Anyone have a Raspberry pi, cat cable, hdmi cable and 1080p monitor/tv?

#1

Would you mind testing streaming a 1080p video over a network cable to a 1080p monitor or tv for me through raspbmc for me?

basically all I need to know is how smooth it is, if the 1080p streams fine(it really should, 10/100 can do 1080p), if there’s any quality drop etc

#2

What sort of bitrates and audio are you looking at? I haven’t yet had much of a chance to fiddle with mine but I can look into this tomorrow.

#3

This is really off-topic but; Ordered my raspberry pi off of RS like 3 weeks ago, it was delivered on friday last week. Came home from work today to find ANOTHER package from RS on my doorstep… I now have 2 raspberry pi’s :smiley: (I only ordered one…)

#4

Are you fucking kidding me?
Ordered mine over two months ago and still haven’t a word about it, I think Farnell is just a pile of shit :frowning:

#5

I tried raspbmc, it’s horrible 9999x errors installing so don’t use it just yet. Just put the debian install on my sd card and am gonna build xbmc under that.

#6

any bitrates will do, but nothing insane like 50gb bluray rips

#7

[quote=“Fat Cookies, post:4, topic:444590”][quote author=eczema3 link=topic=547278.msg4013476#msg4013476 date=1339433983]
This is really off-topic but; Ordered my raspberry pi off of RS like 3 weeks ago, it was delivered on friday last week. Came home from work today to find ANOTHER package from RS on my doorstep… I now have 2 raspberry pi’s :smiley: (I only ordered one…)
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Are you fucking kidding me?
Ordered mine over two months ago and still haven’t a word about it, I think Farnell is just a pile of shit :([/quote]he got yours huehuehue

#8

Did you install it via one of the install.py scripts? 'cause they install the wrong release currently.

#9

Yeah, I did. Didn’t find that out till later, but it was also a problem with the power supply I was using didn’t provide enough current. Anyway, new powered usb hub and raspbmc rc2 and it works.

Tested a 1080p documentary I had and it worked well resolution 1920x1080 with a max bitrate of approx 16.5mbps, http://i.imgur.com/dv7lg.jpg

There were a few tiny jumps when I first played the video (almost like it was buffering), but after that works fine. I don’t have anything with a higher bitrate to test though :frowning:

EDIT: That said, if you want a decent, small and cheap xbmc media center, get an apple tv. It has a case, remote, wifi and you can jailbreak+install xbmc. By the time you buy an sd card, a case and a remote or extra/wireless kb+mouse I think you’re better off with the atv.

#10

i don’t think there’s many videos floating around > 1080p :wink:

#11

[quote=“t4, post:10, topic:444590”]i don’t think there’s many videos floating around > 1080p ;)[/quote]who said there is?

#12
#13

[quote=“Teh Spede, post:11, topic:444590”][quote author=t4 link=topic=547278.msg4015450#msg4015450 date=1339590287]
i don’t think there’s many videos floating around > 1080p :wink:
[/quote]who said there is?[/quote]
was in response to eXemplar, pointing out in general that the Raspberry pi seems adequate for an entertainment center

#14

More like shit

#15

'cause it can’t run windows 7? :frowning:

#16

[quote=“t4, post:15, topic:444590”][quote author=tL link=topic=547278.msg4015814#msg4015814 date=1339622435]
More like shit
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'cause it can’t run windows 7? :([/quote]more like osx in the case of tL (:

#17

The operating system isn’t the issue.

And I actually use Windows in what I use on my ‘entertainment centre’ :wink:

It just isn’t as good as anything else I use for what you could do on this. It is fine for everything else, and I suppose if you have nothing else at all then it’d be better than nothing, but its limited power doesn’t particularly make it all that useful for that sort of thing.

#18

I didn’t say higher resolution, I said higher bitrate :stuck_out_tongue:

And yes, I still think if you want a small cheap media centre get a apple tv and xbmc it, or something else. The raspberry pi is more of a little fucking around thing.

#19

[quote=“eXemplar, post:18, topic:444590”][quote author=t4 link=topic=547278.msg4015450#msg4015450 date=1339590287]
i don’t think there’s many videos floating around > 1080p :wink:
[/quote]
I didn’t say higher resolution, I said higher bitrate :stuck_out_tongue:

And yes, I still think if you want a small cheap media centre get a apple tv and xbmc it, or something else. The raspberry pi is more of a little fucking around thing.[/quote]Or build a HTPC and put a passively cooled low profile gfx card in it if you want extreme future proofing for the absurd resolutions of tomorrow!

#20

we already have a wireless kb/mouse and dozens of sd cards and a case isn’t required

thanks for testing, I’ll likely get a rasp pi