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Live audio stream using FFMPEG

I try to stream live audio using ffmpeg and external USB microphone. I followed this nearly tutorial I had to adapt some steps but finally, I achieved to receive the stream my laptop using this command : ffmpeg -f oss -i /dev/dsp1 -acodec…
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What's the quickest way to start playing a movie after attaching power?

I want my Raspberry Pi to start looping a predefined .mp4 movie (/home/oliver/awesome.mp4) as soon as possible after attaching power to the device. This has to happen without any user interaction and I would prefer it if no OSD is distracting the…
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beta epiphany-browser (Web Browser), comand line auto start?

I am running Raspbian, and I am trying to setup a "kiosk mode" box. I have successfully done this with midori, but midori does not support html5. so I wanted to try the new beta "web browser" (seems to run epiphany-browser). my current setup is…
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Won't boot after removing and inserting the SD Card?

I've installed Arch Linux on my SD Card with Win32DiskImager. If I shut down the RPi, remove the card, insert it, and start the RPi again, everything works fine. But if I do full system update in pacman with pacman -Syu, there is a problem. If I…
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Where is the script for raspi-config stored in the FS on Raspbian?

While the raspi-config script makes for convenient setup on first boot, one of the reasons I have a Raspberry Pi is to help me learn what goes on behind the menu on my computers. I would like to see the raspi-config script, and understand how it…
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Connect a GPU into Raspberry pi

I want to connect a GPU GT640 to a Raspberry pi model B. I know there is not a direct connection and the tranfer data are very differents but. Is there any chance to connect this devices in order to take advantage of GPU processing power? is not…
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Change default username

I want to change the default username (pi) to something, I tried usermod -l newusername pi but that gives me usermod: user pi is currently used by process 2104 Is there another way to modify the root account or disable this and create a new root…
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Where is the kernel source for Raspbian's default 3.1.9+ kernel?

The default kernel version of Raspbian is 3.1.9+. When I try to compile an extra kernel module I have lots of error messages since the kernel header files are missing. I've checked the Raspbian repository, but I was unable to find the 3.1.9+ kernel…
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Home cloud server with raspberryPI. What caveats I may get?

Originally my question is here. But nevertheless I will copy part of it here. At home I have external USB 3TB HDD. Also at home I have a wifi, but there is no strict computer place. So my first goal was to be able to connect to my HDD via wifi. So…
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How can I install GCC 4.8 on the Raspberry Pi?

How can I install GCC 4.8 on Raspberry Pi? Do I need to compile it from source? Should I update from Raspbian wheezy to a newer version?
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How to make raspbian load the i2c-dev module on boot up

I have installed 2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian, and the i2c-dev module and i2c_bcm2708 are there and work with i2c-tools. How do I get the i2c-dev module etc. to load at bootup?
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What are the different clock sources for the general-purpose clocks?

I'm trying to generate a clean 11.289 MHz clock signal from the general-purpose clock, GPCLK0 on GPIO4. The suggested route is to use the 19.2 MHz crystal as the source, which seems to work for lower frequencies, but no matter what I try it defaults…
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Pi 4 maximum power consumption

What is the maximum theoretical power consumption of Pi 4? I had expected that I would be able to find some sort of specification table for that, but I could not. The only things I could find were third-party benchmarking results like this which…
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Is the Raspberry Pi compatible with HDMI 1.4 specification with Ethernet?

Wikipedia says the Raspberry Pi supports "HDMI (rev 1.3 & 1.4)" and the HDMI 1.4 specification has Ethernet. Could you have a HDMI 1.4 to Ethernet adapter? and would the transfer rate be faster than USB 2.0?
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Pending kernel upgrade even after reboot my RPi4

Every time I update my Pi4, it runs needrestart which complains that I'm using an old kernel version and I should reboot, but rebooting doesn't change anything. First, I have to precise that: I installed a full version on the SD Card (latest one in…
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