Setting Raspberry Pi 2 Up?

1st Official Post

    Hi Friends

    This is my first post in forum. I have bought a Raspberry Pi2(with case and charger and the miscro SD card).

    My intention is to play Blu Ray(bdmv>m2ts) files or Blu Remuxes with chapter option and subtitles.(24fps/DTS-Master etc)

    Can anyone help me how should I start setting My Raspebrry Pi2 up. Its has nothing installed right now.

    Also do I need to buy a heat sink for this?

    Cheers

    • Official Post

    As Klojum mentioned - try installing it and see if you have any issues.
    I've never tried playing RAW BluRay movies, preferring to convert them first but I think the RPi might not be powerful enough - only trying will tell.

    DTS-MA is playable if your Amp supports it and you enable passthru.

    As to a heatsink - again, only time will tell. Generally a heatsink in a case is a waste of time as there is generally no enough air circulation to get the full benefits. At best it will only lower the temperature by 5 degrees. Adding a fan may get a reduction of 15 degrees, but if your RPi is running that hot most of the time, something is wrong.

    LE provides plenty of tools to help you monitor CPU usage, I/O and temperatures to mention a few.