The standard place on Linux for the network configuration is /etc/network/interfaces , but OSMC uses connman which is a lightweight network controller designed for embedded devices. Connman uses different files to the traditional Linux network configuration files. To define a static IP address one should create a config file in the /var/lib/connman directory with a…
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Email my public address
As by now you would have known that I have a RaspberryPI connected to my TV running OSMC. I recently had to need to connect to this RPI remotely. So as we all do I punched a hole in my router to the device on the ssh port. I also signed up for DynDNS so…
Read moreMake your Raspberry Pi speak!
I found an article online once that taught me the “say” command on OSX – which i think was pretty cool! The command line function allows you to activate the speech to text feature of OSX and can be used for a variety of fun project. You can try it by firing up terminal (Applications…
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Flexget for Movies and TV Shows
Here’s the list of instructions I used to setup flexget on my Raspberry Pi. One day I believe i will automate this. 0. Setup Raspbmc Download the appropriate install.py for your system and execute it. Remember system here is the computer you’re using to prepare the sd card, not the Pi itself. 1….
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Cron on Raspbmc
Here’s another little tutorial especially for people new to raspberry pi or linux in general (such as myself). Cron jobs are used to execute specific actions at pre-configured times. These actions can be executing scripts, writing data to a file, etc. (would be glad to hear of stuff you do with cron jobs in the…
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This is a bit unintuitive but to access windows file shares on the Raspberry Pi (RPI) you are required to login to the box via SSH and run the below command. This is a necessary Security step. sudo smbpasswd -a pi Then set your password
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