Guides, tutorials, tips, and tricks on home media, streaming, media players, and home theater devices. In addition, other relevant topics such as downloaders and library organizers are also covered.
This post explains how to overclock Raspberry Pi OpenELEC media center. In Part 1 and Part 2 of my comparison of Xbian, OpenELEC, and Raspbmc, I concluded that Xbian was the fastest and most responsive operating system. However, after overclocking OpenELEC compared favorably to Xbian. Raspberry Pi’s default capabilities are … read more
While OpenELEC is an awesome media center OS for Raspberry Pi, it does come with one minor flaw: incorrect time. This post shows how to fix OpenELEC incorrect time on Raspberry Pi. If you have not yet tried OpenELEC then I strongly suggest you install OpenELEC on Raspberry Pi and … read more
Raspberry Pi, irrespective of the operating system you are using, typically comes with a SSH (Secure Shell) daemon running. Being able to SSH into Raspberry Pi can come in very handy if you want to take your Raspberry Pi usage to the next level. Many of the Raspberry Pi hacks … read more
OpenELEC is one of the four media center operating systems available for Raspberry Pi. In this post, I will explain how to install OpenELEC on Raspberry Pi using a computer running Linux. OpenELEC has quickly become my favorite operating system for my Raspberry Pi media center. In my recent comparison … read more
Last week, XBMC introduced a new XBMC addons website. XBMC, as you may know, is probably a one of a kind media center software for many operating systems, including Ubuntu and Windows. It is the core of media center operating systems such as OpenELEC, Xbian, Raspbmc, etc. Now why did … read more
New Out of Box Software, or NOOBS allows you to install OS on Raspberry Pi with just a few clicks. The name ‘NOOBS’ explains everything: it is for newbies (or for anybody who likes it simple). Recently, I introduced 4 media center operating systems for Raspberry Pi. Then, I presented … read more
Overclocking Raspberry Pi is a way to get the maximum out of the Raspberry Pi hardware. Device makers many times fix the components to work at lower speeds to improve reliability/life while also ensuring adequate performance. However, for many enthusiasts who are always hungry for speed and power, there is … read more
In this post, I will present a very simple USB plug-and-play Raspberry Pi remote control. Recently, I listed the 7 Raspberry Pi accessories to build a XBMC media center in which I listed a USB IR remote. If you are in the market for a Raspberry Pi remote control, you … read more
In the recent months the XBMC ESPN addon errors out with “script failed” error message as shown in the picture below. Using this ESPN plugin by bluecop is one of the 3 ways to watch ESPN on XBMC. Many users of the XBMC ESPN addon have reported “Script Failed!: plugin.video.espn3”, … read more