[wrxtasy]

I'm facing the same "issue", looking into alterantives to the RPi3 for hvec/x265. The products recommended in this thread seem all have a proprietary power supply, as the RPi uses micro USB, is there something like the C2 which uses micro usb for power?

The AMLogic chipset based devices are more power efficient vs the older SoC in the RPi’s.

This is the microUSB cable the C2 uses:
https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/micro-usb-cable/

Other AML boards are the HDR capable - S905X LePotato, that also uses micro USB power in:
https://libre.computer/products/boards/aml-s905x-cc/

[ashrafhumax]

@ quorn23

Very cheap adapter available less than 1 USD in a chinese market place 

DC 5.5x2.1mm Male Plug To Micro USB Female Connector Adapter Charge Converter

[Sam.Nazarko]

The Vero supports being powered via a USB A cable.
You'll need to externally power any attached HDD however.

[neoweb]

What version of Kodi is required for H265?  I have a RPI3b+, and a Odroid C2 but they both hate h265.

[Sholander]

What version of Kodi is required for H265?  I have a RPI3b+, and a Odroid C2 but they both hate h265.

H265 hardware decoding depends on SoC on device used, not on (later) Kodi versions.
IIRC RPi3 does not have h265 hardware decoding, but Odroid C2 has h.265 4K/60fps  capable VPU, so not sure what problems you have with it...

[wrxtasy]

What version of Kodi is required for H265?  I have a RPI3b+, and a Odroid C2 but they both hate h265.

https://coreelec.org/

The ODROID C2 can definitely hardware decode 1080p/4K H265 aka HEVC.