Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Enabling other codecs
RaspBMC uses OMXPlayer, which is maintained by XBMC. As we know,
OMXPlayer uses the Pi's hardware to decode video.
Navigate to
Programs
|
Raspbmc Settings
|
System Configuration
|
Advanced
System Settings
. Enter your keys and reboot the system.
If you have MPEG-2 or VC1 encoded files, you can simply purchase the licenses and
enter the codes using the XBMC interface. The H264 codec is already licensed in the
price of the Pi.
Configuring RaspBMC
RaspBMC can be mostly configured from the user interface, but you can still log in to
SSH to install your own services or tweak some advanced settings. As of writing this
topic, Frodo was the stable version, but any newer versions should be quite similar.
Wireless
You can use RaspBMC to configure your wireless networks using an add-on.
Simply navigate to
System
|
Add-ons
|
Get Add-ons
|
XBMC.org Add-ons
|
Program Add-ons
|
Network-Manager
|
Install
.
Plug in your USB wireless adapter and then go to
Programs
|
Network-Manager
.
You should always plug in a USB wireless adapter before opening that menu.
Media sources
You can start to add the locations of the files that are stored on the USB drive.
To do so, navigate to the following options:
Video
|
Files
|
Add Videos
Music
|
Files and Pictures
|
Files
To add network shares, you can click on
Add Network Location
. To access Samba or
NFS, you need to type in a specific prefix to specify this protocol.
smb://192.168.0.1/movies
nfs://192.168.0.2/music
