Waiting 15+ days for RemotePi board and case. Also MPEG-2 needs a license so might as well get that too. The Pi group in trying to keep costs down, offer licenses as an add-on.

Today I find out the VC-1 error is not a hardware issue but rather a licensing issue. 1x RemotePi Board for Pi 3 for €19.90 each 1x Acrylic Case for RemotePi Board for Pi 3, Pi 2 and B+ for €7.90 eachĦ. Interesting side note: Site takes payment in Euros but package ships from Thailand.ĥ. need case with button cut out (yeah I could have cut mine but wanted OEM fit/finish). Daughter board adds both a hardware power BUTTON as well as a IR receiver that can control said button. Google-foo ensues whereas I come across the 'RemotePi Board for Pi 3'. Need a way to turn this thing on with the remote. Un/re plug the power cord on Pi3 and it boots back on. Switch over to Roku using remote for a while. Next I try a x264 remuxed Bluray MKV and that works perfectly. 'unknown codec' flashes by and the thing grinds to a halt. uses a 32GB mSD card I had laying around $0īoots up and works great out of the box and proceed to lose an hour fiddling with settings and getting Harmony remote set up to control it (had a USB IR receiver handy).Īs luck would have it, I chose a VC-1 bluray rip for my first test.

Buys Element14 Pi3 kit (board, clear case, 2 heatsinks) $50Ģ. These things are really inexpensive ($35 for bare Pi3 board) I thinks to myself. So I get the itch to build a inexpensive Plex client to rival the $100 Roku ($85 when on sale) media player.

Flirc harmony plex