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I want to be able to record TV on my PC and stream it across to one of my Raspberry Pi's via Plex 4.0.1, I have a Dual HD TV Tuner Card installed in my PC and am using nextPVR, I installed NPVR as a channel on Plex, all works well (most of the time) on my iPhone, Tablets, Macbook etc. but wont play on my Raspberry Pi's, I know this is because Raspberry Pi's don't come with a Mpeg-2 licence key and that I can buy one for £2.40 by giving them my serial number and they will give me a key but i was wondering..... how do I find my serial number? it says on their website:

 

To find your serial number, type cat /proc/cpuinfo at the command line as shown below:

pi@raspberrypi:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo

Processor       : ARMv6-compatible processor rev 7 (v6l)

BogoMIPS        : 697.95

Features        : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp java tls

CPU implementer : 0x41 CPU architecture: 7

CPU variant     : 0x0 CPU part        : 0xb76

CPU revision    : 7

 

Hardware        : BCM2708

Revision        : 1000002

Serial          : 000000000000000d

 

But where do I type that?

 

If I manage to do it will it stay on my Pi forever or will it wipe when I put a fresh install of RasPlex on it?

 

Thanks in advance for any help given  :D 

 

By the way, this is my first post, I think Plex is GREAT! I don't know how I ever did without it! I've got 2 Pi's, An iPhone 5S, Kindle Fire HD and a MacBook Air all running Plex flawlessly and plan to eventually get an Xbox One and a Plex Pass.

 

All my friends/Family can't believe how I can start watching a film in the Lounge, Stop it half way then just carry on from where I left off upstairs!

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I want to be able to record TV on my PC and stream it across to one of my Raspberry Pi's via Plex 4.0.1, I have a Dual HD TV Tuner Card installed in my PC and am using nextPVR, I installed NPVR as a channel on Plex, all works well (most of the time) on my iPhone, Tablets, Macbook etc. but wont play on my Raspberry Pi's, I know this is because Raspberry Pi's don't come with a Mpeg-2 licence key and that I can buy one for £2.40 by giving them my serial number and they will give me a key but i was wondering..... how do I find my serial number? it says on their website:
 
To find your serial number, type cat /proc/cpuinfo at the command line as shown
 
But where do I type that?
 
If I manage to do it will it stay on my Pi forever or will it wipe when I put a fresh install of RasPlex on it?
 


You need to SSH in to your Pi from a PC or Mac and then enter the command.

Once you have your licence number you will need to edit the config.txt file in the /boot directory, best way to do this is to put the SD card in your PC or Mac and use a simple text editor (not a word processor) and add the serial number.

If you search this forum there are a number of posts which cover this process in some detail.

Regards
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Hey thanks for the reply, one question though... what does SSH mean? 

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Hey thanks for the reply, one question though... what does SSH mean? 

Try to enter "ssh" into google :)

https://www.google.dk/?gws_rd=cr&ei=Jmi_VNWIOKreywOl6YG4DQ#q=ssh

I would recommend the PuTTY SSH client.

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You need to SSH in to your Pi from a PC or Mac and then enter the command.
Once you have your licence number you will need to edit the config.txt file in the /boot directory, best way to do this is to put the SD card in your PC or Mac and use a simple text editor (not a word processor) and add the serial number.
If you search this forum there are a number of posts which cover this process in some detail.
Regards

Hey thanks for the reply, one question though... what does SSH mean?

Try to enter "ssh" into google :)
https://www.google.dk/?gws_rd=cr&ei=Jmi_VNWIOKreywOl6YG4DQ#q=ssh

I would recommend the PuTTY SSH client.

Edited: SSH is an acronym for Secure SHell which is a means of communicating with your Raspberry Pi, in this case to obtain a command line to enter commands to determine the Pi's serial number.

To get to a command line on your Pi, you need to find out the IP address of your Pi and then start Terminal on either a PC (or install and use PuTTY) or Mac and enter 'ssh root@[IP_Address of Pi]', when prompted enter the password 'rasplex' and press enter, this will give you the command line interface on your Pi where you enter the command given previously to ascertain you Pi' serial number.

Regards
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Edit:
This post of mine was originally intended to point out a misunderstanding in an earlier post.
That post has now been edited, eliminating the misunderstanding, thus making this post of mine redundant.

Best regards: dlanor

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