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Learn how to build a media center and expand its capabilities from its default settings to match your needs and desires.The Raspberry Pi is a complete computer built on a single circuit board and is used for a variety of different purposes and projects, including building automation systems, media centers, networks and servers, robotics, gaming, and education. It is also capable of running an operating system.This book will give you the ability to turn a Raspberry Pi and SD card into a media center. It starts by showing you how to download the OSMC operating system and install it on your SD card. Then, you will learn how to hook up all the peripherals for the Raspberry Pi to function. Furthermore, you will see how to get OSMC into a functional and usable state for regular use and future changes. You will also explore advanced addons that will enhance the functionality of the media center. To complete your media center experience, you will use a smartphone as a remote control by installing and configuring the OSMC remote control.By the end of this book, you will be able to program, set up, run, and troubleshoot a media center using your Raspberry Pi boards.What You Will Learn:
Find out how to connect the Raspberry Pi to your entertainment system;
Familiarize yourself with OSMC and grasp how to navigate around the screen;
Use advanced configurations such as a text editor, ssh, the Linux command line, and putty;
Play files that are stored on the SD card or USB stick;
Connect to other media sources over the network/Internet;
Troubleshoot common areas of difficulty.Build an end-to-end media center using Raspberry PI and OSMC.
Work with third-party addons to further increase the use of your media center.
A simple, easy-to-understand guide that will help you to create a fully functioning media center than can play local files and stream from other sources.Who This Book Is For:
The book is for hobbyists with no experience of Raspberry pi, who are looking for a fun project to work on and have an interest in building and setting up a media center with their board.
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First published: March 2016
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Thomas Hamilton is an avid promoter of all things Linux. He first became a user of Ubuntu in 2009 and has been using Ubuntu and Fedora as his primary operating systems ever since. When the Raspberry Pi was introduced, it showed huge promise as a cheap learning tool for programming and general Linux use for people of all ages and backgrounds. His experience with using the Raspberry Pi and Linux resulted in his being employed at a major software manufacturer as a kernel developer, where he continues to work today.
Thomas enjoys spending his time running, hiking, camping, and advocating open source software as well as teaching others how to do the same. He enjoys working on cars and spending time with his family. When he is not immersed in the newest technology, you can find Thomas on the other end, using as little of it as possible.
David Alcoba used to considered himself a software engineer who liked to play with electronics in his spare time. While he is responsible for designing and building highly secure distributed applications for the industry, he also decided to start gaining more knowledge about digital fabrication tools every day. And it was then that he realized he had just discovered a world where all his different interests could be merged together in a single project.
Based on this idea, in 2014, he helped create Vailets Hacklab, a local community in Barcelona that aims to hack the current educational system so that kids can help create their future through technology instead of being just consumers.
Following the spirit of this initiative, David decided to co-found Makerkids Barcelona, a small start-up focused on providing professional services to schools and organizations in order to engage kids in the new maker movement, following the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) educative principles.
These days, David feels that he is not an engineer anymore, but a maker.
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In loving memory of Papa, the man who taught me to tinker.
If you purchased this book, it probably means you also recently purchased one of the smallest and cheapest computers you have ever seen: the Raspberry Pi. Congratulations! This was a wise investment. This book is designed to teach you about one of the most common and entertaining uses of this tiny computer: turning it into a complete home entertainment system. You will be able to stream content, download it, and replay it again whenever you want. Along the way, you will learn a little bit about the underlying software that allows this to happen and about a new operating system that you thought only "hackers" used. Welcome to the world of Pi, Linux, Kodi, and OSMC!
, The Raspberry Pi , introduces you to the various models of the Raspberry Pi and how they can be used as a media center.
, The Heart of It All , acquaints you with the operating system and teaches you how to install it on your SD card.
, Setting It All Up , teaches you how to hook everything up to your TV and cut on your Raspberry Pi for the first time. It's game time!
, Welcome to OSMC , teaches you how to control your new media center by learning how to navigate around in Kodi, the graphical frontend of OSMC.
, Advanced Configuration , shows you how some settings are a little more complex than others and teaches you how to tweak OSMC for the best performance.
, Making OSMC Useful , shows you how after OSMC is tweaked the way we want it, we can make it show us what we want.
, More Addons Make it Even Better , gives you even more add-ons, which make you wonder how you watched TV before this discovery. As if the previous chapter wasn't great enough!
, Local Playback , teaches you how sometimes if you already own what you want to watch, it is fine; your Raspberry Pi and OSMC can do this too.
, Network Shares , talks about when your local content is on another computer. Don't feel like using your USB stick? Fine, stream it over your network!
, How to Be Lazy the Remote , tells you to put that clunky keyboard away and control your Raspberry Pi like you do your TV and DVD playerwith a remote.
, Troubleshooting What Went Wrong? , is a troubleshooting chapter for when things don't go as planned.
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