Schlagwort: kodi

  • MagPi 66: Raspberry Pi media projects for your home

    MagPi 66: Raspberry Pi media projects for your home

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    Hey folks, Rob from The MagPi here! Issue 66 of The MagPi is out right now, with the ultimate guide to powering your home media with Raspberry Pi. We think the Pi is the perfect replacement or upgrade for many media devices, so in this issue we show you how to build a range of Raspberry Pi media projects.

    MagPi 66

    Yes, it does say Pac-Man robotics on the cover. They’re very cool.

    The article covers file servers for sharing media across your network, music streaming boxes that connect to Spotify, a home theatre PC to make your TV-watching more relaxing, a futuristic Pi-powered moving photoframe, and even an Alexa voice assistant to control all these devices!

    More to see

    That’s not all though — The MagPi 66 also shows you how to build a Raspberry Pi cluster computer, how to control LEGO robots using the GPIO, and why your Raspberry Pi isn’t affected by Spectre and Meltdown.

    In addition, you’ll also find our usual selection of product reviews and excellent project showcases.

    Get The MagPi 66

    Issue 66 is available today from WHSmith, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, and Asda. If you live in the US, head over to your local Barnes & Noble or Micro Center in the next few days. You can also get the new issue online from our store, or digitally via our Android and iOS apps. And don’t forget, there’s always the free PDF as well.

    Subscribe for free goodies

    Want to support the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the magazine, and get some cool free stuff? If you take out a twelve-month print subscription to The MagPi, you’ll get a Pi Zero W, Pi Zero case, and adapter cables absolutely free! This offer does not currently have an end date.

    I hope you enjoy this issue! See you next month.

    Website: LINK

  • Asus TinkerBoard & Element14 PiDesktop Case – Review

    Asus TinkerBoard & Element14 PiDesktop Case – Review

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    We got our Hands on the new Asus TinkerBoard and the Element14 PiDesktop Case as seen below..

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BWkqbKjDNNF/

    @ASUS Tinker Board in Action!! #geek #technology #asus #tinkerboard #blogdottv

    A post shared by BLOGDOTTV | #GAMES #LIFESTYLE (@blogdottv) on Jul 15, 2017 at 8:50am PDT

    Tech Specs:

    • Quad core 1.8GHz ARM Cortex-A17 CPU
    • 2GB Dual channel LPDDR3 memory
    • Gigabit LAN and Bluetooth 4.0 + EDR connectivity
    • 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
    • 4x USB 2.0 ports
    • 40-pin Internal header with 28 GPIO pins
    • Contact points for PWM and S/PDIF signals
    • 1x 3.5mm Audio jack connection
    • CSI port for camera connection
    • DSI port supporting HD resolution
    • 1x HDMI 2.0 port to support 4K resolution
    • Micro SD port supports UHS-I
    • Supports Debian OS with KODI
    • Power supply: 5V/ 2A Micro USB (not included)

    Here is our Review and assembling video of the case, and also the Android Interface and some Games and Apps running on it.

    Gallery:

    Asus Tinker OS Download Links: https://www.asus.com/de/Single-Board-Computer/Tinker-Board/HelpDesk_Download/

    Linux Debian OS: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/Linux/Tinker_Board_2GB/TinkerOS_DEBIAN.zip?_ga=2.119778571.24697478.1500511530-1025773273.1499517653

    Android Marshmallow 6.0.1: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/Linux/Tinker_Board_2GB/20170511-tinker-board-android-marshmallow-userdebug-v131104.zip?_ga=2.112820615.24697478.1500511530-1025773273.1499517653

    Tutorial Videos on how to Setup your Installation and how to BootUp:

    We are very excited about this new piece of hardware from Asus and it is worth its money, and for all pi coders and that have laying around hw from it, perfectly.. 🙂

    Thank you for reading and watching, leave your comments below.

  • Asus TinkerBoard – Android 6.0.1 Review

    Asus TinkerBoard – Android 6.0.1 Review

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    Asus TinkerBoard – Android 6.0.1 working PlayStore and TV Launcher

    we had the chance to get our hands on the asus tinkerboard and we really love it 🙂 its a wonderfull peace of hardware.

    Here is our Review of the UI we created in some hours of work, and also the apps tested and working as you can see …

    really better performance than the Pi2/pi3 just amazing.

    maybe we gonna put up a tutorial and how to setup. thank you for reading and watching.

  • KODI hat es in den Google App Store geschafft! Vorher bekannt als XBMC

    KODI hat es in den Google App Store geschafft! Vorher bekannt als XBMC

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    Kodi™ media center, formerly known as XBMC™ Media Center, is an award-winning free and open source cross-platform software media player and entertainment hub for digital media for HTPCs (Home theater PCs). It uses a 10-foot user interface designed to be a media player for the living-room, using a remote control as the primary input device. Its graphical user interface (GUI) allows the user to easily browse and view videos, photos, podcasts, and music from a harddrive, optical disc, local network, and the internet using only a few buttons.
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    Confluence is the standard skin and is designed to be fast and user friendly.
    With the skin re-Touched, Kodi™ has now been enhanced to better work with larger phones and tablets as well. Kodi is not currently recommended for use with smaller phones.

    Disclaimer:
    – Kodi does not supply or include any media or content.
    – Users must provide their own content or install one of the third party plug-ins
    – Kodi has no affiliation with any third-part plug-in or add-on provider what so ever.
    – We do not endorse the streaming of copyright protected material without permission of the copyright holder.
    – In order to upgrade from a previous version you must have installed an official released version by Team Kodi. Any other version may cause failure to upgrade.
    Kodi™ is a trademark of the XBMC Foundation. For further details you can visithttp://kodi.wiki/view/Official:Trademark_Policy

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.xbmc.kodi

  • Steam Machine Konsole – wie aktiviere ich den Desktop Modus / Apps installieren!

    Steam Machine Konsole – wie aktiviere ich den Desktop Modus / Apps installieren!

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    Also da wir gerade voll im Steam Machine Fieber sind haben wir uns gleich dran gemacht für euch alle wichtigen Infos zum Desktop Mode zusammen zu suchen.

    Q: Wie gelange ich zum Steam Desktop Mode?! Ich sehe immer nur Steam!

    Um auf den Desktop Mode zugreifen zu können muss er zuerst in den Einstellungen aktiviert werden. Zuerst auf das Zahnrad rechts oben, danach auf ‚Interface‘

    Den Punkt ‚Zugriff auf Linux Desktop‘ aktivieren. Der Exit Button hat nun den Zusatzpunkt ‚Zum Desktop verlassen‘

    Q: Wie bekomme ich ‚root‘ Zugriff im Steam Desktop Modus?

    Der root account kann normal aktiviert werden , wird aber ohne PW installiert. Um das PW zu ändern startet den Terminal und tippt:

    „passwd“ jetzt das neue Passwort eintippen (zwei mal, aus Sicherheitsgründen) Jetzt könnt ihr das ’sudo‘ kommano verwenden um System Pakete zu installieren, etc.

    Q: Meine Steam Konsole funktioniert nicht mehr, wie kann ich Sie wiederherstellen?

    Um in den Wiederherstellungsmodus zu gelangen ESC taste beim Starten halten und dann den Punkt „Restore System Partition“ auswählen!

     

    So und jetzt kommen wir zum halbwegs interessanten Teil des ganzen! Dadurch das alle Steam Machines auf Linux Basis laufen mit einem Debian Kernel ist ein normaler APT Package installer vorhanden womit man z.b Kodi Media Player installieren kann:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/xbmc-nightly
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi

    Mit zugehörigem Skin, und einem kleinen Eintrag im Autostart könnte eure Steam Machine dann so aussehen:

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    Es ist natürlich nur zufall das dieses Theme einer sehr bekannten Konsole eines namentlichen Herstellers handelt 😉

    Und über die Pins kann man dann auch seine Steam Games die man hat auch direkt verknüpfen.

     

    Wir hoffen es hat euch geholfen, und wir freuen uns auf eure Meinung wie wir unsere Tutorials noch mehr verbessern können!