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Re: Raspberry Pi 4

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Post by elahd »

neals wrote: post #470

Any suggestions or experiences with write-intensive applications? My SD-card fails every few months. Is there a more reliable storage option that's easy to implement?

I have a Pi running Pi-hole, Home Assistant, Node Red, and some custom scripts. It uses a parts bin 2.5" laptop hard drive (via a USB to SATA cable) as the sole boot and storage medium. You can set most Pis to boot from USB and totally avoid touching SD cards.

It was easy to configure and sped up the Pi quite a bit. No reliability issues in about a year of use.

Boot from USB instructions are at https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberry....

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

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Post by vocatus_gate »

dharma1 wrote: post #584
bscphil wrote: post #40

> 4K! I'm very excited about these upgrades too (especially GigE), but as far as I can tell nothing on this news page specifies whether the Pi will also support HDR output as part of the 4K upgrade. That's most of the practical benefit of 4K - that 4K releases tend to come with HDR10 or DolbyVision support. Anyone know if we can expect HDR output to work? If I knew it supported that I'd be purchasing one right now to…

don't want to derail the RPi4 celebration, but for this specific purpose (media centre) I've been super happy with Nvidia Shield. You can often pick them up for $150 on a sale, less on ebay. 4k HDR, runs Android TV (some people have managed to get Ubuntu running on it too), VLC/Kodi work well, Moonlight works well for game streaming from another gaming PC with NVidia card. It's super zippy, too, and quite small (thou…

Can you stream from a local media source, e.g. SMB share?

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

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Post by ac29 »

driverdan wrote: post #521
jimpudar wrote: post #454

I'm so happy they haven't removed the composite video out in the headphone jack! If you didn't know, you just need a 3.5 mm TRRS connector - the pinout[0] looks like: T - Left Channel Audio R - Right Channel Audio R - Ground S - Composite Video Out [0] https://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2014/07/raspberry-pi-model...

Why? What do you use composite video for? I think the last time I used composite video for anything was 10+ years ago.

I setup a friend with a librelec raspi media player in his ~5 year old minivan that only has composite video in for the built in screen. Its not quite dead yet.

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

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Post by gglitch »

Spivak wrote: post #438
AnIdiotOnTheNet wrote: post #414

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> compact home cloud Can we just start calling them servers again?

The distinction in actual usage between using cloud, server, and homelab to describe their setup seems to be rooted in their purpose. * Home Lab :: Running a partial/full enterprise IT stack for fun and education. * Home Server :: Running primarily internal services like file storage, backups, media streaming, home automation, maybe some light networking. * Home Cloud :: Running primarily external services on the pub…

Would you please recommend one of these forums?

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

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Post by danmg »

xd1936 wrote: post #474
jimpudar wrote: post #454

I'm so happy they haven't removed the composite video out in the headphone jack! If you didn't know, you just need a 3.5 mm TRRS connector - the pinout[0] looks like: T - Left Channel Audio R - Right Channel Audio R - Ground S - Composite Video Out [0] https://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2014/07/raspberry-pi-model...

Woah, I had no idea about this. This is great! Do they sell an official adapter?

It's somewhat common. https://www.amazon.com/Adafruit-Composite-Video-Raspberry-AD...

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

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Post by jki275 »

boromi wrote: post #560
fpgaminer wrote: post #546

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's silly. RasPis are stupidly useful. I've got: * A Zero W hooked up to a PM2.5 to do air quality monitoring in the house. Just bought a couple more sensors for it (VOC, eCO2, etc), but haven't hooked them up yet. * A 3B+ running the UniFi controller for my home network. * One is running a custom Hue automation I built to shift the color temperature of the lights throughout the day. * One is built into an interne…

* A 3B+ running the UniFi controller for my home network. What's the unifi controller?

Just the software that runs Ubiquiti equipment. You can run it on anything, the "cloud key" device Ubiquiti has is probably the most popular, I just run it on a Windows server in my network. Some people run it on a rpi, though I've never understood why.

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

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Post by dharma1 »

vocatus_gate wrote: post #592
dharma1 wrote: post #584

Earlier quoted context omitted.

don't want to derail the RPi4 celebration, but for this specific purpose (media centre) I've been super happy with Nvidia Shield. You can often pick them up for $150 on a sale, less on ebay. 4k HDR, runs Android TV (some people have managed to get Ubuntu running on it too), VLC/Kodi work well, Moonlight works well for game streaming from another gaming PC with NVidia card. It's super zippy, too, and quite small (thou…

Can you stream from a local media source, e.g. SMB share?

yep

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

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Post by vernie »

asark wrote: post #543
driverdan wrote: post #521

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? What do you use composite video for? I think the last time I used composite video for anything was 10+ years ago.

Playing your emulated video games on a real CRT TV so you don't have to use computationally-expensive CRT filters on your video output to get it to look even sort-of the way you remember? Can't think of another use but I assume they exist.

If you're interested in native CRT output without the quality hit of composite video, I'd recommend taking to a looking at something like the Pi2SCART: http://arcadeforge.net/Pi2Jamma-Pi2SCART/PI2SCART::264.html

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

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Post by bcheung »

cyberjunkie wrote: post #3

Oh my! This is such a crazy upgrade. I've been using the RPI2 as my HTPC/NAS at my folks, and I'm so happy with it. I was itching to get the last one for myself. USB 3.0! Gigabit Ethernet! WiFi 802.11ac, BT 5.0, 4GB RAM! 4K! $55 at most?! What the!? How the??! I know I'm not maintaining decorum at Hacker News, but I am SO mighty, MIGHTY excited! I'm setting up a VPN to hook this (when I get it) to my VPS and then do…

TLDR; of cons from various sources:

- New SoC puts out more heat. Active cooling more important now.

- Video playback at 4K requires H.265

- Micro-HDMI cables now needed.

- Draws more power.

Other than that, looks like a major performance boost.

Re: Raspberry Pi 4

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Post by giarc »

elliotpage wrote: post #185

Can't wait to buy this, boot it up, play with it for four hours, then stick it in the same desk drawer with the other Pis I have bought over the years. (The upgrades look great, just my attention span is not so great)

I sold a company and the hardware wasn't included. I have a bunch sitting idle, plus about 1500 RFID tags and 20 readers. Takes up space but I can't get rid of. Should sell them.
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