HowTo Use a Raspberry Pi as Youtube Upload Slave
28This is an "easy" way to off load your boring Youtube UL job to a small and enrgy eficient Raspberry Pi.
A couple of steps are needed:
1) Install a vanilla "Raspian" OS to your Pi.
2) Do
sudo apt-get update
suda apt-get upgrade
3) Install "Chromium" and the "X11vnc" server
sudo apt-get install chromium
sudo apt-get install x11vnc
4) Set the password for your x11vnc server
x11vnc -storepasswd
5) Start the X server and end it again to do the 1st time run config
startx
(ctrl)+(alt)+(backspace)
6) Create an autostart for the x11vnc server
cd .config
mkdir autostart
cd autostart
nano x11vnc.desktop
Copy & paste this into your config file:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Name=X11VNC
Comment=
Exec=x11vnc -forever -usepw -display :0 -ultrafilexfer
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Hidden=false
Press "CTRL+X"; "y" and "enter"
7) Make your Raspberry Pi to always use a specific resolution (1024x768) no matter wether a monitor is connected or not:
sudo nano /boot/config.txt
Make it look like this:
# For more options and information see
# http://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt.md
# Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details
# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode
#hdmi_safe=1
# uncomment this if your display has a black border of unused pixels visible
# and your display can output without overscan
#disable_overscan=1
# uncomment the following to adjust overscan. Use positive numbers if console
# goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border
#overscan_left=16
#overscan_right=16
#overscan_top=16
#overscan_bottom=16
# uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus
# overscan.
#framebuffer_width=1280
#framebuffer_height=720
# uncomment if hdmi display is not detected and composite is being output
hdmi_force_hotplug=1
# uncomment to force a specific HDMI mode (this will force VGA)
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=16
# uncomment to force a HDMI mode rather than DVI. This can make audio work in
# DMT (computer monitor) modes
# hdmi_drive=2
# uncomment to increase signal to HDMI, if you have interference, blanking, or
# no display
# config_hdmi_boost=4
# uncomment for composite PAL
#sdtv_mode=2
#uncomment to overclock the arm. 700 MHz is the default.
#arm_freq=800
8) Make the Pi to autostart into the graphical desktop:
sudo raspi-config
Chose the 3rd option in the main menue
Then chose the 2nd option in the sub menue
Then select "Finish" and let it reboot.
If everything went right, You can now connect to your Pi with the VNC client of your choice and use the Chromium browser just like on any other computer you're used to.
I recommend "TightVNC" for that purpose.
P.S. if you want to find out the IP adress of your Pi (required to connect from another computer), just type in "ifconfig" on your Pi's command line.