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expired Posted by RubberDogTurds • Jun 3, 2021
Jun 3, 2021 6:05 PM
CanaKit 4GB Raspberry Pi 4 Starter Pro 64 Kit
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The Aluminum edition case appears to be a remarked FLIRC case, which was the original Pi passive cooled case, but IMHO the newer Argon Neo, iUniker, and Geekworm passive cases are superior. They tend to have contact sinks for chips other than the cpu on the Pi that produce heat, and gaps for GPIO and camera ribbons. Search "pi 4 passive aluminum case" on Amazon for examples.
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Pro
- Lots of websites with "how to" information for many projects
- In general, all SW / utilities are public domain and free
- Surprising flexibility
- Low power consumption
Con- Some technical skills required. Although many of the common utilities and browsers may have a GUI, inevitably you will find yourself working at the command line / script level even for ordinary tasks.
- As it pertains to a media server / streamer, performance is not all that great unless you are willing to set up your files in a native Raspberry format. I keep my files in NTFS for interoperability purposes and it will stream without stuttering but do not expect to update or manage the files quickly or timely.. The Raspberry does not support NTFS natively so everything goes thru wrapper of sorts. If I try to upload files from a Windows device thru the Raspberry, thruput tops out at maybe 7 or 8MB/sec. When I do back ups or major file updates, I detach the external HD from the Raspberry and hook up to a Windows machine. Just simpler and faster. If you are comfortable in setting up a native Raspberry environment, I have read posts that the bottlenecks disappear and that the Raspberry can begin to transfer files in the +100MB/s range.
- Have found the bluetooth function to be flaky. Haven't invested the time to figure out what the problem is.
- Although using it as a "media server", would not classify as a true server in my implementation. Mine is setup using SMB (simplest) but only one device can use it at a time. If other devices attempt to access, will receive a not available / busy reply.
I setup mine on a "smart" receptacle and can start or power down remotely using combination of desktop and smartphone apps.The question is..is there really anything to be added by building a media player out of this?
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like step-by-step kinda tutorial?
Personally, I don't bother with the whitelist. Most of the links on SD, for example, get blocked since they are redirects. In that case, I just search for whatever the item is on the Google and it comes up. Or disable pihole for a few minutes to do what I gotta do. But that solution won't work for everybody.
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how does Pi compare
However there is growing ecosystem overlap of applications on both platforms plus proof of concept emulation on each, thus that windows PC for windows software stance is now falling into gray area.
I recommend checking out ETAPrime YouTube channel has he covers single board computers and tiny PCs. Very good coverage of what each are and are not capable of doing.