2017-01-11, 22:22
AC wi-fi speed on Mi Box is very good, enough to stream full BD rips. You can also try a USB ethernet adapter. Not all work w/Mi Box, so need to research the Mi Box thread. Also look at lon.tv.
(2017-01-11, 22:54)nickr Wrote: Question re xiaomi mi box: does it run "android tv os" as opposed to "android os". It's difficult to tell as a lot of people refer to "android tv box" when they simply mean an android box that plugs into a tv.
If so, does that mean it will do HD netflix?
(2017-01-11, 22:22)hdmkv Wrote: AC wi-fi speed on Mi Box is very good, enough to stream full BD rips. You can also try a USB ethernet adapter. Not all work w/Mi Box, so need to research the Mi Box thread. Also look at lon.tv.Yes the AC WiFi is very good in the Mi Box. Really all you need is at a least 802.11 N - Dual Band router to send it the WiFi signal.
(2017-01-11, 16:00)ShinyAndy Wrote: OK I give in, I tried my utmost best but my WeTek Play2 is going back to its maker tomorrow as I just could not get it to work with any of the LE builds, it crashed/completely locked up all the time and in Android it didn't seem much quicker to use than an old Pi
Everything nowadays seems Android based so any suggestions for a non-Android box that will run the Kodi GUI smoothly? My only requirements are simple and all LAN based (no streaming); HD playback (HEVC would be nice), HD audio passthru, optical output as well ideally, playback of 3D SBS files (not ISOs). I've used an old ASROCK ION330 for many years and it finally died so happy to replace with another PC based box.
Price isn't that important if it's going to last, I just want something that works and if it works well with Krypton even better? Am I better off waiting for Kaby Lake based stuff to drop in price a bit, something like the Cubi 2/Beebox/BRIX or is that complete overkill?
(2017-01-12, 17:59)nealsil Wrote: Gents/gals, I'm currently running Kodi 16.1 on a Lenovo 420 with the following specs:What do you mean by "Better Video" ?
Lenovo ThinkPad T420 Core i5 2.50GHz Notebook 6GB 320GB
Intel® Integrated HD Graphics Discrete NVIDIA® NVS 4200M (1GB VRAM ) with Optimus™ Technology
I generally have good performance with Kodi but I'm wondering if I'd get better video if I ran Kodi on one of the android or ATV4 boxes....
(2017-01-13, 06:22)wrxtasy Wrote:(2017-01-12, 17:59)nealsil Wrote: Gents/gals, I'm currently running Kodi 16.1 on a Lenovo 420 with the following specs:What do you mean by "Better Video" ?
Lenovo ThinkPad T420 Core i5 2.50GHz Notebook 6GB 320GB
Intel® Integrated HD Graphics Discrete NVIDIA® NVS 4200M (1GB VRAM ) with Optimus™ Technology
I generally have good performance with Kodi but I'm wondering if I'd get better video if I ran Kodi on one of the android or ATV4 boxes....
Pls be specific !
Better video could mean - HDR10 output to a compatible HDR display, 4K10 bit HEVC actually output at in a 10bi colorspace, using Hardware decoding.
Frankly unless you buy something like a nVIDIA Shield that can actually get hold of "Better Video" - 4K HDR10 content from the Amazon and Netflix streaming Apps - you will be brainwashed into thinking "Oh I must buy HDR capable Kodi hardware" by lots of marketing BS.
Sorry should have been clearer... by "better video" what i mean is that it will look kind of washed out and pixelated. Again its not unwatchable but im just wondering if one of the Kodi Boxes on the market would do a better job than my laptop is doing? I have a high end plasma display but its not 4k so at the moment im not concerned with 4k.
On another note, i mentioned the ATV4 because i already have one but from what i've been reading it doesnt seem worth the effort to use it for Kodi.
Thanks for the reply and appreciate additional feedback.
Even HDR or UHD 4K Blurays cannot be self ripped due to uncracked copy protection. HDR test clips on a repeat loop will soon bore you to death !
Android TV OS on the likes of the Shield and tvOS on the ATV4 devices will certainly give you a nice Graphic User Interface to play with using a bunch of pretty slick Apps. I personally would not be buying an ATV4 as there are some codec playback limitations with it. 10bit HEVC is problematic I believe. There are better, more open Kodi hardware options.