2016-03-31, 22:56
Entering the 4K era, I need to replace my old trustworthy Scaleo E, running a an old 32bit Pentium 4 CPU/Geforce 210 on OpenElec. OpenElec because the JOS concept runs much smoother on old hardware than (a stripped down) Windows. What’s most important to me is flawless HD Audio Passthrough. Currently, my setup passes every audio format correctly through the Geforce 210 to a Yamaha receiver.
Every time new promising hardware gets released and people start using Kodi on it, there tends to be some trouble at some point on some platform with PT (like Rockchip on Android, Skylake on Windows etc.)
I’ve been reading Kodi’s hardware forum topics for years now, including the “pick the right hardware” topics, but they tend to address the various hardware capabilities in conjunction with 3D playback. 3D in not important to me. In fact, its hype is passed and will probably not be included in future televisions.
So, I’d really like from users to know and to summarize which specific hardware on which platform gives the best HD Audio Passtrough results using Kodi. (or at least the less headaches). This could be x86 hardware, android based devices or anything else. Preferably hardware that’s capable of 4k output (regardless of bitdepth or framerate).
Every time new promising hardware gets released and people start using Kodi on it, there tends to be some trouble at some point on some platform with PT (like Rockchip on Android, Skylake on Windows etc.)
I’ve been reading Kodi’s hardware forum topics for years now, including the “pick the right hardware” topics, but they tend to address the various hardware capabilities in conjunction with 3D playback. 3D in not important to me. In fact, its hype is passed and will probably not be included in future televisions.
So, I’d really like from users to know and to summarize which specific hardware on which platform gives the best HD Audio Passtrough results using Kodi. (or at least the less headaches). This could be x86 hardware, android based devices or anything else. Preferably hardware that’s capable of 4k output (regardless of bitdepth or framerate).