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What is the best OS for running Kodi? - MarlonRiosForsgren - 2017-05-26
Hello everyone! Is a lot of OS that Kodi is able to run... So...
What is the best OS for running Kodi?
What the Kodi Team recommends?
Thanks!
I have a HP t510 ThinClient as target hardware.
RE: What is the best SO for running Kodi? - whysoserious - 2017-05-26
Best ice cream flavor? Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, or pistachio?
There is no "best" OS for Kodi, it works well on most platforms, it's a personal preference.
That being said, LibreELEC is my favorite flavor of Kodi. Easy to install, very low maintenance, works well on Intel hardware.
P.S. Pistachio is the best ice cream, wanna fight about it?
RE: What is the best SO for running Kodi? - MarlonRiosForsgren - 2017-05-26
Thanks, whysoserious, I agree that Bacon is the King of Meats! About Ice cream, I don't like Pistachio, BUT PLEASE!!!! WE DON'T NEED TO FIGHT!!!!! :-)
Do you think that my hardware will run nicely? (HP t510 ThinClient with 4GB Corsair RAM memory, 2 HDD One of then is NAS 1TB) I have just tested here that the hardware can run W10 Enterprise LTSB,(X64) and runs good... Just worried about if Linux have drivers for the onboard video-card...
RE: What is the best OS for running Kodi? - whysoserious - 2017-05-26
One nice thing about LibreELEC is that you can boot into it from a USB thumbdrive and run it off the thumbdrive without installing it to your hard drive. You can test it for functionality and driver support without messing up your Windows installation.
It would be worth a try, IMHO. You have enough ram, the only real question is the Video hardware, but running LibreELEC from a thumbdrive would answer that question. Go here (https://libreelec.tv/downloads/) and download the “LibreELEC USB-SD Creator” app to try it.
RE: What is the best OS for running Kodi? - pkscout - 2017-05-26
I always recommend the OS that you can support. An HTPC is never quite done and always needs some hand holding. If you're running an OS that you know nothing about, you may find it frustrating.
RE: What is the best OS for running Kodi? - whysoserious - 2017-05-26
(2017-05-26, 22:36)pkscout Wrote: I always recommend the OS that you can support. An HTPC is never quite done and always needs some hand holding. If you're running an OS that you know nothing about, you may find it frustrating.
Good point...
RE: What is the best OS for running Kodi? - DaVu - 2017-05-27
With that: HP t510 ThinClient
Only DVI connections, only VIA Chromotion HD 2.0 Integrated Graphics Processor....
Pretty hard to recommend anything for that
RE: What is the best OS for running Kodi? - fritsch - 2017-05-28
(2017-05-27, 22:49)DaVu Wrote: With that: HP t510 ThinClient
Only DVI connections, only VIA Chromotion HD 2.0 Integrated Graphics Processor....
Pretty hard to recommend anything for that
Windows XP and Kodi 15
RE: What is the best OS for running Kodi? - MarlonRiosForsgren - 2017-05-28
Windows Embedded 7 can be a good way? Because Windows XP is out of support... Other question is how long kodi 15 will survive, about DVI ports, is easy to put a DVI-HDMI converter...
RE: What is the best OS for running Kodi? - DaVu - 2017-05-29
Quote:about DVI ports, is easy to put a DVI-HDMI converter...
Only in some edge cases it's possible to push audio over DVI. That's not a real standard. It's used by some manufactors, but it's really really rare. So if that's the case and you will need to push audio over something else (TOSLink or S/PDIF), you could probably face sync issues. But for sure you won't get passthrough for HD audio formats as those can't be handled by TOSLink or S/PDIF. You could use multichannel PCM instead.
Kodi 15 is long outdated as well. I could imagine, that even a RPi 3 can do a better job than this ancient HP.
RE: What is the best OS for running Kodi? - Jazia - 2017-05-30
(2017-05-26, 18:31)whysoserious Wrote: Best ice cream flavor? Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, or pistachio?
There is no "best" OS for Kodi, it works well on most platforms, it's a personal preference.
That being said, LibreELEC is my favorite flavor of Kodi. Easy to install, very low maintenance, works well on Intel hardware.
P.S. Pistachio is the best ice cream, wanna fight about it?
Double quote: both LibreELEC and pistacchio (i'm italian, here is with double "c"
)LibreELEC makes your kodi superfast! plus: community support, a huge and very active community growing, everyone is willing to help and find solutions, also for non intel hardware (like mine)
RE: What is the best OS for running Kodi? - P.Kosunen - 2017-05-31
(2017-05-28, 14:50)MarlonRiosForsgren Wrote: Windows Embedded 7 can be a good way? Because Windows XP is out of support... Other question is how long kodi 15 will survive, about DVI ports, is easy to put a DVI-HDMI converter...
What support do you need for playing media?
RE: What is the best OS for running Kodi? - MarlonRiosForsgren - 2017-06-02
My Goal is running as Media Player and listening radios via streaming
RE: What is the best OS for running Kodi? - MarlonRiosForsgren - 2017-06-02
Actually I running Kodi 15 and WES7 and working quite OK, but sometimes the screen becomes black, once I restart the system, works ok...