Since I do video production, it will come in handy having other options to play back audio and video.
Since the Pi is so small I was wondering what is the smallest most mobile video screen available for the RPi3 and can I run the whole thing, screen and all off a 12v cigarette lighter outlet? On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Chris McQuistion <[email protected]> wrote: > I run "OpenElec <http://openelec.tv/>" as dedicated Kodi boxes at my > house for movies, TV and music. The Raspberry Pi 3 has bluetooth included, > so my Harmony Remotes work with OpenElec over bluetooth (which is more > reliable and faster than IR control). > > I've played with a few other things on Raspberry Pi's at home, but this is > what I'm using them for right now and I really like them. > > Chris > > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Michael L <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I must say this sounds interesting to someone who doesn't know much about >> Linux and doesn't like being tied to Microsoft. Can anyone tell me what >> purpose these multiple RPi's serve because I've been thinking I should buy >> one or two just to find out. >> M >> >> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Chris McQuistion <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> There are higher-end SD cards that supposedly include wear leveling. >>> Those would be the cards designed for HD cameras and such. >>> >>> You could go that route or you could just image your system and make >>> periodic backups. If the card goes bad, replace it with another $10 SD >>> card, restored from backup, and call it a day. >>> >>> I have two Raspberry Pi systems at home and that's what I plan to do >>> (just back them up and replace them when they die.) >>> >>> On a system that isn't do a large number of writes, an SD card should >>> last for a LONG time since reads don't wear a card out. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Bruce Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I know that dd is one of those fundamental linux commands that are used >>>> occasionally but like rm need to be used carefully. >>>> >>>> I admit to being a rather “Appliance” operator when it come stop Linux >>>> these days. I use the bistro as it is and usually install only the software >>>> and updates that are part of the distribution. In the past I did download >>>> the source of the latest version of software i wanted to run and compiled >>>> it after tweaking the makefile and sometimes some of the code. These days I >>>> do not do that very much. Lazy? Maybe but the distributions have gotten >>>> better at keeping things reasonably up to date and stable and bleeding edge >>>> is not my forte anymore. >>>> >>>> That being said I have been playing around with Raspberry Pi for the >>>> last few years. I tend to buy two or three of each version as they come >>>> out. I have two deployed for specific Ham radio stuff and am embarking on a >>>> project to help some friends out by setting up some Broadband Speed >>>> monitoring nodes. One of the shortcomings of the Raspberry Pi (RPi) is the >>>> use of SD cards. Even when you are not doing a lot of writing to the card >>>> the life of a card seems to be less than a year or so. >>>> >>>> I have read that the newer SDHC cards incorporate wear leveling much >>>> like an SSD does. With this in mind I want to set up an SD card but only >>>> partition it to use a third or a fourth of the disk space and leave the >>>> rest of the card free and unformatted for wear leveling use. >>>> >>>> My experience, thus far, is that when setting up a card for the RPi the >>>> distribution expands itself to use up the entire card. I want to try >>>> setting things up on an 8GB car. After everything is configured I want to >>>> create an image of the card and then write that image to a 16GB or 32GB >>>> card. Is there a parameter in dd to limit how much of the card is used and >>>> leave the rest as unformatted? Do I need to create the partitions on the >>>> 32GB card and image each partition separately from the 8GB card and write >>>> that image to a specific partition on the 32GB card? Is there some >>>> other/better way to do this? >>>> >>>> I want to try to get to the point of being able to set up a RPi and let >>>> it sit and run for years and not have to redo the card every year. Stories >>>> of servers stuck in closets or left in a wall void during remodeling come >>>> to mind. We had an APRS Igate node at Vanderbilt that ran the better part >>>> of a decade without a purposeful reboot that was running on a floppy drive >>>> distro that Sean Jewett and a few others worked on. I want that kind of >>>> longevity in the RPi nodes I am deploying. >>>> >>>> Thoughts? >>>> Suggestions? >>>> Questions? >>>> >>>> Bruce >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Bruce W. 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