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Questions tagged [raspbmc]

Raspbmc is a minimal Linux distribution based on Debian that brings XBMC to your Raspberry Pi. It is now succeeded by OSMC. Questions here should be related to the distribution, whether it be setup or run time.

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Alternatives to Raspberry PI

I know this question may have been asked before. I just want to know if there are any alternatives to the Raspberry Pi. I want to use it as an XMBC station, but the reviews tell me that it's a bit buggy as of now. The video forwarding and the…
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Raspbmc stuck in reboot loop?

I flashed a clean 4GB SD card with raspbmc, and ran it on my Pi. It progresses through the installer but gets stuck in a reboot loop: 'R' screen -> "Relax, XBMC will resume shortly..." -> Blue "Updating XBMC" -> 'R' screen -> etc... Pulling the…
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Why does Raspbmc hang randomly?

My Raspberry Pi, running Raspbmc, hangs randomly while navigating in the menu/settings. Any hints what I could check to find out what's happening when it hangs?
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How do I restart Raspberry Pi from a remote system?

I have mounted my Raspberry Pi videos folder into my Ubuntu 10.04 system. I can paste different videos to mounted directory along with videos folder in Raspberry Pi whenever I require. The problem is I want to restart the Raspberry Pi every time…
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How to enable transmission-daemon start at startup?

I have transmission-daemon installed and running. I have to go and start it manually after each restart, though. I have been reading up on upstart and such, but still am not able to get transmission-daemon to start at boot time automatically. Can…
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External DVD drive won't open

In anticipation of the MPEG2 hardware decode license being available, I bought an external DVD drive. It works fine on my Windows 7 laptop. However, when I connect it to my raspberry pi, I'm unable to get the drive to open. All that happens is that…
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Raspbmc - install missing man pages?

I run RaspBMC. If I recall correctly, the man utility is NOT installed by default with RaspBMC (although I may be mistaken). The problem is, packages installed prior to installing the actual man utility do not install their man pages. This…
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Is there any CLI alternative to xdiskusage?

I really like to use xdiskusage on Ubuntu. It shows the disk usage of my files and folders in a handy way. I've got Raspbmc installed on my Raspberry Pi, which doesn't have a X server. Thus, I cannot use xdiskusage on it. Is there any good CLI…
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Raspberry Pi and Hires Flac files

Can Raspberry Pi read HiRes (24/96) Flac files and provide HiRes (29/96) output through its USB ports for onward conversion by a USB/SPDIF unit?
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How to find version of Raspbmc?

How do I find out what is the version (RC3, RC5, and so on) of a Raspbmc installation? There does not seem to be any version number in the XBMC GUI and neither can I seem to find this version number through command-line (using SSH).
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Raspbmc AirPlay through local network

I have recently installed Raspbmc on my R-Pi and I am using an ethernet cable via my laptop to connect to the internet, I now have a local IP address (10.42.0.255). Is there any way to still enable airplay by re-routing it through my laptop? I've…
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Update transmission

Currently I am using the latest version of RASPBMC and I have installed transmission from stable repositories. Sadly, I figured that the "stable" package is the 2.52-3, but the development has moved forward until version 2.77. I'd wish to install…
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Raspmbc send CEC commands without CEC adapter?

My master plan is to be able to send CEC commands from my pi running raspbmc to do things such as turn on/off the tv as well as other devices connected to the TV. Then I will be adding voice recognition to send these commands...that's for another…
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HTTP authentication on Raspbmc

I am in an apartment that requires HTTP Basic Authentication to access the internet. Is there a way to set up Raspbmc to do this? Otherwise I can't access the internet.
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Raspbmc install failed - wget

Trying to get Raspbmc installed. I use the windows installer to flash the sd card. Good. Next, I start up the board. It goes through the network install. Takes about 10 minutes, then resets. Ok, still good I think. After the reset the "R" logo…
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