So, I got a Raspberry Pi for Christmas. I have had some fun and games with it, not least when I broke the mount for the SD card whilst custom making a case. Stupid error. I’d cut a slot and left the card in whilst slipping the Pi in to the case. I must have levered it somehow. It was fixed by cutting a piece of plastic or two from a yoghurt pot lid and screwing the Raspberry Pi firmly down against some plastic casing from a house wiring box. I had cut the plastic using my new dremel.
The box had contained some buttons. |
I am running OpenElec at the moment which is a fast booting xmbc implementation. Without much effort I have it working as music player, BBC iPlayer, Spotify player (Spotimc) and TV Catchup (I had to read the installation instructions for this one since the zip is a repository, not the add-on).
It even works with my Samsung TV remote using libCEC though this needed activating on the TV (which took me some time to work out).
Running BBC iPlayer in HD |
The little box is powered by the TV and when I have a WiFi adapter for it will sit behind the TV and quietly work its magic. I am very impressed by the little guy. My wife suggests that cardboard and wood are not ideal case materials, and I agree, but it is different, and all I had lying around.
The next project is to (maybe) get another and make it do the same but with a squeezeserver on top so I can free up my Dell Zino, which I don’t really take full advantage of where it is. I might sell it on if I can do that.