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XBMC on Raspberry Pi - Wonder if this will work out? (Historical Discussion Thread)
For everyone asking about HDMI-CEC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBs7KaTK5Hk
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cowfodder Wrote:For everyone asking about HDMI-CEC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBs7KaTK5Hk

So I could just use my TV remote with it to interface with XBMC?
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Yes you could Smile This device shouldn't need a CEC adapter, because it must have the CEC pin actually connected to something (this is what all PC's lack which thus needs a CEC adapter)
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PulseEight have stated they will be adding native Raspberry Pi CEC support to libCEC, so assuming this happens then it's a certainty that XBMC on R-Pi will allow you to use your CEC supporting TV remote control to navigate XBMC - no adapter required! Smile

This is great news for ultra cheap media center installations - no need for a USB IR dongle and nasty Media Center remote control (at about £15 that's over half the cost of an R-Pi) plus it doesn't tie up one of the only two available USB ports (I know you can use a hub, but now you might not have to).
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That is sweet (HDMI-CEC control).
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Can the PI support the BBC iPlayer streams - with aac sound?
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So, so far the USB in my TV can power it and I can use my TV remote over HDMI-CEC to control the Pi! What a device! Does anyone know if a native version of XBMC will be available on the Pi's release?
Set Up
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40" Samsung ES6800 LED Smart 3D 1080P TV
Onkyo HTS3405 5.1 DD True HD and DTS-HD Surround Sound
ReadyNAS Duo with 4TB (2 x 2TB X-RAID) Western Digital Caviar Green using NFS
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deanmv Wrote:So, so far the USB in my TV can power it and I can use my TV remote over HDMI-CEC to control the Pi! What a device! Does anyone know if a native version of XBMC will be available on the Pi's release?

Seems like someone is already working on a xbmcpi version so you might be in luck. I cant wait to see how things comes along personally.
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deanmv Wrote:So, so far the USB in my TV can power it and I can use my TV remote over HDMI-CEC to control the Pi! What a device! Does anyone know if a native version of XBMC will be available on the Pi's release?

that's almost ridiculous. All users will need is a TV, a pi, a usb cable, and hdmi cable.

Cheapest XBMC hardware by a looooong shot
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BigO Wrote:Seems like someone is already working on a xbmcpi version so you might be in luck. I cant wait to see how things comes along personally.

Where did you see that?
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vinistois Wrote:that's almost ridiculous. All users will need is a TV, a pi, a usb cable, and hdmi cable.

Cheapest XBMC hardware by a looooong shot

I am just assuming that if the USB can charge my iPhone then it will be enough to power the Pi and I have LG's "SIMPLINK" which I am hoping would be ok to control the Pi over CEC
Set Up
Raspberry Pi running Raspbmc - XBMC 12.2
40" Samsung ES6800 LED Smart 3D 1080P TV
Onkyo HTS3405 5.1 DD True HD and DTS-HD Surround Sound
ReadyNAS Duo with 4TB (2 x 2TB X-RAID) Western Digital Caviar Green using NFS
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I Am sure it is here somewhere in this tread. But I am to lazy to go hunting all 20 pages for it. ;-)

Will this neat bit of hardware be able to play full 1080P Video? IE A Blu-Ray rip .MKV file?
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Oddsodz Wrote:I Am sure it is here somewhere in this tread. But I am to lazy to go hunting all 20 pages for it. ;-)

Will this neat bit of hardware be able to play full 1080P Video? IE A Blu-Ray rip .MKV file?

Wow. You said it. Lazy sums it up. 2 seconds of Google Foo will give you the answer.
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being a google-bitch, we call it Smile
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htpc guy Wrote:Wow. You said it. Lazy sums it up. 2 seconds of Google Foo will give you the answer.

I did google it Tongue Didn't get anything except how great raspberry pi would be for xbmc. Did you mean that someone is making a rasberrypi specific version of xbmc? I figured we would just use openelec.
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