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Uncl3dad · 2015-03-23, 20:02

Hi Guys! 1st post.

I'm looking for some advice. I'm currently looking to build a combined media box to run Kodi and a few other things. I was hoping i could post some of the parts am intending to use and the stuff I'm asking the device to do in the end.

The tasks:

Run Kodi
Replace my virgin box for recording digital TV
Replace and upgrade my DVD player to a Blue Ray
Run Netflix
Run Some Older console emulators

It is also definitional going to be a network storage device.

I was Hoping to run Linux on the device too.

Hardware I've got lined up:

http://www.cclonline.com/product/173220/...-/MBD1524/

http://www.cclonline.com/product/60879/C...m/RAM0309/

http://www.cclonline.com/product/113596/...r/CAS0834/

2x http://www.cclonline.com/product/171518/.../HDD2519C/

http://www.cclonline.com/product/98220/B...r/CDR0162/

http://www.cclonline.com/product/114150/...l/ACC0615/

I'm wondering about how fast the machine would boot up with the HDDs and weather i would need a SSD, or is i could get the best of both worlds and load the OS off a memory stick

Again, the ram?

I've but PCs on the past but it's been a long while and I've not kept up with the trends.

I'm open to any realistic recommendations but the size and price need to be in the ballparks of what I've all ready selected

Any advice and input is greatly appreciated.

Cheers

kuldan · 2015-03-24, 11:45

Hi, just to join in really quick for your premise:

If you want to do Blu-Ray, you will be in a tough spot with Kodi - the native support is (very) lacking, and to use external players, you would have to go Windows. (which is still not very comfortable).

Everything else you want is (kinda) possible, depending on what you need... if your Virgin Cable Box takes some kind of CI+ Smartcard, you will have difficulties (up to impossibles) to get that to work right...
As for NAS-sort of Storage, it is possible in Linux, but you need some good linux knowledge to get it to work reliably... and the Netflix-Addons for KODI work, but are not that good as well. (They require a lot of finnicking around imho, even though they work okay-ish in the end)...

If you ask me, do yourself a favor and separate the roles - do a KODI machine for your local content, and a lot of streaming addons, and (if you do not need CI-functionality) TV - and get a cheap BluRay Player that also does Netflix. It will save you tons of headaches in the long run...

southlegend · 2015-03-24, 13:50

Use tvheadend for Linux or DVBViewer for Windows with a supported DVB-C tuner for your TV channels. Unfortunately we're not allowed to speak much about using encrypted services on here but there information is out there.

stuCONNERS · (This post was last modified: 2015-03-24, 13:51 by stuCONNERS.)

You can get virgin media running on kodi, But it requires some forum rules to be broken. Id give up on blu-ray support, and go with chromebox, openelec, retroarch, tvheadend, oscam, and use smartdns to use netflix from all over the world. You wont miss your blurays after that. I use a Virgin media remote to control kodi on my chromebox.

Uncl3dad · 2015-03-24, 14:33

When I say replace I mean I'll be cancelling the subscription and sending it back rather than trying the get my Virgin stuff on my box

Uncl3dad · 2015-03-24, 14:48

I'm happy to scrub the blue ray player in lieu of getting a licence for windows 7 especially since the storage is a key feature of the device.

Also happy to use a browser for Netflix/OD content. I really don't watch much... If any live TV but would we semi interested in a digital TV tuner, but really only as a side interest.

my main concern would be boot speed with windows and would wonder if a ssd would be required.

kuldan · 2015-03-24, 16:44

SSD as boot device is strongly recommended with either OS you might end up running this (also, Windows 8.1 is much faster booting-wise than Windows 7 to begin with) ...

Uncl3dad · 2015-03-24, 23:12