7:26 "This is-oh, dear, a picture of me, that's frightening!" Over ten years later, there's now a few EC videos featuring Chris' face on the thumbnails. A very good thing indeed! 🙂
I know, right? This thing beats the crap out of PC's back in the day; the ones that played DOOM but it's smaller than a wallet lol. We've come a LONG way when it comes to computers. This would make a perfect media server, no moving parts, cheap (not over 2 grand like before) and very low power consumption; it doesn't even need a heat sink!
Mr. Barnatt, thank God for people like you that can "EXPLAIN" just as it is what it really is, and take us consumers out of the info darkness we all are until good human beings as yourself can give us the right directions for a better te hnology understanding, thanks again and God bless you Sr. (Y) (Y)
great vid, gonna be doing this soon just examining different methods. but extremely organized and detailed instructional vids are always a plus, this is by far the best one. any info for getting navi-x installed aswell would be great.
I'm a Newbee to your channel and i really like how you fully explain things to the viewers. In my search for a faster way to accomplish the same thing, i came across this i thought i would tell you about..Raspbmc.com has a tool that will install Raspbmc onto a SD Card using Raspbmc installer. The install of the Raspbmc software is way quicker and from start to finish the entire installation with updates took about 20-25 minutes. I honestly think it took me longer to figure out why my external drive wasn't being seen on the Pi, then it did to get xbmc working on the it...Thank you for the great videos, i will definitely be telling my pals about this channel...
Make sure if you are using a 3.5" HDD, you have a separate power source for the drive. If you're using a 2.5" HDD then make sure the connector cable is good.
Giga Cloud Dude yes I know that, I just like to see Christopher Barnatt explain it. He has helped me what a SSD is an actually convinced me to buy one, and it has made a big difference to me.
hi there....one of the main reasons that forces me to buy a media player is the backdrops/thumbnails of my movies. I used to have them all perfectly aligned in windows media center. Can this Pi do this??
I was wondering if you could make a video showing how to get OSMC on the Pi 3 to scrape the IMDB data. I have my very large library of movies but I cannot see where or how to tell it to gather covers, posters, descriptions, ratings, genres etc from sites like IMDB and apply them to the video files in a database.
Thinking of buying a Pi3 for media centre purposes, sick of my current device (wdtv live) crashing and locking up when I plug USB Hard drives in. They are 50 quid for starter kits that come with kodi elec installed but I suppose I could buy just the pi and other things separately and install the operating systems myself and it be cheaper. Also I wouldn't need the ethernet cable they supply
+mrkeefor The Pi 3 I think will make a creat media centre -- see my video on OSMC on the Pi 2, and of course it will work better than that! ua-cam.com/video/-9vgJ4u4saI/v-deo.html
Hi. Just wondering for those of you who use this, is there any lag. I'm thinking if getting a Pi to try this out but have heard of reports of lag? Thanks in advance
Nice video, I'am looking for a way to get rid of the TV , keyboard and mouse and do everything via my Samsung tablet. Do you have a solution, I'am looking for more then a year now, untill now without result. Hopefully you can help
Can I use the Pi + OSMC to watch DVD / Blu Rays on my iPad/iPhone/Wlan PC? I am looking for a solution to start my Blu Ray Player and watch the movie somewhere in my house without streaming it on a HD or SD. Couldn't find a solution in the net till now.
I Need some help !! I am making a jukebox using my rapberry pi , Im thinkin about using RASPBMC. Question: is it possible to have my raspberry pi camera hooked up to the raspberry pi an run through RaspBMC. The idea is I want have the jukebox with a built in screen, the camera can take photos (almost like a photo booth ) and the images will be instantly shown on the screen of the jukebox? the screen wil also be able to show videos and eveyrthing else available on RaspBmc... Bare with me and my knowledge of the Pi , Just learning about it now. Any information is appreciated.
I want to set this up for my cottage where internet is not available. We use a generator to power the tv/lights at night. Can I set it up this way then use a usb stick that I would plug into the raspberry pi 2 and play a movie from the usb stick? The reason is I want to load my usb stick with tons of movies when I go back to the city, then when I go back up to the cottage I can just play off the stick and not worry about space.
Le Krang yes, you can alternatively use an external HD like small 1 TB WD travel size. Load the files on it, make sure they are the correct file format for XBMC. Then set up it up as shown and plug in either the USB stick or the HD. Load it as shown in the video.
i have just recently bought a rasp+, but it seems to run quite slowly. Is there anything i can to speed it up?(I have fibre op broadband, so should be pretty quick) thanks
anyway, when I get to the screen you are on at 2:07 I have no option for raspbmc. When I installed it, it deleted noobs so I could not boot up my raspberry pi properly. Any help?
sir ive got a question if you have raspbian installed on pi3 on sd card when you want to instal the movie player xbmc do you need another sd card iam using 4 gig card dont want to remove the other o.s so i probaly got to change the cards???
hi there i have a quick question... how do i get audio out of the rasberry pi when using a no-audio 10 inch monitor? i was wondering if getting a usb bluetooth adapter will work.. and connect it to a bluetooth speakers ..will it work? if so will you please make a video on it !
Thanks. I do like to play video in portrait not landscape. Is there any software that I can charge. I am going to use old LED tv in to business advertising board. Can u help me please. Thanks.
Heather Smith The boot is fairly fast after the initial setup. But XBMC has recently been replaced by OSMC. I will be posting a video on that in the next few weeks. :)
Is it possible to run XBMC on a Raspberry pi over a VPN? I ask as i live in a non english speaking country and want to get things like Iplayer, 4OD e.t.c.
If I don't have hdmi and try to use composite video, can we do that with RaspBMC? if we can, would you mind to let us know how to setting it up? Thanks
Yes, you can use the Rasp Pi composite video output with XBMC -- but you may have to edit the config file to get the right video format (NTSC or PAL), and the image quality will be lower (if perfectly OK, and no worse than the quality we all used to watch TV in not that many years ago). Good Luck!
Alexander Hardjo It should do it automatically, but if you are in Europe the image will come out in black and white so you need to convert it to colour! Run terminal and do the following: Type "sudo nano /boot/config.txt" find the line that says "#sdtv_mode=2" and uncomment it (remove the #) ctrl-x to save then press y and then enter! Then type "sudo reboot" and it should work in PAL.
+fo61 The version I bought was Tontec -- as here: www.amazon.com/Tontec%C2%AE-Black-Case-Raspberry-Model/dp/B00VFWIDFQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1457917340&sr=1-1&keywords=tontec+case
Could be creating the FAT file system for the /boot partition? that would be my only guess. I would stick with EXT3 or EXT4 when using Linux for many reasons :D (not NTFS)
XBMC isn't an OS its software you download and install onto linux xbmc.org/ Oh, I just watched the video more closely. He used RaspBMC. Then I suppouse XBMC is on there somehow? I don't own one yet, just looking at the options!
Seriously? Does your TV even support 10 bit colour? I do not think so. and even if it did are you going to notice that small difference from 3-4 meters away? :)
i was gonna say if your on that old 10 inch black and white analog yea sure i feel ya but sad to say them days are dead but id sure like to find my old 10 in b/w tv and watch Benny hill again lmao
peppergut1 You need to intall XBMC -- either put a fresh version of NOOBS on your SD card and select install XMBC at first boot, or download and install an XBMC image. Good Luck! :)
yes you can put the memory card in your computer and find the config file. now at the end press enter so you are on a new line. now type in max_usb_current=1 hope this works for you
Can we have more videos please,, at least 3 per week to start with,, then really ramp it up in 2014, I will even sit through the bloody ads at the start... "Really"
great vid my xbmc is very verry sloooowwwwwwwwwww any ideas? mouse laggs keyboard laggs, I have a class 10 card any ideas? good elec and it seems to not want to read my 2 tb ext hd :-/ ill put the time in if it can read the external hd let me know thanks folks.
Pawan Kumar I'm not sure how to configure multi-booting on a Pi -- though somebody here may know! :) But you can certainly install XBMC on one SD card, and Raspbia on another, and swap them as required.
i can't get mine to work with that os mine only works with rasp. the recommended os and even with the recommended s it won't even play a simple youtube mine lags and will not play at all so far i think the pi is a peas of sh***t i even over clock it and still don't work..
oxygenBoss It could be a wireless network which has even more security risks involved in showing the IP-address the network uses than a cable-network does. Advertising your non-public IP-address can actually be quite the dangerous thing to do on the internet (wifi or cable, it doesn't matter), because it could enable people to locate you based on your network IP or try to penetrate the security measures by hacking into the WiFi capabilities of the router-modem combination (after they have located you).
Your private address is broadcasted to services around the internet, encapsulated, but still, every service on the internet (UA-cam too) needs to know which computer (private IP-address) to reach on your private network that's behind your gateway (usually your modem/router combination). It's relatively easy to mimic these kind of service-calls and extract the IP-address in outgoing or incoming traffic (i'm not talking about SSL connections in this case). Even if your not showing your private IP-address, broadcasting the subnet information can also be on the same level of dangerous.
7:26 "This is-oh, dear, a picture of me, that's frightening!"
Over ten years later, there's now a few EC videos featuring Chris' face on the thumbnails. A very good thing indeed! 🙂
I'm thinking of getting a Respberry Pi setup for my living room, I didn't know setting up XBMC was as simple as this. Thanks for showing it off!
Wow I got to say this little device never ceases to amaze me. Who would have thought it would be able to access all these apps?
I know, right? This thing beats the crap out of PC's back in the day; the ones that played DOOM but it's smaller than a wallet lol. We've come a LONG way when it comes to computers. This would make a perfect media server, no moving parts, cheap (not over 2 grand like before) and very low power consumption; it doesn't even need a heat sink!
Xmbc is an oldy but a goodie! Known about this for years!
Thank you so much for showing this off. I recently got rid of cable in favor of media steaming and this is the cheapest and best way to do it.
This is better than a chromecast
and cheaper i think
Mr. Barnatt, thank God for people like you that can "EXPLAIN" just as it is what it really is, and take us consumers out of the info darkness we all are until good human beings as yourself can give us the right directions for a better te hnology understanding, thanks again and God bless you Sr. (Y) (Y)
Very cool demo of what the Rasberry Pi can do
great vid, gonna be doing this soon just examining different methods. but extremely organized and detailed instructional vids are always a plus, this is by far the best one. any info for getting navi-x installed aswell would be great.
That is a beautiful open case for the Pi
i subscribed because this dude is gangsta as fuck
for those who might be wondering there is also a version for desktop and android
I'm a Newbee to your channel and i really like how you fully explain things to the viewers. In my search for a faster way to accomplish the same thing, i came across this i thought i would tell you about..Raspbmc.com has a tool that will install Raspbmc onto a SD Card using Raspbmc installer. The install of the Raspbmc software is way quicker and from start to finish the entire installation with updates took about 20-25 minutes. I honestly think it took me longer to figure out why my external drive wasn't being seen on the Pi, then it did to get xbmc working on the it...Thank you for the great videos, i will definitely be telling my pals about this channel...
How did you get the raspberry pi to find your hard drive?
Jessica Prescott
try cyberduck :)
Make sure if you are using a 3.5" HDD, you have a separate power source for the drive. If you're using a 2.5" HDD then make sure the connector cable is good.
ExplainingComputers Could you please make a video explaining what Bit-coins are and perhaps a video of how to set up a mining rig?
Take a look on gigafide's channel
Giga Cloud
Dude yes I know that, I just like to see Christopher Barnatt explain it. He has helped me what a SSD is an actually convinced me to buy one, and it has made a big difference to me.
Christopher, exactly how long did it take for the Raspbian system to set up
Thanks in advance.. great tutorials
I would love watching a video about the picam ;)
hi there....one of the main reasons that forces me to buy a media player is the backdrops/thumbnails of my movies. I used to have them all perfectly aligned in windows media center. Can this Pi do this??
I was wondering if you could make a video showing how to get OSMC on the Pi 3 to scrape the IMDB data. I have my very large library of movies but I cannot see where or how to tell it to gather covers, posters, descriptions, ratings, genres etc from sites like IMDB and apply them to the video files in a database.
Hello,
When powering off XBMC on the raspberry pi, do I select "exit" or "power off system". Thanks in advance
Hello Mr Presenter, please tell me where you got that casing for ur PI. This is sleek simple and made for each other like.
Thinking of buying a Pi3 for media centre purposes, sick of my current device (wdtv live) crashing and locking up when I plug USB Hard drives in.
They are 50 quid for starter kits that come with kodi elec installed but I suppose I could buy just the pi and other things separately and install the operating systems myself and it be cheaper.
Also I wouldn't need the ethernet cable they supply
+mrkeefor The Pi 3 I think will make a creat media centre -- see my video on OSMC on the Pi 2, and of course it will work better than that! ua-cam.com/video/-9vgJ4u4saI/v-deo.html
Hi. Just wondering for those of you who use this, is there any lag. I'm thinking if getting a Pi to try this out but have heard of reports of lag? Thanks in advance
Great Video!
Do you know if you can add apps like mashup? ustvnow? ftvguide? to allow live tv or does it only allow you to add the preloaded apps?
7:25 I laughed at what you said lol.
Nice video, I'am looking for a way to get rid of the TV , keyboard and mouse and do everything via my Samsung tablet. Do you have a solution, I'am looking for more then a year now, untill now without result. Hopefully you can help
+John Dor use a chromecast. but you can only watch netflix or youtube with it.
Can I use the Pi + OSMC to watch DVD / Blu Rays on my iPad/iPhone/Wlan PC?
I am looking for a solution to start my Blu Ray Player and watch the movie somewhere in my house without streaming it on a HD or SD. Couldn't find a solution in the net till now.
INCEPTION
Is the raspberry still a decent choice for a cheap functional file and streaming media player?
+ShiningBOT See my more recent video "Raspberry Pi OSMC Media Player". :)
Cooles Video danke:)
I Need some help !! I am making a jukebox using my rapberry pi , Im thinkin about using RASPBMC. Question: is it possible to have my raspberry pi camera hooked up to the raspberry pi an run through RaspBMC. The idea is I want have the jukebox with a built in screen, the camera can take photos (almost like a photo booth ) and the images will be instantly shown on the screen of the jukebox? the screen wil also be able to show videos and eveyrthing else available on RaspBmc... Bare with me and my knowledge of the Pi , Just learning about it now. Any information is appreciated.
I want to set this up for my cottage where internet is not available. We use a generator to power the tv/lights at night. Can I set it up this way then use a usb stick that I would plug into the raspberry pi 2 and play a movie from the usb stick? The reason is I want to load my usb stick with tons of movies when I go back to the city, then when I go back up to the cottage I can just play off the stick and not worry about space.
Le Krang yes, you can alternatively use an external HD like small 1 TB WD travel size. Load the files on it, make sure they are the correct file format for XBMC. Then set up it up as shown and plug in either the USB stick or the HD. Load it as shown in the video.
That case is lush, I agree
Christopher can you tell me how to add repo's to this version of xbmc as having real problems, with thanks Mick
i have just recently bought a rasp+, but it seems to run quite slowly. Is there anything i can to speed it up?(I have fibre op broadband, so should be pretty quick) thanks
Once installed, what codecs does XBMC have for playing video files from a hard drive?
anyway, when I get to the screen you are on at 2:07 I have no option for raspbmc. When I installed it, it deleted noobs so I could not boot up my raspberry pi properly. Any help?
+TU Ducky (TheUltimateDucky) I am replying one year on but, there is the tool called BerryBoot. I find that it is more complete than Noobs.
What is the biggest memory for this media player ? And if it was full say 128 GB would it slow down ?
sir ive got a question if you have raspbian installed on pi3 on sd card when you want to instal the movie player xbmc do you need another sd card
iam using 4 gig card dont want to remove the other o.s
so i probaly got to change the cards???
hi there i have a quick question...
how do i get audio out of the rasberry pi when using a no-audio 10 inch monitor?
i was wondering if getting a usb bluetooth adapter will work.. and connect it to a bluetooth speakers ..will it work? if so will you please make a video on it !
Segundo Rojas You should be able to connect headphones or an amp to the 3.5mm audio jack.
ExplainingComputers so if i do connect something to the audio port i will get noise out of it even thou i have a hdmi port connect already ?
Kevin Rojas Yes, the audio should be routed to both the HDMI socket (digitally) and the analogue audio jack.
Is it possible to install Showbow as well.
Thanks. I do like to play video in portrait not landscape. Is there any software that I can charge. I am going to use old LED tv in to business advertising board. Can u help me please.
Thanks.
I would just use standard software, but prepare the video to play vertically, and rotate the screen!
does it take that long to boot it every time you use it? or just on initial installation?
Heather Smith The boot is fairly fast after the initial setup. But XBMC has recently been replaced by OSMC. I will be posting a video on that in the next few weeks. :)
Is it possible to run XBMC on a Raspberry pi over a VPN? I ask as i live in a non english speaking country and want to get things like Iplayer, 4OD e.t.c.
Can i add emulators into XBMC like i could with the original xbox>?
Where'd u get that RP case from???
when i want to switch from raspbian to xbmc???
Any way to potentially watch Netflix on this?
If I don't have hdmi and try to use composite video, can we do that with RaspBMC? if we can, would you mind to let us know how to setting it up? Thanks
Yes, you can use the Rasp Pi composite video output with XBMC -- but you may have to edit the config file to get the right video format (NTSC or PAL), and the image quality will be lower (if perfectly OK, and no worse than the quality we all used to watch TV in not that many years ago). Good Luck!
What changes do u have to make on the config files so that we can use the Rasp Pi composite video output with XBMC?
Alexander Hardjo
It should do it automatically, but if you are in Europe the image will come out in black and white so you need to convert it to colour!
Run terminal and do the following:
Type "sudo nano /boot/config.txt"
find the line that says "#sdtv_mode=2" and uncomment it (remove the #)
ctrl-x to save then press y and then enter!
Then type "sudo reboot" and it should work in PAL.
Things start getting really fun (and illegal), when you install streaming addons like 1channel, simplymovies, and other pirating-addons.
Welcome to America lol illegal is the middle name of the united illegal states lol
But what about Hulu, HBO, Netflix, Amazon Prime apps?
I believe that Netflix can be made to work . . .
That's a nice case! Where can we find it?
+fo61 There is a version here: www.amazon.com/dp/B00UBETR7M?psc=1 -- many vendors now seem to have molds . . .
+fo61 The version I bought was Tontec -- as here: www.amazon.com/Tontec%C2%AE-Black-Case-Raspberry-Model/dp/B00VFWIDFQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1457917340&sr=1-1&keywords=tontec+case
Is it possible to watch Amazon Prime Instant Video or to surfe with the Player ?
Reinhard Mueller I don't think so, but I've not tried it . . .
Reinhard Mueller yes you can
Cool one
so can I install xbmc to some ting like a external hardrive or flashdrive and use the sdcard slot as a flashdrive?
A Pi can only boot from the SD card I'm afraid.
i dont seem to have any apps? is there an update i need?
At 2:20 it says "Creating filesystem (FAT)"... Any idea why? Can this be changed to EXT4 or at least NTFS or so?
Could be creating the FAT file system for the /boot partition? that would be my only guess.
I would stick with EXT3 or EXT4 when using Linux for many reasons :D (not NTFS)
Steven Phillips Exactly my point, I'd use ext4 nearly always, hence my question ;)
how can I watch dutch TV ?
I downloaded the noobs package from the bit torrent link on the raspberry pi site - and I only have 3 OS options - XBMC isn't one of them.
XBMC isn't an OS its software you download and install onto linux xbmc.org/
Oh, I just watched the video more closely. He used RaspBMC. Then I suppouse XBMC is on there somehow? I don't own one yet, just looking at the options!
Are you from Great Britain? You are using british "G" power connector.
can i connect my 8tb external drive to it and watch movies on my tv?
+kiltedjohn1000 Yes you can, though today you would be better with the more modern OSMC player -- see ua-cam.com/video/-9vgJ4u4saI/v-deo.html
Unfortunately for me I can't use Raspberry Pi as a media centre because of the lack of 10-bit video support.
Seriously? Does your TV even support 10 bit colour? I do not think so. and even if it did are you going to notice that small difference from 3-4 meters away? :)
i was gonna say if your on that old 10 inch black and white analog yea sure i feel ya but sad to say them days are dead but id sure like to find my old 10 in b/w tv and watch Benny hill again lmao
Help please. I have a raspberry pi and when I start it it goes straight to the desktop. How do I boot in XMCB
peppergut1 You need to intall XBMC -- either put a fresh version of NOOBS on your SD card and select install XMBC at first boot, or download and install an XBMC image. Good Luck! :)
thank you. i have it now. but now how do i download movies
ExplainingComputers
Read Up
Can you play videos from a HD?
yes you can put the memory card in your computer and find the config file.
now at the end press enter so you are on a new line. now type in
max_usb_current=1
hope this works for you
Skip Navi-X, much better options available on XBMC.
You should have picked OpenELEC, it is faster and more reliable.
Can we have more videos please,, at least 3 per week to start with,, then really ramp it up in 2014, I will even sit through the bloody ads at the start... "Really"
adblockplus for firefox or opra...download it ..no adds. end of story.
He’s shocked 😳 about watching himself! Deary me!
great vid my xbmc is very verry sloooowwwwwwwwwww any ideas? mouse laggs keyboard laggs, I have a class 10 card any ideas? good elec and it seems to not want to read my 2 tb ext hd :-/ ill put the time in if it can read the external hd let me know thanks folks.
maybe if you try reading from like a home server or maybe setup a plex server instead of the 2 TB drive? maybe
Isnt xbmc kodi?
CAN I INSTALL BOTH THIS AND THE MAIN RASBIAN OS
Pawan Kumar I'm not sure how to configure multi-booting on a Pi -- though somebody here may know! :) But you can certainly install XBMC on one SD card, and Raspbia on another, and swap them as required.
thank you
He sounds like Michael Caine
i can't get mine to work with that os mine only works with rasp. the recommended os and even with the recommended s it won't even play a simple youtube mine lags and will not play at all so far i think the pi is a peas of sh***t i even over clock it and still don't work..
+Edward Whittington Try the new OSMC media player for the Pi.
Croatia!
***** Please leave.
i wonder why he blurred out the ip address?
oxygenBoss It could be a wireless network which has even more security risks involved in showing the IP-address the network uses than a cable-network does. Advertising your non-public IP-address can actually be quite the dangerous thing to do on the internet (wifi or cable, it doesn't matter), because it could enable people to locate you based on your network IP or try to penetrate the security measures by hacking into the WiFi capabilities of the router-modem combination (after they have located you).
what? there is nothing wrong with showing your private ip-address
Your private address is broadcasted to services around the internet, encapsulated, but still, every service on the internet (UA-cam too) needs to know which computer (private IP-address) to reach on your private network that's behind your gateway (usually your modem/router combination). It's relatively easy to mimic these kind of service-calls and extract the IP-address in outgoing or incoming traffic (i'm not talking about SSL connections in this case). Even if your not showing your private IP-address, broadcasting the subnet information can also be on the same level of dangerous.
have you ever heard of NAT?
oxygenBoss It was probably 192.168.5.2
Use LinuxRemote [play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.linuxremote.app] for keyboard and mouse from your android phone
Dude your so easy to listen to.
Can you make a video about SteamOS you can find more information here: www.pcgamer.com/2013/12/14/download-steamos/
you should consider a better intro...
I like it. Its way better than the generic dubstep, lofi hiphop, or trap music intros that everyone else is using.
Raspberry Pi is just a geek toy. If you want media pc do not buy a Raspberry Pi because it doesn't have enough power to see a full movie!
No need to buy Raspberry Pi because XBMC runs on Windows 8! All the Linux trash is crap, throw it away!
*****
Microsoft servers don't run linux ! you have windows servers too.
Microsofts Azure platform is rather popular these days !
The noobest and a stupid idea to use it.............