Raspberry Pi - A credit card sized, linux based mini-computer for $30

I already have a dedicated media server running Windows that works well for video stuff, but it's kind of irritating to use with LMS... no matter what I do, about 10% of the time it fails to wake up when I try and turn on a network music player and I have to remote into it and fiddle around. A Rasbpi/Linux/SD card server I would assume could be set up to not go to sleep (as you say, it's low-power enough to leave on all the time) and reliably serve music when asked by a network player.

When I used PiCorePlayer to serve with an external disk on my Pi 2 it was all good. I was surprised the Pi could handle the server. Using one of them sounds preferable to messing with wake-on-LAN or something? I haven't messed with that kind of thing.

the motherboard I use for my server supposedly has wake-on-LAN but damned if I have been able to get it to work consistently

https://www.newegg.com/p/1HD-005N-00041?item=9SIAHUB9513511

i mean this may (likely) be garbage but very tempting

a modern Nintendo wireless controller pro will serve for pretty much all those controllers, and the build quality will be way better... but I get the desire for classic controller shapes (especially that NES controller, as painful as they get after a few hours)

xp i bought from vilros and got 2 ps2-style controllers. they're not outstanding (some sticky buttons) but they were cheap ($10 each or so) and they're compatible with every system.

been using volumio on a pi zero as a music player. has been working nicely using an mpd client on my phone rather than the web interface (which fails to display the queue at times)

oh, their webpage says i can type 'volumio pull' to update. that seems easy enough.

2 hours later i'm watching a newly imaged disk fsck. been 30 minutes so far.

I use an 8bitdo sn30 Pro Plus controller for emulation on my pi. Works equally well for retro games and newer. It's essentially a modernized SNES controller with dual analog sticks in a dualshock-style arrangement. This is the only indie controller manufacturer that's putting out stuff with a build quality comparable to the major players.

https://www.8bitdo.com/sn30-pro-plus/

whoa

anybody used a converter for PS2 dual-shock controllers to usb? gotta be cheaper and less wasteful than buying a new controller, i figure

also, spectrum game emulation, what do i use for keys?

m bison did you already do this? retropie JUST released a new version with Pi 4 support w greatly improved n64 compatibility, worth the cost of a fan imo (you can get cheapish cases w/ a fan built in)

i did! and i got a case with a fan! and some of the n64 stuff works ok!

ALSO HI STEVIE

specifically: mario kart, sm64, tony hawk all work with some sound lag that minimally affects gameplay. mario tennis on the other hand was NAH.

stevie d! gad to see you're well!

HI HELLO!

I have a Pi 3 (I don't think it's even a 3+) and I'm considering upgrading to a 4 but I still have SO much to keep be busy with genesis/ps1/snes

my understanding is that while a lot of emulators you just configure them once and they're set, n64 requires a lot more hands on per-game tweaking to get it working the best

yeah im getting that impresh. right now my son and i are both deep diving into game boy advance stuff i never played (esp the pokemen)

oh shit! DEFINITELY play Mother 3 (you can find a translated ROM p easily), I also had a lot of fun w Mario vs Donkey Kong

hit me up via lixmail, i have a pretty complete r0m c0llection

unless you already have them all?

GBA was an amazing system

best Nintendo handheld until the Switch Lite

Switch Lite still too big tbh

we've been playing mother 3!

i get my ROMs from v1mm's, it's been v v reliable

was unfamiliar; thanks for that!

oh v1mm's is the best, that and the-eye are my go-tos

Raspberry Pi - A keyboard sized, personal computer for $70 "now thirty times as powerful as it was at launch"
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-400-the-70-desktop-pc/

pretty cool! although one of the advantages of the current rpi is that it's easy to hide inside of things if you don't want to show the computery parts.

but i'm sure there's a lot more going on with that update than the keyboard and it's physical size. which is why i say,

pretty cool!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CH6jn2WAH_i/?igshid=viivrs3vi8c0

An excellent Chonky case with a pi inside. Love dat keyboard too

The 400 is dplaying on my unfulfilled SAM Coupë / Jupiter Ace desires. Don't need but...

would be interesting to know how many hundreds of times more powerful they are than the spectrum i grew up with. and if the kids are similarly inspired or whether the complexity works against it.

inspired imo

some are, at least, imo

pi Jukebox decided to die yesterday, just stopped playing after a Dead Can Dance song. i was logged in at the time but i couldn't ls let alone shutdown nicely. pulled the plug but the sd card is now toast, laptop doesn't even see it.

still, something to do...

Pi 5 is the most capable yet, and the most expensive (and needs active cooling?). part of me thinks this is missing the point, but i guess you still have the zeros for the small stuff, even the picos. do i need a third? perhaps not.

(oh, places still have various model 3s and 4s in stock, more than enough choice)

It's weird but you can often find used computer kits that used rpi3 for the brains for cheaper than bare rpi3.

I guess less weird but still weird -- you can find full working laptops for even cheaper.

needing active cooling makes them pretty much useless

some of the new cases have fans built in (but will limit expandability, getting in the way of the pins)

the official word is "continual heavy usage" will cause thermal throttling and a fan will avoid that. also that the 5 is generally cooler than the 4 and faster even if throttling, so it's not as terrible as all that.