Introduction The last days I was busy trying to transform my Banana Pi into a small DVR solution to watch and record live TV via a DVB-T USB device. Unfortunately I had to realize, that this goal is much harder to achieve, than I thought in the beginning… Hardware I bought a simple DVB-T stick […]

Introduction This post is about getting RetroArch working on the Banana Pi running Arch Linux. I’m going to tell you, how to achieve a satisfying SNES emulation experience. The first attempt installing the retroarch package and trying to emulate the good old Super Mario World was disappointing. It was completely messed up as I had less […]

Introduction This blog post is about getting a working XBMC setup on the Banana Pi running Arch Linux. Unfortunately it seems to be impossible to get a hardware accelerated XBMC setup on the Banana Pi at the moment. But chances are good, that this will be the case in relatively near future. To get 1080p […]

Introduction Achieving accelerated graphics on the Banana Pi was quite a challenge for me. Unfortunately it is not done completely just by installing xf86-video-fbturbo-git from the AUR as I had library issues with that package. So I decided to try the “hard way” building all the stuff on my own. Thanks to “WebReflection” who made a […]

After receiving my new Banana Pi to replace the well loved Raspberry Pi, it certainly was clear, I’m going to use Arch Linux, as this is my favorite distribution since the last five years. Installation So I downloaded the current ArchLinux_For_BananaPi_v2.0. At first I had some problems with my installation, which I guess are the result […]