Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-07 Thread Joel Rees
On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 7:51 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 06 July 2014 11:27:25 Joe wrote: >> We started with keyboard and mouse with the Pi, and then found it was >> controllable by our TV remote control, through the HDMI connection. It >> Just Worked. > > Lucky you. > > Lisi Anyway, the poi

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 07 July 2014 00:50:04 Ric Moore wrote: > On 07/06/2014 06:16 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I think that I have bitten off more than I can chew. I should stick > > to "normal" computers. I grock them. :-( > > Please forgive, but I have to ...it's "grok" :) Ric :-( Thanks, Ric. -- To UN

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-06 Thread Ric Moore
On 07/06/2014 06:16 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: I think that I have bitten off more than I can chew. I should stick to "normal" computers. I grock them. :-( Please forgive, but I have to ...it's "grok" :) Ric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "un

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 06 July 2014 11:27:25 Joe wrote: > We started with keyboard and mouse with the Pi, and then found it was > controllable by our TV remote control, through the HDMI connection. It > Just Worked. Lucky you. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a su

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-06 Thread ken
On 07/05/2014 11:11 PM Patrick Wiseman wrote: On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 05 July 2014 17:30:19 Joe wrote: Joel mentioned the Raspberry Pi, which is a very low-power [ARM] device, which does the UK catchup channels pretty well, apart from the occasional glitc

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-06 Thread Joe
On Sun, 6 Jul 2014 11:16:01 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > I'm also having trouble using the remote. I have found lots of stuff > via Google that says go to here, then go to there, but absolutely > nothing that says *how* to get there. I have managed to open the > video folder, and turn the m/c

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 05 July 2014 23:44:46 Ric Moore wrote: > On 07/05/2014 05:45 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 05 July 2014 22:32:25 Ric Moore wrote: > >> On 07/05/2014 03:39 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >>> Loads of people have streaming Internet. It must be possible. And > >>> yes, once I hace a box

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 06 July 2014 04:11:27 Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 05 July 2014 17:30:19 Joe wrote: > >> Joel mentioned the Raspberry Pi, which is a very low-power [ARM] > >> device, which does the UK catchup channels pretty well, apart from

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-05 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 05 July 2014 17:30:19 Joe wrote: >> Joel mentioned the Raspberry Pi, which is a very low-power [ARM] >> device, which does the UK catchup channels pretty well, apart from the >> occasional glitch when a provider thoughtlessly changes

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-05 Thread Joel Rees
2014/07/06 1:51 "Lisi Reisz" : > > On Saturday 05 July 2014 17:30:19 Joe wrote: > > Joel mentioned the Raspberry Pi, which is a very low-power [ARM] > > device, which does the UK catchup channels pretty well, apart from the > > occasional glitch when a provider thoughtlessly changes his protocol. >

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-05 Thread Ric Moore
On 07/05/2014 05:45 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 05 July 2014 22:32:25 Ric Moore wrote: On 07/05/2014 03:39 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: Loads of people have streaming Internet. It must be possible. And yes, once I hace a box that is adequate, I may need to do something with my network. Will

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 05 July 2014 22:32:25 Ric Moore wrote: > On 07/05/2014 03:39 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Loads of people have streaming Internet. It must be possible. And yes, > > once I hace a box that is adequate, I may need to do something with my > > network. > > Will XBMC do the job with your hard

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-05 Thread Ric Moore
On 07/05/2014 03:39 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: Loads of people have streaming Internet. It must be possible. And yes, once I hace a box that is adequate, I may need to do something with my network. Will XBMC do the job with your hardware?? If it will run, then running it as a dedicated server-on

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 05 July 2014 18:45:50 Brian wrote: > On Sat 05 Jul 2014 at 17:51:32 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 05 July 2014 17:30:19 Joe wrote: > > > Joel mentioned the Raspberry Pi, which is a very low-power [ARM] > > > device, which does the UK catchup channels pretty well, apart from t

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-05 Thread Brian
On Sat 05 Jul 2014 at 17:51:32 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 05 July 2014 17:30:19 Joe wrote: > > Joel mentioned the Raspberry Pi, which is a very low-power [ARM] > > device, which does the UK catchup channels pretty well, apart from the > > occasional glitch when a provider thoughtlessly

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-05 Thread Joe
On Sat, 5 Jul 2014 17:51:32 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 05 July 2014 17:30:19 Joe wrote: > > Joel mentioned the Raspberry Pi, which is a very low-power [ARM] > > device, which does the UK catchup channels pretty well, apart from > > the occasional glitch when a provider thoughtlessly ch

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 05 July 2014 17:30:19 Joe wrote: > Joel mentioned the Raspberry Pi, which is a very low-power [ARM] > device, which does the UK catchup channels pretty well, apart from the > occasional glitch when a provider thoughtlessly changes his protocol. Not for me it doesn't. And I was told th

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-05 Thread Joe
On Sat, 5 Jul 2014 15:06:04 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > Having just bought myself another doorstop (except that this one is > too light even to stop a door) in the form of: > http://www.amazon.co.uk/XstreamTec-MX-version-Internal-Included/dp/B00F0PZZIW > I am doing what I should have done in the f

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-05 Thread Joel Rees
One more thought -- On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 11:06 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > Having just bought myself another doorstop (except that this one is too light > even to stop a door) in the form of: > http://www.amazon.co.uk/XstreamTec-MX-version-Internal-Included/dp/B00F0PZZIW > [...] Have you asked abo

Re: Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-05 Thread Joel Rees
I have not done this, but these questions come to mind: On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 11:06 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > Having just bought myself another doorstop (except that this one is too light > even to stop a door) in the form of: > http://www.amazon.co.uk/XstreamTec-MX-version-Internal-Included/dp/B0

Advice needed re TV internet media machine.

2014-07-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
Having just bought myself another doorstop (except that this one is too light even to stop a door) in the form of: http://www.amazon.co.uk/XstreamTec-MX-version-Internal-Included/dp/B00F0PZZIW I am doing what I should have done in the first place and asking for advice. I want to be able to strea