Eric PTAK is a software R&D engineer, specialized in network protocols all over the OSI stack. His career began with telecom services in NGN architectures. He is also working on mobility and the Internet of Things and he is interested in many technological fields. He started using XBMC with the first-generation XBox and he knows media center constrains and requirements well. For his first Raspberry Pi project, Eric used shairport open source software to build an AirPlay music player, that he named AirPi. The whole Raspberry Pi community now uses this name for their AirPlayer project.
Raspberry Pi Media Center
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Raspberry Pi Media Center
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Overview of this book
<p>Low-cost and high-performing, with a massively diverse range of uses and applications, the Raspberry Pi is set to revolutionize the way we think about computing and programming. Using it as a Media Center allows everyone to have a low-cost device that is always on, attached to their TV. <br /><br />Imagine controlling your TV with your smartphone, dynamically streaming content that you have on various devices across your home, as and when you want. Raspberry Pi Media Center will show you how to configure the complete experience using readily available and accessible tools, so that you too will soon be enjoying your media from the comfort of your own sofa. <br /><br />With this practical guide, you’ll discover how you can transform your Raspberry Pi into a powerful media center. Using Raspbmc (based on the XBMC distribution), you'll be shown how you can deploy and configure your own media center, including coverage of all the essentials from controlling your device with a TV remote or smartphone, to the creation and customization of your very own media library (including the conversion of any existing collection). You'll even be able to stream multimedia from your devices or directly from the Internet!</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Raspberry Pi Media Center
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Getting Started
Using Raspbmc
Managing Content
Streaming from a Computer
Setting up the Library Mode
Using PVR with Raspbmc
Converting Media
Useful Raspbmc Commands
Useful MySQL Commands
Supported Peripherals
Index
Customer Reviews