Raspberry Pi enthusiasts interested in creating a Raspberry Pi entertainment centre may be interested in a new project posted by Instructables member jrhollis which shows how a Raspberry Pi Zero W mini PC can be combined with a portable DVD player to create a Kodi portable entertainment centre. “Have an old DVD player laying around? I did, and I wanted to do something fun with it. So I jammed a Pi Zero W inside and installed Libreelec with KODI on it so it can play movies off a thumb drive!”
“I tapped the DVD logic board for a 5v power source to run the Pi. Then I connected the TV pins from the Pi to the AUX video in on the DVD player and the USB sound card audio to the AUX audio in on the player. To see the Pi, you press the AUX button on the DVD player to switch between the DVD player (which I left intact) and the auxiliary in. As you configure KODI, you’ll want to make sure ssh is enabled and set up your network connection, because we’re gonna need to do that stuff next. Once you’re connected to the network take note of you DVD player’s IP address.”
It’s creator does warn that the project is fairly involved and requires a little technical knowledge and advises that you could end up with a dead portable DVD player. For more information and full instructions on how to create your own complete with component list and code jump over to the official Instructables website by following the link below
Source: Instructables : Liliputing
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