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How to stream raspivid to Linux and OSX using GStreamer, VLC or Netcat?

How can I stream video stream to Linux or OS X using raspivid and either VLC, GStreamer or Netcat?
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Can I feed the device with a current rating that's higher than what's recommended?

The quick guide says that the power supply for my Raspberry Pi model should provide at least 700mA. How about the upper bound? Is it fine to use a power supply with an high output current, say higher or equal to 1A? This is symmetric to my question:…
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DS18B20 not listed in /sys/bus/w1/devices

I'm starting work on a fermentation monitor using the Adafruit temperature sensing tutorial, a RPi B+ running Raspbian, a 4.7 kOhm resistor and a DS18B20 to which I've soldered male breadboard pins. After wiring exactly as the tutorial states (on…
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Does the power supply need to be exactly 5 volts?

After searching all over my house, all I could find was an LG "Travel Adapter" with an output of 5.1V == 0.7A. Will the extra tenth of a Volt harm the Raspberry Pi?
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Docker on Raspbian?

How would I go about running Docker (https://www.docker.io) on Raspbian? The instructions I've found are either a very manual process based on Raspbian but with a very old kernel that seemed to require a bunch of patches. There's also the well-known…
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Raspbmc stuck in reboot loop?

I flashed a clean 4GB SD card with raspbmc, and ran it on my Pi. It progresses through the installer but gets stuck in a reboot loop: 'R' screen -> "Relax, XBMC will resume shortly..." -> Blue "Updating XBMC" -> 'R' screen -> etc... Pulling the…
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Connected to the Internet, but can't ssh or ping

I'm having a problem with my Raspberry Pi where I can't ssh into or even ping it, yet I'm using it on my TV, and it's clearly connected to the network/Internet. I've used the attached keyboard to run several curl commands, wget, and apt-get update,…
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Installing docker on Raspberry pi

Trying to set up docker on my pi, getting errors I’m not sure what to do with. the generally recommended thing to do is to run the following: $ curl -sSL https://get.docker.com | sh But that script isn’t very informative error-wise; I’m getting…
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Can I install the Ruby Version Manager?

Can I install the Ruby Version Manager (RVM) on my Raspberry Pi?
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Make "iw wlan0 set power_save off" permanent

Q How can I make iw wlan0 set power_save off permanent for stretch? What's the proper way to do it? Edit I'm using an r-Pi 1 Mod. B with an Edimax wifi dongle and Raspian stretch.
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Why does my Pi always have the same IP address?

My router uses DHCP, and whenever I reformat my raspberry pi, even when using a different microSD card, it always has the same LAN ip. I'm not quite sure how IPs are assigned, but I assume the device has a unique id on the network which my router…
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Do I need to buy an SD card with an OS preloaded on it?

I finally got accepted to place a pre-order, and one option to "add" is the OS on the SD card preloaded. Is this needed, or can I download the OS elsewhere? Could I just put on my own version of Linux instead?
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Playstation Emulation

Does anyone know if it is possible to get the PCSXR (Playstation 1) emulator to work on the Raspberry Pi? On both Debian Squeeze and Wheezy, running any game on it with the xvideo plugin just gives. RGB & YUV not found. Quitting. I presume this…
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How do I transfer my setup between SD cards?

I started out with a 2GB SD card, but I'm finding this a bit cosy, so I've bought a 16GB card to replace it. With a single Pi, can I transfer all my work between the cards, or do I need to start from scratch?
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How to correctly install the python RPi.GPIO library

I downloaded RPi.GPIO 5.3a from here: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/RPi.GPIO I extracted the tar file, cd into the folder and ran: sudo python setup.py install It ran through a bunch of stuff and doesn't seem to have failed. The last line of its…
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