2021-01-03, 20:21
For some time now I've been running Kodi/LibreELEC on a Raspberry Pi 4B. I use it to record TV boardcasts using the Raspberry Pi TV hat. Everything has been working fine and I think it fills it purpose adequately.
Recently I've been thinking about buying more powerful hardware (maybe an Intel NUC), then installing some Linux distro (probably Ubuntu) and then installing KODI on that distro. The reason for this is that I would like to utilize the same device for other purposes as well in addition to being a DVR. I was thinking about using it as a NAS as well and ocassionally browsing the internet through a browser. Maybe even host a website to the LAN. I was thinking about setting the OS to run KODI on system startup automatically but I still could be minimized. TVHeadEnd would have to be installed separately.
Do you think this idea is viable and reasonable? I'm not asking how to do this but should I do this and is there something I should take into consideration if I choose to do this? Can I make Or should I just stick to a dedicated DVR?
Recently I've been thinking about buying more powerful hardware (maybe an Intel NUC), then installing some Linux distro (probably Ubuntu) and then installing KODI on that distro. The reason for this is that I would like to utilize the same device for other purposes as well in addition to being a DVR. I was thinking about using it as a NAS as well and ocassionally browsing the internet through a browser. Maybe even host a website to the LAN. I was thinking about setting the OS to run KODI on system startup automatically but I still could be minimized. TVHeadEnd would have to be installed separately.
Do you think this idea is viable and reasonable? I'm not asking how to do this but should I do this and is there something I should take into consideration if I choose to do this? Can I make Or should I just stick to a dedicated DVR?