There are add-ons for YouTube and other video/music sources. I also have a retired Droid that I use as a remote also. I use the official XBMC remote App on my iPhone. There are some great Android and iPhone apps that you can use to control Raspmc. Raspmc will need it to complete the installation and download updates. Make sure you have a wired internet connection for the first boot. You now have a Raspberry Pi Media Center. Once you’ve flashed XBMC to your SD card, plug it in to the PI and power it up. If you are having a problem, it’s possible that someone else has had the same one. However, I’d recommended checking searching through forums if anything comes up. Setup: Flash Raspmc or OpenElec to an SD Cardįollow instructions on the respective sites to flash a version of XBMC to an SD card.

I used a special Linux distribution built for the Raspberry Pi to build a media center, Raspmc ( ).

These days, it is now available for PCs, Linux Distros, Boxee boxes, and most importantly Raspberry Pi. XBMC (Xbox Media Center) is an open source front end for Linux that used to only be available for the Xbox. Use your Raspberry Pi as an awesome media portal for listening to music, watching videos, and viewing pictures.Īs an old-school XBOX modder, the first thing I wanted to do with my PI was turn it into a media portal.

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