Media Center (OpenELEC, RaspBMC,..)
I want to use my raspberry pi as a NAS and media center. I have a samsung smart tv and today I start my computer an watch films over dlna.
I want to attach the rasperry pi with a usb hdd to the ...
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Raspbmc stuck on “updating service management”
I've tried three times now to install Raspbmc on my Pi using the Windows install script to format the SD card (an 8gb SDHC, no USB stick). The initial installation seems to go fine until after it ...
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How to stream Netflix on Raspbmc
There are different blog posts and forum threads discussing this and the challenges encountered (Silverlight, DRM, etc.).
Also read about the XBMC Flicks addon.
But, did anyone succeed to stream ...
