[Sam.Nazarko]

Hello!  I'm thinking of picking up a 4GB Odroid N2 from Hardkernel once it's back in stock.  While I love my Vero 4K+, it doesn't play out Hi10 content or pass HDR metadata.  Those are valuable features for me.

As is my habit, I'd like to verify my plans with other people's experiences before pulling the trigger.  My goal is a device that can playout basically any content type/format, including Hi10 SDR, 4K HDR with metadata, multichannel AAC, FLAC or PCM, and passthrough all the major audio formats up to the lossless Dolby Digital and DTS variants - all with a very fast, smooth interface.  I typically run medium to light weight skins like OSMC or Aeon Nox (if possible).

Questions below:

1. I'm planning on disabling Kodi Dirty Regions, is that a good idea still?  Will it improve performance for the Odroid N2?
   
2. I'm using a Synology DS1019+ NAS for storage.  What is the best performing mounting method/network protocol?  NFS? Fstab?  Something else I don't know about?
   
3. I use a Harmony hub as a remote.  My plan is to add this bluetooth module, connect the device to the hub via bluetooth as a kodi windows PC and then perhaps add an A2 IR receiver for on/off functionality.
   
4. If I correctly implement the above, can I expect Aeon Nox to perform smoothly?
   
5. Any other optimizations I should consider?
   

Thanks all!

Just FYI: we now have full metadata passthrough working in our video stack. Hi10 is still WIP however. We will have that stack out for Christmas.