Chapter 8. Setting Up the Pi as a Media Center Server
The Raspberry Pi has an HDMI output that is capable of streaming high definition audio video, and it also supports CEC to share remote control functions. In this chapter, we will look at how to use the Raspberry Pi as a media server directly from the command line, displaying images and playing audio. We will briefly look at some other solutions that people have come up with, and finally install OSMC (previously known as RaspBMC—an XBMC media center), which uses hardware decoding and CEC out of the box.
If you are going to use Raspbian for these examples, it would be advisable to allocate some more GPU RAM. A recommended value is 512MB for the Raspberry Pi 2. You can change core system settings ...
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