(2015-05-17, 03:19)exquyre Wrote: Well that basically crushes all the pros of the banana i guess... Ok maybe not the sata and Gigabit ethernet one but well, if the support for the banana is really THAT bad i guess i'll get the rpi2 then.
Yep - it really is that bad...
Quote:Also aren't 4-pole 3.5mm jacks ground, L audio, R audio and mic in?
Entirely depends on the application. A 4-pole jack is just a connector at the end of the day. What is on the connector can change. Apple used to use 4-pole 3.5mm jacks to carry stereo audio and video from the older iPods and iPod docks, but the same connector will carry headphone and mic connections on an iPhone. There is no universal standard.
The 3.5mm jack carrying audio and video has been common on camcorders for many years (though there isn't a single standard for its use in this application :
http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2014/07...ideo-jack/ (Looks like the Pi B+ and Pi 2 B use the same standard as Apple used to use for iPods)
Quote:And thinking about it doesn't hdmi output composite when using an adapter?
No - the HDMI output will be digital (it's not like DVI-I which can carry both a digital and an analogue signal on the same connector - though DVI-I only carries VGA-equivalent video not composite), and AIUI most converters are designed to accept a number of resolutions and scale them to PAL 576i or NTSC 480i composite (though some cheaper models may require you to fix your HDMI at a certain resolution to scale - rather than coping with a variety of input resolutions.) I think most will accept 720p and 1080i though.
Quote:Hmm, i guess i'll look into the rpi2 some more in detail before buying it, but thanks for warning me regarding the banana, you saved me from making a mistakr as i was actually leaning towards buying it and not the rpi2.
But comparison still concerns me alot... http://www.htpcguides.com/raspberry-pi-v...enchmarks/
The Pi and now Pi 2 is by far the best supported ARM platform for Kodi. The Pi 2 switch to a Quad core (which Kodi makes use of) and 1GB of RAM has made a huge performance difference. And because there are very good Pi / Pi 2 devs working in the Kodi team, we get massively better support than other ARM platforms.
And just the basic stuff like proper 23.976Hz support, decent de-interlacing, automatic refresh rate switching etc. just works. And the hardware works (some other platforms have very bad bugs or limitations on their video or audio outputs)
Quote:These numbers really make me scared of buying the rpi... Is there any module for the rpi2 that lets me use sata natively?
The Pi 2 clearly outperfoms the Banana Pro in multithreaded applications - and the hard drive and network performance of the Pi 2 are fine for playback of a single stream over the network or from local storage. Neither are limitations for playing Blu-ray quality content. The Pi2 uses a single USB2.0 path for all of its USB and Network functionality, and unlike the other ARM SoCs (which use GigE over USB2.0 and thus get capped at around 480Mbs throughput) the Pi 2 uses 10/100Mbs over USB2.0 network subsystems. (You can - though you don't need to for Kodi - use a USB2 or USB3 (capped at USB2) GigE Network adaptor to increase network speeds - but you are still limited to a total 480Mbs of USB bandwidth if you do)
None of us would suggest that the Pi2 is suitable as a GigE NAS solution - but for a single media player, the I/O limitations are fine. (Lots of people bought Allwinner solutions like the Banana Pro because they thought the connectivity was so much better that they would make a better Kodi box. Then they discovered Kodi was a non-starter on them, and converted them into small cheap NASs)
There is no better supported low-cost Kodi solution out there.