(2018-03-22, 13:54)wrxtasy Wrote: (2018-03-22, 13:46)noggin Wrote: OP wasn't specific about a Pi 3B+ - just 'A Raspberry',
Huh ?
This is what the OP wanted ?
(2018-02-18, 23:06)crea Wrote: What I need is to watch any popular video containers/codecs, so H.264, HEVC, VP9 and also VC-1 because many movies were encoded with VC-1...
Tell me how a any RPi is going to decode any VP9, let alone decent bitrate 10bit HEVC reliably, out of the box without buying a heatsink ?
And even then I have my doubts about decoding reliability due to no Hardware decoding of HEVC.
I meant the OP for the €24 Euro comment, not the thread OP.
My earlier comments stand - if you don't need HEVC (I still have no SD or HD HEVC content - as I don't live in Germany, and don't re-compress my content using HEVC, nor do I download content illegally. I suspect there are others like me - who just watch Live/Recorded MPEG2/H264 SD/HD TV and watch their own DVD MPEG2 content and Blu-ray VC-1/H.264 and MPEG2 content stored on a server). The Pi works very well for those.
I'd suggest a Flirc case rather than a heatsink if HEVC is an issue - but an S905/S905X/S912 solution will be better for H.265/HEVC and obviously for 4K. However - the AMLogic stuff is still just not as reliable or usable IME. You still get funnies. Live TV was really odd for a while because of nasty noise reduction, and I still get far more random crashes with AMLogic stuff. My no-name AMLogic S905X box is also very laggy - worse than a Pi 3B+ - when navigating a large file directory in LibreElec. The Vero 4K is a lot better - but still does random stuff I'm not expecting. The C2 is a great little board - but for some reason I always end up back using a Pi or a Chromebox for non UHD/HEVC stuff.
Sure the Pi 3B+ has limitations (no Atmos/DTS:x, no 4K, no VP9 hardware acceleration, HD HEVC with limitations) - but if those limitations don't impact you - I have no problems recommending it. The level of support and reliability are great - and just basic stuff just works on it.
If the original poster in the thread wants VP9 - then they need to look elsewhere. I have zero content in VP9 and don't watch YouTube on my Kodi boxes. I realise others have different requirements.