Using a good USB stick (almost any USB3 should be good enough) is meant to lead to significantly improved performance with the PI, is testing just being done with SD cards?
Where did you hear this? I'm not quite sure how USB3 would improve things either considering the Raspberry Pi only has USB2
hippojay who wrote the PleXBMC plugin posted about it here (although i have seen it elsewhere as well):
[http://forums.plexap...post__p__350407](http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/27270-plexbmc-client-for-xbmc/page__view__findpost__p__350407)
I know the PI is USB2 but i believe it is more the fact that choosing a USB3 drive ensures that you get a stick with a decent throughput (you take more of a risk with any random USB2 one).
http://mymediaexperience.com/raspberry-pi-xbmc-with-raspbmc/
It is also strongly recommended to use a USB memory stick as the Raspbmc will run a lot quicker when running the XBMC off the USB stick. Please do not use a slow USB stick, but get a fast USB 3.0 such as Transcend Jetflash 700 that I am using with my Raspbmc.
Even when the RPi has only USB 2.0, using a USB 3.0 stick with 2.0 sockets will give much better read times.
Interesting…I might have to look into picking up a USB3 stick then.
Hey all, I am very appreciate your work on this project. I am searching for mini pc with Plex Home Center for 2 month. I think it’s best choice!
I am in state to buy raspberry 2.0 B 512mb, can you give me some advices, suggestions… maybe I need something additional?
It’s my list:
- Raspberry Pi 512mb 2.0
- Case
- USB Flash Drive 3.0
- Do I need SD card? 10class? What type?
- Do I need A/C?
- What remote control should work with Raspberry?
Thanks!
there are also different types of SD.
I have myself seen a big difference between using a regular SD card and using a class 10 card with high thoughtput.
Dunno if it’s faster than a USB key, i guess that USB3 keys just have faster flash like the ones in class 10.
That would need to be tried.
You will need a MicroUSB cable to power it up.
I suggest you use a class 10 SD card, runs better than a regular one.
For the remote, I know some guys use a pulse8 remote http://www.pulse-eight.com/store/products/96-motorola-nyxboard-remote-designed-for-xbmc.aspx
Its not the case right now yet, but it should support CEC like raspbmc does, which allows you eventually to use your tv remote :)
Have you tried to control plex on Raspberry via iOS Plex application? I think it's best choice :)
Dale or LongChair, I know this happens in XBMC too, but any ideas on fixing the audio noise (‘pop’) when starting and stopping a movie, using analog audio out on the Pi?
There are some pulse-audio related fixes floating around out there, but I can’t get them to work.
yes that's what i use for my other plexes.
As of now it parly works on the PI. there are some issues which we are working on.
I have noticed that issue as well when using the analog audio.
HDMI audio will not show this issue though.
I will add the issue to our issue logging system.
Just tried the latest image and i have to say amazing work.
Tried a few movies and they’ve all worked so far.
The issues i have noticed is that when navigating menu’s you get no selection box and the background of popups is transparent. It’s still more than useable but thought i’d mention it. On two occasions i had a login prompt stuck at the top left also, rebooted it manually a few times and third time was a charm it came up without the login overliad.
I also couldn’t seem to change the skin. I thought I had issues with changing from 2.0 audio to 5.1 but it was just that I couldn’t see what I had selected.
Colin.
Class 10 are optimised for writing Large chunks of data, like HD video and large images, an ideal card is actually a class 4 or 6 and 4k read and write is key for Pi. I'm doing some tests on different cards and trying to find the best one for this use.
USB keys the same rule applies, though generally most have better 4k read/writes than SD cards.
1, Best Pi is UK made Sony version from CPC/Element 14 if they will ship to where you live or have a distributor where you live. They only use Samsung chip which OC's a lot better than Hynix. It also comes in a case for £30.
2, as above
3, Pi is USB 2.0 but USB 3.0 drives perform better at USB 2.0 mode than USB 2.0 drives as they have faster memory. Look at benchmarks for 4k read/write
4, I'd stay away from class 10, waste of money and not optimised for 4k
5, Decent PSU, 1amp minimum in my opinion, make sure it supplies 4.8-5v no less. Look at tried and tested PSU's.
6, Fit a Vishay 3.3v TSOP IR receiver on the GPIO pins and use lirc, or use CEC via television remote (if tv supports) or use a smartphone app.
Well folks, I got the GL drawing to work!
The UI is surprisingly smooth, and feature rich now.
The downside is, I broke keyboard support, so it can now (as far as I know) only be controlled with the iOS and android apps.
As we speak, I’m uploading this image as “unstable” for testing. I’m hoping that El well be able to take a look at the gui and decide on a few things we can do to speed it up. Home screen is still laggy, but actually almost useable now (even with on deck and recently added).
So, I’m going to leave up the existing alpha image, and add this new unstable image for those that are more adventurous.
More details http://blog.srvthe.net/archives/501
Starting to look really good! Next we need some hdmi-cec working.
Awesome work Dale!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NztKPxmjJ5g
Yeah Dale Rocks ! 
We’re getting close to it really !
That looks amazing! Downloading it now can’t wait to test it out. Great work guys!
Amazing work Dale. Also Thanks Jay Smith for great video.
