Here is another one, OpenELEC

because i introduced to a lecturer about raspi, then a student wanted to intro the raspi to the community and what it can do instead of normal pc

the thing i have in mind
-xbmc
-wifi router/ap
-local ftp server
-local web server
-maybe a little bit of hardware hacks? not my forte to be frank

lols, i part time tutoring only

nobody want to hire me as part time tutor

If you don't want to go for the hardware side,
1. ftp + web server + torrent
2. xbmc

would be a pretty practical usage for the masses

If you want a "wow factor" then most likely it would be some hardware hacks

yeah... i probably had to go for hardware hacks, actually tutor for university, thats why. software side, almost every hardware can be turned to that kind of server for lappies or old pc

as for the servers, i always had no luck on setting up the server to the public, even last time i tried dyndns also failed

as for this workshop, this also a hands-on workshop, a normal tech talk would be very boring

wifi router still more to software side since u only have to plug in the dongle, set everything in the raspbian itself and u r done

true that, was using raspi as a download server but in the end changed to my old desktop because of the 100mbps ethernet and limited storage.

........

what's your targeted users? IT students? general masses?

and please, as for any hands on workshop, please ensure that you have a fast internet for all, or else the whole workshop will be a mess(seen and taken a lot of workshops like that)

really, i only know local, but not public access, i dont know how, our internet here uses dynamic ip, that makes it even harder to access from the outside but i really do wanna set this thing up

our target is just for general masses, but i only as the tutor, other things are handled by that student, im getting ideas for the content first then i will tell him about the content which one best

what about copying one of the raspi updated firmware/raspbian os, can it be copied to another sdcard directly or there is an another method to clone the 'hdd'?

Not particularly sure about whether there's a script for dyndns but there should be though since dyndns is pretty popular. I'm using ddclient with cloudflare instead.

For public access, just access it via the fqdn that they gave you(usually is ur specified subdomain + the domain that u chosen). But if you're using streamyx <1mbps or any mobile broadband solution then it won't work because they are using private ip.

then............ a bit of modification
1. ftp + web server + torrent(set up web ui) + samba + minidlna + securing it + port forwarding + dyndns
2. xbmc

xbmc is pretty straightforward actually........ so I think the 1st one would be better as it would take more time and it would be a bit harder to do

dd? should be able to do the job although I have yet to try it

This post has been edited by wcypierre: Jan 21 2015, 03:05 AM

i am using 4mb package, there is no script involving with dyndns, just have to set up wamp/lamp/xamp server on any machine, setup ur account on dyndns, set ur dyndns login detail on ur adsl router and u should be done with it. i think i would go for local/public webserver set up as a priority since the workshop most likely gonna be held at university. u know the great firewall of university works

so this fqdn thingy, more like u rent a domain server with ur own preferred name right? the idea of dyndns is to host the website from ur home. but dyndns changed their services entirely maybe since 2012, they give free account for specific users only, unsure other dyndns services available, but im not gonna teach them that since it will be more of a tech talk already

what about samba, my knowledge about samba still in a thick haze, could u tell me about it and the benefits of it?

yeap. that way would be easier but I'm pretty skeptical of those ddns setup anyway. Back to topic, you would go for the internal network setup instead as you would be getting a private ip instead of a public ip. btw, you may want to go to the uni to test things out a few days before the talk because they may block some of the ports that you may need

not really, you can use the free subdomain that dyndns provides. I used my own domain at cloudflare because I have some in spare. but still, I haven't used dyndns and noip for quite a while already(at least 5 years back?) so it may be a bit outdated.

Samba is a file sharing protocol, and Windows has built in support for it natively(so it is easier than ftp in terms of setup in a sense, but ftp has been around for quite a while so if he/she has been working for a large company then he/she should be more familiar with ftp instead).

as of now, yeah the internal set up, since troubleshooting a public network level are quite hard and i dont have the resources to do that. the thing is, i still need to get my hands on the raspi if i were to test that there

about samba, is it the native windows file and sharing option? i found that option rather tedious setup if i wanted to share among older windows like w7<>xp on file transfers, not to mention that the heavy load on cpu as well when i did this in the past, so i still kinda prefer ftp for transferring files between my pc

u missed one of my question though i think, if i updated one of the raspi then i copied its sd card to the others, will it work?

yeap. setup wise a bit tedious but at least it is just a one time setup and easier to use imo. anyway, its your call.

I did mentioned the answer at the last line though, which is dd. Here's a link on how to do it: http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/quest...my-raspberry-pi

owh, sorry i didnt see that coming, so basically need to 'clone' the disk the same way we image those physical cd. thx for ur help so far, still a lot need to learn

nah, me too, still a long way to go

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able to output the videos and still pic but unable to preview it before taking the pic/vid

if you still cannot find the solution 2 months later, bump me and I'll see what I can do because I didn't have my usb webcam with me for now

found the problem,but there's no fix to it didn't know preview is hardware GPU display to HDMI,if access thru VNC,there would be nothing

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This post has been edited by azrash: Feb 2 2015, 09:55 PM

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