2019-01-31, 18:30
(2019-01-31, 17:02)THRobinson Wrote: I think for my usage, S912 3GB/32GB Octacore with gigabit lan will work. I am still a bit confused on a few specs, looking at that chart linked a few posts back for example, audio support, some will do DTS, some DTS and TrueHD, some Dolby.... is that a hardware or software limitation.... ?
All the AMLogic box advertising you see will be listing the Android OS's capabilities only. And even then you have to take what is written with a grain of salt.
It really does not matter anyway when you Dual Boot and run an alternative, optimised OS dedicated to Kodi ...
Excluding Bluray DolbyVision and 1080p 3D - AMLogic S905X, S905D & S912 media players when running LibreELEC / CoreELEC, or in the Vero4K+'s case - OSMC Kodi will quite literally play any standard encoded audio or video content you want to throw at them. And I do mean anything all the way up to Dolby Atmos and 4K HDR Bluray Rips.
The OS's, Firmware and modded Kodi are the key here with these devices. LE / CE / OSMC have been built from the ground up to run Kodi as bug free as possible and the Linux based OS's and Firmware are highly optimised by each LE / CE / OSMC team for each specific hardware family they are run on, be that Intel, AMD, RPi or AMLogic.
High Bitrate 4K HDR Bluray Rips need a device with Gigabit Ethernet (1000M). Be that either built into the media player or using a USB3 > Gigabit Ethernet adapter.
Wireless remotes, like the USB Mini dongle ones (eg MINIX A2 lite) are Plug n Play.
Any Mini Keyboard comes in real handy for Kodi Keyboard shortcuts (click)
Virtually all Infra Red remotes on these cheap Android boxes are rubbish.
BTW: all but one of the OpenELEC developer's abandoned the project and are now operating LibreELEC.
CoreELEC is a LibreELEC fork specifically focused on Linux / AMLogic Kodi Leia.
