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Thanks for the reply.
I built my own HTPC on a windows 10 platform using the Hauppauge Dual tv tuners with Kodi and NextPVR.
However, this media player is for someone with zero tech savvy so I need to make it idiot proof. Just the one box that everything plugs into.
I need something that basically only runs Kodi so they wont' get confused if they see a different screen.
It needs to be able to read local media content from an external hard drive and be able to record as least two free to air digital channels.
I'd also like to keep the number of remotes needed to run this to a minimum. So I was hoping to use a flirc usb receiver that could be used with the existing tv remote. Otherwise more cost if a harmony remote is required.
So at least 3 usb connections (ext hard drive, flirc and tuner) although that may leave me one short if wifi is required.
Oh, I forgot to mention it needs to be H.265 compatible because even some 1080 is now encoded with it.
Was looking at a DYI job e.g. Rock64 but my knowledge of all those weird o/s is non existent and I didn't' want to get stuck half way
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2018-03-02, 08:12
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I've got a Rockchip 3399 development board and I can tell you now with Rockchip LE Kodi deinterlacing does not work properly. mpeg2 currently does not hardware decode and H264 deinterlacing is half motion, stutters and is poor quality.
Come back in 6-12 months if you want a Rockchip device for something like stable LibreELEC, its too early to in the development cycle to dive into such a Rockchip chipset yet especially for high quality deinterlacing and TV viewing use.
Two options for TV usage and hardware decoding of H.265 with a plug in tuner:
- Intel Apollo Lake running LibreELEC Kodi
- An AMLogic S9xx device with a integrated Wireless remote like the MINIX U9 running LibreELEC Kodi Krypton or the Vero 4K running OSMC Kodi Krypton. You really do not even need a Flirc then.
However you need to state exactly which model of TV tuner is going to be used and which part of the world the TV tuner needs to be used in with the AMLogic devices. TV tuners on those boxes are not just Plug n Play.
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Thanks for that.
I did look at the Vero 4K running OSMC Kodi Krypton.
When I went on to their support site I asked about the Hauppauge WinTV-dual HD USB2 DVB-T/T2/C Tuner.
For Australian free to air tv.
They told me it was NOT supported. I'm not sure which tuners are supported and that will work in Australia.
Left a message but have not received a reply to that question.
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2018-03-02, 08:29
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Well I use the old, highly compatible DVB-T PS3 Play TV dual tuner with AMLogic S9xx boxes and it works a treat with TvHeadend and LibreELEC. One of them is used in my household TvH AML S9xx server setup.
You can find them sometimes pretty cheap at EB Games in Australia.
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Thank you for your reply.
As I understand it you use a PlayStation 3 and an AMlogic box working together to give you a media streamer and PVR ?
As I mentioned before I 'm looking for single box solution as the media player is for a non tech savvy person.
I bought an MX8 android box for my sister a few years ago which had a proprietary interface loaded over android.
She owned a nexus smart phone so I thought it would be easy for her to use. But it neither looked nor behaved like an android box.
It was clunky , the remote sucked, it kept crashing kodi, it was almost impossible to load any applications from the android store...a real nightmare.
In addition it lacked a tv tuner and was a pain to connect to an external hard drive.
So I ended throwing it in the draw and buying her a Nuc.
The NUC also has no TVB tuner but at least she could play her own movie library with Kodi installed and watch Netflix.
This time I want a single box just for Kodi that will do PVR (dual tuner at least), read local media content via usb and comes with a good remote or can use the tv remote through a flirc usb receiver.
I never got very far looking at the Raspberry Pi 3 as a possibility, as it appears that it will never be able to handle H.265. Since even some 1080 content is now being coded at H.265 that ruled it out.
I'm not even sure which if any TV tuners that work in Australia will work on the Pi.
There are other dyi boards out there like the Rock64 , Udoo, Asus Tinker box ect which have most if not all of the requirements, but I have no experience in any of the o/s that run on these. Not even Windows 10 IOT.
I also don't know if these boards can run Kodi, or a backend pvr service for Kodi or which tuners will work out of the box.
If any of these don't work I would be stuck and unlikely to get them working as there is limited support.
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2018-03-02, 09:59
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The PS3 DVB-T is a USB dual tuner you can plug into any Linux / Windows device. There is no need for a PlayStation to be involved at all. It’s just a USB plug in tuner that is highly compatible with a whole bunch of Linux based boxes. Simply install the Linux based LibreELEC or even use a Vero 4K. Plug in a NTFS formatted HDD and use the TvHeadend server and Kodi TvH PVR viewing client and you are good to go.
If you really want an easy to use PVR in Australia look at the Fetch Mighty. It also plays H.265 content using a plug in USB HDD/stick and it’s pretty basic built in Media player. It does not run Kodi but will be a much superior PVR setup for non tech users. Also does Netflix, Stan and YouTube. Excellent simple remote with the Fetch devices.
Please Stop looking at Rockchip devices for Kodi, you will end up with rubbish, unreliable Kodi TV deinterlacing at this present point in time. I would not call them stable platforms for LE Kodi yet either, rather a WIP with potential.
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Hi all!
sorry my post fall a bit random in the conversation, but goes back to the initial post.
Now that kodi is released on Xbox One, would that make sense to add it to the list of devices (I see it is mentioned in December news)? Is there a catch that I'm missing?
I'm not a technical expert, but it seems there are a lot of advantages for it. I just borrowed one from my brother to do some tries and I'm really thinking of purchasing one (against an Apple TV 4K with MrmC that I was considering earlier - the price is actually more or less the same at the moment):
In Kodi
- 4K and H265 capability - (I had little issues with just one sample HEVC 4K 10bits while others were working fine. I have to test other ones to be sure)
- Bitstream sounds (passthrough is apparently not working with kodi so far)
Aside from kodi
- 4k and H265
- Bluray player (may not work inside kodi)
- Nice gaming console!
- Netflix, Prime Video apps in 4K and HD audio (right now I'm just missing Molotov for TV, but I can connect my cable box to the xbox to compensate).
- Support Miracast, Chromecast and Airplay with an extra paid app
As you may have perceived, I'm quite convinced by the solution at the moment.
Do you see anything I'm missing, or something that could become a potential issue on this platform? (so far my only regrets compared to the apple TV are the Homekit integration, and access to Itunes video catalog/Apple Music). (Just for the record, I'm moving from a Pi2 on Librelec)
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2018-03-04, 12:32
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I'm thinking to buy Vero 4K. Are there some knowing issues with this box?
I need fast box(quick menu response),stable, play HD content (h264/h265 codec - not necessary 4k for now) with HD audio pasthrought (HD-DTS, True-HD,...).
I would like to replace 3 years old cuboxTv(unstable latest libreelec images for me drive me little bit crazy)
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almost got hoodwicked. felt like moth heading to its doom plus the brewskis didn't help. I'm living in Italy and new to all this. was given a kodi box by my good friend, bless his heart.A T95X 1GB Ram / 8GB Rom. Since then I've purchased my dream 4K TV and need a new box. I'm looking for octa-core, 3GB, 32GB, dualband WIFlyI. Any suggestions would be highly apreciated.