2015-01-22, 13:46
Hi, I'd love some advice on hardware to run Kodi on.
These are my needs...
Hdmi for the TV, I mostly watch content stored on my NAS and some YouTube. No real need for surround sound or anything like that. My library is quite expansive and my NAS is no longer up to the task of indexing the files. It works fine as a pure NAS but not a media server. I would like to be able to handle a large library without lag.
Audio/music needs a toslink/spdif output for my standalone DAC. My music is quite large and after deleting a bunch I still have +50000 flac files.
It would be nice to have something small and energy efficient like my current Apple TV but I'm open to different options.
Either use my NAS for file storage or build a htpc with with room for 5 discs. (4 raided 3.5" and a 2.5" SSD)
Oh, it needs to be completely quiet, my old NAS is driving my crazy with fan noise.
So, bulletproof fast responsive UI with stable streaming performance. Quiet, energy efficient and small size.
Any advice you can give me is greatly appreciated.
These are my needs...
Hdmi for the TV, I mostly watch content stored on my NAS and some YouTube. No real need for surround sound or anything like that. My library is quite expansive and my NAS is no longer up to the task of indexing the files. It works fine as a pure NAS but not a media server. I would like to be able to handle a large library without lag.
Audio/music needs a toslink/spdif output for my standalone DAC. My music is quite large and after deleting a bunch I still have +50000 flac files.
It would be nice to have something small and energy efficient like my current Apple TV but I'm open to different options.
Either use my NAS for file storage or build a htpc with with room for 5 discs. (4 raided 3.5" and a 2.5" SSD)
Oh, it needs to be completely quiet, my old NAS is driving my crazy with fan noise.
So, bulletproof fast responsive UI with stable streaming performance. Quiet, energy efficient and small size.
Any advice you can give me is greatly appreciated.