The Pi has been on hold for a while, while we get the shop up and running. I did some work on a slideshow so that I could connect it up to a flat screen TV and show pictures of our sign work, but I never got round to installing it.<\/p>\n
Recently though I put a stereo (that was spare) in the shop and needed some way to play my digitally stored music. I have several computers available, including my FitPC2 which is right next to the stereo system, but as this is also my internet cafe PC, I thought I would use the Pi instead. After messing about with the Raspbian distro (unsuccessfully) and trying to get RaspBMC to talk to my windows network, eventually I synchronised all my digital music onto a USB key, booted into RaspBMC, and played it on the media player. RaspBMC allows easy selection of the audio output, which I am putting out through the 3.5mm stereo jack, the other end of which goes via two RCA plugs onto the “phono” socket of the rather old Philips stereo system.<\/p>\n
The results are rather good. The Pi uses minimal power (less than 1 amp at 5.2 v) runs very cool, is totally solid state, and the audio is more than good enough. XBMC is a fully fledged media player, so is a bit underworked, but a TV is available right next to the installation, so if I ever want to watch or play videos – we are ready to go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Pi has been on hold for a while, while we get the shop up and running. I did some work on a slideshow so that I could connect it up to a flat screen TV and show pictures of …<\/p>\n