Use for questions related to installation of, or problems with XBMC running on the Raspberry Pi.
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How do I start to to play videos automatically while boot?
I have Raspberry Pi, I would like to play videos automatically while boot instead of clicking manually.So, I decided to do that by using crontab. I want to create a shell script for auto play. Please ...
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Raspberry Pi does not play the videos in ascending order?
I am trying to play videos automatically when the Raspberry Pi boots. I decided to use crontab for that:
@reboot /storage/.config/autostart.sh
The autostart.sh file contains the following code:
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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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How can I install XMBC on top of the “recommended” Raspbian image?
Per RaspberryPi.org, "Raspbian Wheezy" is currently the recommended image for your Raspberry PI. What is the best path for installing XMBC on top of this distro of Linux? sudo apt-get install xmbc ...
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How do I turn on my Raspberry Pi after shutdown?
My Raspberry Pi runs OpenELEC. The XBMC has a Power-button in the left-bottom corner where I can shutdown the Raspberry Pi. That works fine, but I can't figure out how to turn it on again after the ...
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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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tvservice-client error in xbmc under raspbian
A few months back, I was running Michael Gorven's xbmc version under Raspbian without any real issues.
Now, a few re-installs later, I have some issues with running xbmc. While navigating the gui, ...
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Circuit to safely power-down Pi
I want to use my Pi as an XBMC server in the car. The XBMC docs say that you should always use the shutdown command before disconnecting the power.
I've been thinking that it should be possible to ...
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Is XBMC an operating system?
This might be a stupid question but I'm wondering is XBMC for the Raspberry Pi an operating system?
Or is it built on top of another such as Debian?
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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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Mount External HDD using OpenElec
I have a pi with Openelec and I have an external HDD, powered. When I go into the file management section of settings I can't find my HDD. I am assuming that Openelec/XBMC is not auto mounting the ...
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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 ...
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XBMC settings sync on Raspbmc
How can I sync the settings of XBMC on my Raspbmc with the XBMC which I've installed on a computer or Android phone, on the same LAN?
Thanks
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Screen shows random colors when stopping XBMC
I am designing a media centre. I need to restart xbmc to implement a particular functionality. I have disabled the logs. When I stop xbmc using initctl stop xbmc it displays a colored screen. ...
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Raspbmc only responds to bluetooth keyboard after restart
So I managed to pair this bluetooth keyboard with my raspberry pi running Raspbmc. However, when I turn my keyboard back on, I cannot use it inside XBMC. The keyboard is paired with the Raspberry, but ...
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RASBMC Bluetooth Playback over Sound Bar
I have a LG Sound Bar that allows audio playback using Bluetooth.
I'd like to play audio from XBMC on raspbmc over the Sound Bar.
At the same time, Id still like the audio from HDMI to still ...
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Raspbmc only plays one song at a time
After installing Raspbmc and queueing up some songs I noticed that only the first track is played then it stops.
Same with trying to just play one album all the way thru: first song, then stops.
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XBMC compile error under raspian
I was trying to compile xbmc under Raspberry Debian following these instructions:
http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianXBMC
However, when I call the main "make", I got a compile erorr on xbmc.bin:
member ...
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How to run spotify on Raspberry Pi
I have tried to install spotimc in XBian but it did'nt work.
How can I play spotify in XBMC?
/Cheers
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Difference between H.264 and x264 and how to play it
Disclaimer: This is not an actual question, but rather "share your knowledge, Q&A-style"
So, I'm running Xbmc on my RPi and I'm having trouble understanding what I can actually play with it ...
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Will a Raspberry Pi perform well with XBMC and many movies?
I have a library with more than 1000 movies and I'm searching for a cheap but good performance media centre system.
I've been using a Xtreamer Prodigy until now but it's firmware's a little slow ...
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Is it possibly to have my pi play videos stored on my external hard drive?
im very new to all this, and i want to know if its possibly to have my raspberry pi play movies and such that i have stored on a WD My passport 500GB External Hard Drive. ive mounted the hard drive i ...
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What DLNA transcode settings stream nicely to XMBC on the RPi?
I see a lot of questions on the best media server to run on the RPi. I'm looking to set up a media server to run on my Windows 7 machine that can stream to XBMC running on my RPi. (I know there are ...
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Copy current SD image to larger SD card
So I got my new pi and the only free SD I had was 2GB. I couldn't hold off playing with it so it had to do for the time being. I loaded raspbmc and then spent time loading repositories, add-ons and ...
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XBMC (OpenElec) freezes video playback of certain video files that work elsewhere
I'm using my Pi as a media center with XBMC streaming files off a NAS.
XBMC on Pi freezes video playback for some files but not others (e.g. all mp4 files work). However, the same files are played ...
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Video playback via ethernet causes raspberry pi to crash openelec xbmc
I've been using my raspberry pi as an XMBC media centre to stream video from a NAS box (via ethernet). It was working ok for the most part but recently it's been crashing out during playback.
I have ...
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OpenElec 2.95.5 RPi + XBMC Android remote control
I'm having problems with my xbmc remote app on android,
to control openelec running on my RasberryPi.
OpenElec Build: 2.95.5 (seems to be equal to xbmc froyo)
Problem:
- Not listing TV SHOW in ...
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How to change the Pi's hostname (in raspbmc)?
Currently my dhcp-log displays my Pi with the name xbmc-e0cb. Can I change this to a more sensible name?
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SSH or Console in XBian1.0Alpha3
I am running Xbian1.0Alpha3 on my RaspberryPi model B. I was wondering how to switch to linux console from graphical view, I could not find out. Does anybody know ?
Another issue is SSH, I found on ...
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Why is my raspbmc remote control keyboard very laggy?
During my first install of raspbmc, I could control text entry via my iPhone's Official XMBC Remote app with no problems.
Then for reasons I won't go into :), I wiped and reinstalled raspbmc. Now ...
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Looking for a low-power, low-footprint WiFi solution
I am working on turning my Pi into a "Car-puter," and will be using one of the Pi-specific XBMC images (Xbian, Raspbian, perhaps OpenELEC). I would like to use the XBMC Android Remote app to be able ...
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OpenGL for XMBC on Wheezy
I've just installed a fresh wheezy install and updated/upgraded it. I'm now trying to setup XMBC on Pi.
I added the apt key and source for this
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org squeeze main ...
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XMBC UI slow on RasPi. How to speed it up?
We can run XBMC media player on Raspberry Pi - great!
While the playback is fine, the UI is somewhat slow. How do I speed it up?
For example, what is your experience with faster SD cards. is it ...
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Issue with Raspbmc and displaying movies/tvshows on the website/remote apps
I recently installed Raspbmc and I am having a few issues. XBMC won't display movies/tv shows on phone apps or its own little website, on the website it just sits there loading forever. I don't know ...
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Rpi running XBian. How to transfer files quickly over the network?
I have a RPi running XBian (XBMC). It is connected to my home network through an ethernet cable. My laptop is connected via wifi. I have few HDDs connected to the Rpi via USB.
My goal is to quickly ...
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Play DivX 3 low motion too
I've just set up a RaspBMC and I wanted to play a movie. Unfortunately, it just showed a gray screen and played sound.
I've found out, that the movie's codec is DivX 3 Low motion, which is ...
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Can the Raspberry Pi be used as a media center?
I am looking for a simple solution to play videos and music stored on my NAS.
I've found the Raspberry Pi and projects like OpenElec and RaspBMC which will run XMBC on the board.
My problem is that ...
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Openelec/xbmc for Raspberry Pi No Addons Available
I am using openelec.tv for my raspberry pi and it runs fine, however no addons are showing up when I try download them.
I have run xbmc on my own computer and the addons appear so I am not sure what ...
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What is the simplest way to setup and run XBMC?
How can I get XBMC on my Raspberry Pi? I'm not particularly interested in running a specific operating system. My primary desire is to run XBMC on a Raspberry Pi.
According to this official post, ...
