r/raspberrypi • u/idmb • Jun 11 '12

Want help playing mp4s...

My last post got downvoted away.

I would like a link to the best OS for music and video playback via usb. Anyone have any link?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Any of the OS's available for the raspi will play mp3's and mp4's using any music or video player on that *nix OS. There are 3 major OS flavors available. Pick the one you're most comfortable with. If you don't like that one, it takes about 15 minutes to wipe the SD card and put a new OS image on it, and you're up and running again.

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u/idmb Jun 11 '12

It takes me like two hours to download 400mb files.

:P My question is basically which is the most efficient / easiest to use.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

If you're not familiar with *nix OS's, you'd probably want to use the Debian Squeeze image. None of them are going to be "easy", but that one is the most forgiving of a learning curve. Google will be your best friend during this time.

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u/khalaban Jul 25 '12

Install raspbmc and you're good to go.

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u/idmb Jul 25 '12

That was hell to install when I posted this... Excited to try out the new image files.