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Hi guys,
 
Just got a Pi 2, looking to use it as a media centre type ordeal hopefully streaming films from my PC upstairs to the TV. Couple of things;
 
I put a 64GB Micro SD card in, along with a keyboard/mouse, 2A Samsung Tab charger and HDMI cable and the red + green LED were stuck on and I couldn't get anything to output. The SD card was formatted, any help?
 
Also, what's the best to use for the stuff I require - I heard OpenELEC is a good OS, or "Kodi" (used to be called XBMC?)

 

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Hi guys,
 
Just got a Pi 2, looking to use it as a media centre type ordeal hopefully streaming films from my PC upstairs to the TV. Couple of things;
 
I put a 64GB Micro SD card in, along with a keyboard/mouse, 2A Samsung Tab charger and HDMI cable and the red + green LED were stuck on and I couldn't get anything to output. The SD card was formatted, any help?
 
Also, what's the best to use for the stuff I require - I heard OpenELEC is a good OS, or "Kodi" (used to be called XBMC?)

 

use raspian for best support.  By formatted what did you actually do... Sounds like a poorly written SD card...

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use raspian for best support.  By formatted what did you actually do... Sounds like a poorly written SD card...

I just put it into a card reader using a Micro SD to SD adapter on my PC, formatted it and it was done

 

It works perfectly in my tablet, no problems whatsoever?

 

Also, can Raspian do the things I want? (Stream films etc) Ease of use would be very nice indeed :)

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I just put it into a card reader using a Micro SD to SD adapter on my PC, formatted it and it was done

 

It works perfectly in my tablet, no problems whatsoever?

 

Also, can Raspian do the things I want? (Stream films etc) Ease of use would be very nice indeed :)

IDK but you can't just dump files on an SD card and expect it to boot.  Send me a screenshot of the SD opened on your desktop

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Hi guys,
 
Just got a Pi 2, looking to use it as a media centre type ordeal hopefully streaming films from my PC upstairs to the TV. Couple of things;
 
I put a 64GB Micro SD card in, along with a keyboard/mouse, 2A Samsung Tab charger and HDMI cable and the red + green LED were stuck on and I couldn't get anything to output. The SD card was formatted, any help?
 
Also, what's the best to use for the stuff I require - I heard OpenELEC is a good OS, or "Kodi" (used to be called XBMC?)

 

Formatted as in formatted(like wiped n' stuff), or as in flashed the os?

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Hi guys,
 
Just got a Pi 2, looking to use it as a media centre type ordeal hopefully streaming films from my PC upstairs to the TV. Couple of things;
 
I put a 64GB Micro SD card in, along with a keyboard/mouse, 2A Samsung Tab charger and HDMI cable and the red + green LED were stuck on and I couldn't get anything to output. The SD card was formatted, any help?
 
Also, what's the best to use for the stuff I require - I heard OpenELEC is a good OS, or "Kodi" (used to be called XBMC?)

 

Umm, you install the operating system to the SD card. That's the only storage the Pi has. I recommed RaspBMC if you're doing an HTPC. It's what I use on mine.

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Hm, sorry guys - I just followed the quick install guide in the booklet and it didn't say I needed to load an OS as such?

 

I guess I'll install probably OpenELEC or RaspBMC as you guys suggested

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I just put it into a card reader using a Micro SD to SD adapter on my PC, formatted it and it was done

 

It works perfectly in my tablet, no problems whatsoever?

 

Also, can Raspian do the things I want? (Stream films etc) Ease of use would be very nice indeed :)

Did you just format the SD card and put it in?

 

You need to make the SD card bootable. Download (I recopmmend Raspbian) and use the program win32diskimager to mount the Rasbian .img to the SD card.

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What you actually need to do, instead of formatting, is burn an ISO with the desired OS onto it. I think you can use UNetBootin for that purpose but I'm not 100% sure.

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Hm, sorry guys - I just followed the quick install guide in the booklet and it didn't say I needed to load an OS as such?

 

I guess I'll install probably OpenELEC or RaspBMC as you guys suggested

Yeah, you kind of need an OS, it's not like a Pc, it doesn't have a BIOS and such to boot to

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Did you just format the SD card and put it in?

 

You need to make the SD card bootable. Download (I recopmmend Raspbian) and use the program win32diskimager to mount the Rasbian .img to the SD card.

 

Yeah that's what I did, guess that isn't a great idea haha - I'll try Raspbian then!

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Hm, sorry guys - I just followed the quick install guide in the booklet and it didn't say I needed to load an OS as such?

 

I guess I'll install probably OpenELEC or RaspBMC as you guys suggested

You expect a $35 ARM-based, passively-cooled, PC that doesn't even have a case to have the OS preloaded?

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What you actually need to do, instead of formatting, is burn an ISO with the desired OS onto it. I think you can use UNetBootin for that purpose but I'm not 100% sure.

Or NOOBS, noobs is pretty good.

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You expect a $35 ARM-based, passively-cooled, PC that doesn't even have a case to have the OS preloaded?

It's not passively cooled, it just has open chips lol

 

Or wait does that fall into the classification of passively cooled...

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Yeah that's what I did, guess that isn't a great idea haha - I'll try Raspbian then!

Raspbian is a general OS and basically an ARM version of Debian Linux. What I recommend for streaming is RaspBMC. That even comes with an easy-to-use installer which lets you burn the OS to the SD card in under a minute.

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You expect a $35 ARM-based, passively-cooled, PC that doesn't even have a case to have the OS preloaded?

I didn't expect an OS as such, but something like a basic BIOS or so

 

Guess I was wrong though lol, I'll install something a bit later and report back!

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It's not passively cooled, it just has open chips lol

 

Or wait does that fall into the classification of passively cooled...

It's definitely not active cooling. And technically it's just cooled by ambient air, which would be passive cooling.

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It's definitely not active cooling. And technically it's just cooled by ambient air, which would be passive cooling.

Oh, okay.  Isn't it nice when you learn something new?

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I didn't expect an OS as such, but something like a basic BIOS or so

 

Guess I was wrong though lol, I'll install something a bit later and report back!

ARM doesn't need a BIOS - it can just boot from storage right away. But yeah, it's okay to be unfamiliar with it. Even I was surprised that the Pi didn't have any kind of BIOS.... I once tried booting it without an SD card.

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You expect a $35 ARM-based, passively-cooled, PC that doesn't even have a case to have the OS preloaded?

actually - doesnt the pi 2 come with a licence for win10 when it comes out?

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actually - doesnt the pi 2 come with a licence for win10 when it comes out?

I'm sure that the user would have to download and install it manually. Keep in mind that the Pi's only storage is the SD card, which is not included.

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