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PLEASE NOTE, THESE STEPS ARE NOT YET ACTIVE.
 
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**Install the default pxe image for the Raspberry Pi.  (Coming Soon)
 
**Install the default pxe image for the Raspberry Pi.  (Coming Soon)

Revision as of 01:16, 3 August 2013

Device Specification

-The Raspberry Pi is an ARM based computer the size of a credit card. 700Mhz, 256MB or 512MB RAM, FastEthernet, 2xUSB, GPIO

Media Director

The Raspberry Pi can be used as a minimal Media Director within LinuxMCE. The following instructions will show how to create a MD.

Requirements

  • The Raspberry Pi must be plugged into the internal side of your LinuxMCE core's network to act as a media director.
  • The Raspberry Pi must be a 512MB Model B. The Model A and the 256MB Model B do not have enough RAM to boot into Orbiter.
  • The Raspberry Pi must be plugged in using the HDMI connector and using HDMI sound.
  • You may wish to have a usb keyboard or mouse for interaction. USB-UIRT/MCE Remote is also possible.

Setup Steps

PLEASE NOTE, THESE STEPS ARE NOT YET ACTIVE.

  • On the Core:
    • Install the default pxe image for the Raspberry Pi. (Coming Soon)
    • edit /usr/pluto/bin/Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh to enable "raspbian_armhf" as a TARGET_TYPE
    • run /usr/pluto/bin/Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh to create a raspbian tarball
  • Get the LinuxMCE Raspberry Pi MD sdcard contents. (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/118201886/sdcard.zip)
  • Format an sdcard for VFAT using your favourite method. (Windows should default to VFAT when formatting the sdcard from within Explorer.)
  • Copy the entire sdcard contents to the newly formatted sdcard.
  • Insert the sdcard into the Raspberry Pi.
  • Power up the Raspberry Pi.
  • The u-boot bootloader will start, it will grab the default pxe kernel/initrd.
  • Raspberry Pi will display "Announced ourselves to the router" and the core will run Diskless_Setup to prepare the MD.
  • The Raspberry Pi will reboot once Diskless_Setup completes properly.
  • On first boot the bootloader on the sdcard will be updated to the version the MD image is using.
  • The Raspberry Pi will reboot.
  • On second boot the Raspberry Pi will ask you to do a "Quick Reload Router".
  • The Setup Wizard will be displayed. You will not have any audio or video in the Setup Wizard (it is trying to use xine)
  • Complete the setup wizard, which will reload the router when finished.

What works

  • Embedded phone works on rPi. You'll have to set audio to HDMI in webadmin -> Wizard -> Media Director for simplephone to switch to HDMI output.

What does not work

  • Audio playback: xine-player always wants to initialize video, even for audio MP3 files. It fails because it can't initialize 'xv' or 'xshm' video driver.
  • Video playback: omxplayer integration is in pipeline
    • remove the xine player and mplayer devices from your new media director and the omx player (very alpha) may play audio and video after a router reload.