Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
NFS versus Samba
Using Samba shares on the Pi causes a higher CPU overhead. If your storage
server can support NFS shares, it is worth the time to enable or configure NFS
instead of Samba.
Summary
In this chapter, we learned how to play audio, make slideshows, and watch videos
from the console. We also explored RaspBMC, a very mature media center with a
lot of hardware support. We covered the following topics in this chapter:
• Using fbi to make a slideshow
• Playing movies using hardware decoding with OMXPlayer
• Creating an AirPlayer server and playing WAV and MP3 files
from the console
• Installing RaspBMC and configuring add-ons and also some
performance tips
