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16. Boot screen of the OpenELEC distribution of XBMC for the Raspberry Pi 17. Main menu of XBMC. You can access all functions from here, using the keyboard, the mouse or any other device you connect, including a wide range of remote controllers. 18. The video menu. You can add new folders containing video using the “Add Videos…” entry. These can be folders on the Raspberry Pi or shared folders within the network. 19. Playing a TV channel received over the network – IPTV at its best 20. XBMC includes a wide range of configurations for audio and video,
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including the display of subtitles 21. Zapping can be done using the |<< and >>| buttons or by going back to the playlist. 22. Playing a streamed channel from HOTBIRD 13.0E. 23. This is a different playlist, showing the channels we are streaming from our DVB-S/S2 card. You can have as many playlists as you wish. 24. Zapping between the different channels within the playlist is easy, but naturally you have to expect 2-3 seconds to see the next picture. The reason is the buffering that is required, to ensure that sudden delays within the network traffic don’t stop the reproduction.