2015-10-20, 23:29
So I currently run Kodi on my PC and a living room PC which i use to play movies I have and thats about it.
I have a laptop in the bedroom that I use but its just too old for Kodi right now and the laptop in the living room is starting to crash.
Now Im looking at getting new players for the living room and bedroom and based on what i've read i'll likely go with a Pi or Chromebox.
Im not so much asking what hardware to use, but input on that would be appreciated as well.
That being said I once upon a time did the mysql setup (which is why kodi is on my desktop) but at some point i screwed that up and my living room kodi just uses the shares as its library.
Also currently everything is windows based. Not opposed to changing that though.
Now that I need to replace PCs/Devices I have a couple of questions?
I guess what im asking is, if you had to start from scratch and you werent terribly concerned about money, how would you make Kodi your one stop shop?
I have a laptop in the bedroom that I use but its just too old for Kodi right now and the laptop in the living room is starting to crash.
Now Im looking at getting new players for the living room and bedroom and based on what i've read i'll likely go with a Pi or Chromebox.
Im not so much asking what hardware to use, but input on that would be appreciated as well.
That being said I once upon a time did the mysql setup (which is why kodi is on my desktop) but at some point i screwed that up and my living room kodi just uses the shares as its library.
Also currently everything is windows based. Not opposed to changing that though.
Now that I need to replace PCs/Devices I have a couple of questions?
- Is using mysql with kodi on my desktop still the best option (found script to schedule updates, but thats not awesome), Is something like PLEX a better option for a shared media server? My large disk needs to be replaced as well, so moving this to a NAS or some other device isnt out of the question either.
- I'd like to move away from my standard cable box and move this in to kodi as well, Im currently an Xfinity subscriber, is there an easy way to share that between systems? some sort of way to have it come in to my pc (acting as a server) and then allow the two rooms access to it? I ask mostly because the bedroom doesnt have coax available to it.
- Is there a way to make sure that all setups have the same plugins? like youtube/netflix/amazon prime and such, I find it a pain that its all local and I have to go to each to make sure its installed/configured. I ask this partly because I might end up with a 3rd setup, and recreating it later might be a tough one for me to remember
I guess what im asking is, if you had to start from scratch and you werent terribly concerned about money, how would you make Kodi your one stop shop?