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I know this has been beat to death but lots of old info and mixed reviews, what's the best affordable box to run kodi? Don't need Netflix just looking to run kodi. Currently were running Pivos xs on Linux but looking for something better as these are now few year old technology. With all the cheap junk out there what are you guys using for a decent setup?
I've seen recommendations on mxq, pi2, any thoughts or better info is appreciated thank you
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don't but unsupported junk like that one.
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I wouldn't buy an mx111 what do you recommend martijn?
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2015-11-01, 22:10
(This post was last modified: 2015-11-01, 22:29 by framedtoo.)
i've got cyclone mini pc, rpi1, rpi2, cyclone x4, fire tv.
various wireless keyboards and mice, all work
sumvision mini pc:- only had it a week, problem with divx and 5.1, AV out of sync.picture slideshow screen saver, no problems. advantage with being able to map the NAS. stable. watchdog became a problem, when running on all the units, maybe down to the NAS. overall GOOD.
rpi1:- not used anymore. ran openelec and raspbmc. slow but stable. overall OK
rpi2:- have used openelec, but now using osmc. stable. picture slideshow screen saver, some photos not showing correct. problem with tvheadend backend with 32gb sd card, but ok with 8gb. overall GOOD
cyclone x4:- not as stable as all the above. same problem with picture slideshow screen saver (rpi2). also used it for the web, very slow. overall OK
fire tv:- not used anymore. unstable. have to sideload kodi in. kodi would disapear, so would need to sideload again. remote feels good in the hand. overall for what you pay get a mini pc
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Going through this same decision myself. I'm planning on buying the Nvidia Shield TV. Seems very powerful, and will run other streaming apps like Netflix, Youtube, etc.
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Yes looking at all the info I like that box little pricey but should do the trick, for An entry 70-100 box it's looking like the pi2 is hard to beat?? Anyone have any other suppositions as the link provided has tones of info lots geared at the best all around I'm just looking for kodi
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It really depends what codecs you plan on playing too:
- AVC / H264 ?
- VC-1 ?
- mpeg 2 .vob DVD Rips ?
- HEVC ?
- Deinterlacing ?
Its a bit more complicated than you think.
As an example, you would not get a nVIDIA Shield if you planned on watching interlaced TV through it as it uses very basic Blurry Bob deinterlacing. The cheap RPi2 or C1+ would cream it for deinterlacing picture quality.
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I just want to run kodi currently have Pivos xs on Linux is the pi2 any better?
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Whats wrong with the Pivos ?
Speed ?
Codec issues ?
WiFi ?
Price ?
Neglecting to give any detail whatsoever and we will just say "Get a Chromebox" as its faster than a RPi2.
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2015-11-04, 21:13
(This post was last modified: 2015-11-04, 21:14 by Boostedfox.)
Pivos is slow, wifi, always having to reload both boxes audio always out of sync, my windows kodi has no issues both Pivos do tho
