Raspberry Pi Media Center Kit

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I’m going to buy the Raspberry Pi 3 Media Center Kit, but I’m unsure if I should buy the Miniature WiFi module as well.

From the Miniature WiFi module page:

If you have a model B you may find that you need to have a powered hub to use this adapter, so if you’re having power flakiness with your Pi, try a hub!

Does this still apply to the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B? Can I use the Miniature WiFi module without a powered USB hub (or any USB hub)?

Also are you absolutely sure this Miniature WiFi module can stream videos in HD?

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Hi Ahmed,

I would suggest getting the Media Centre kit first, seeing if it works as you want it to, then look at a dongle if it’s still not performing as you would like.

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Hi,

I just bought my Raspberry Pi Media Center Kit. I chose express post shipping so hopefully my Raspberry Pi Media Center Kit will arrive before next week.

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Hi,

I forgot to ask if there is a warranty for the Raspberry Pi 3 Media Center Kit.

What do I do if I have any problems with the Raspberry Pi 3 Media Center Kit?

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Hi,

I just talked to online chat, and they said the Raspberry Pi 3 Media Center Kit comes with a 12 month warranty.

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Where is the Raspberry Pi 3 Media Center Kit being sent from? Is it being sent from Newcastle or somewhere else?

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Hi Ahmed,

We are located in Newcastle. If you have any order inquiries, please email us at support@coreelectronics.com.au

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Hi,

The Raspberry Pi 3 Media Center Kit just arrived.

I will open the package and set it up later in the day.

I already have a microSD card reader to use if I want to put LibreELEC or OSMC on the microSD card.

I also have an external hard drive with videos.

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Sounds great Ahmed, best of luck with the projects!

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Hi,

I set up my Raspberry Pi 3 Media Center Kit.
I decided to go with LibreELEC and I put LibreELEC on the microSD card.

The Raspberry Pi 3 booted up to LibreELEC, and I’ve set up my time zone correctly.

The Raspberry Pi 3 and the other hardware (keyboard and trackpad etc.) seems to be working so far.

I can connect to my home network wirelessly, but I haven’t tested YouTube streaming yet.

I connected my external hard drive to the Raspberry Pi 3, and I can play most of the videos even without the additional codecs.

But none of my videos have thumbnails. My external hard drive only has 1-2 GB free storage, could that be the problem?

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I installed the YouTube addon and played some YouTube videos in HD using WiFi, and they seemed to play fine.

Also is it safe to leave my Raspberry Pi 3 on 24/7 with an external hard drive connected?
I don’t like having to unplug its power and plug it in back again every day.

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I got some thumbnails to show.

I went to Media Settings>Videos and enabled “Extract video information from files” and “Extract chapter thumbnails”.
But I still don’t get any thumbnails for .mkv videos.

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Hi Ahmed,

Thanks for the feedback. It’s perfectly safe to leave your Pi plugged in like that, and as far as help with Libre goes, I’m not 100% sure sorry as I haven’t used it myself. If you’ve got more questions about your order, feel free to email us at support@coreelectronics.com.au

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Hey everyone,

Back when I first started fiddling with the Raspberry Pi as a retro gaming and media centre platform, all the standard advice for watching local TV channels seemed to involve connecting an antenna to a USB TV Tuner. It was all a bit of a hassle for a thing you’d only use now and then. Especially if the wall port for your roof antenna is in a different part of the house.

But since then, some cool Kodi Add-ons have become available to make it easy to access the official free-to-air streams from Freeview. So now we can watch the cricket :smiley:

I’ve put some instructions together on how to do this, for those who are interested:

https://blog.dxmtechsupport.com.au/streaming-australian-tv-channels-to-a-raspberry-pi/

:slight_smile:

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Neat! Thanks for sharing James.

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Just tried this myself, and it works pretty well :smiley: Just as a note, “AU Freeview” has been renamed to “IPTV AU”. Other than that, your instructions were very clear James, so good work. I could only get half the channels to work properly (12/22), but I suspect that’s a source issue.

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