2023-03-08, 00:57
(2023-03-07, 19:56)clarkss12 Wrote:(2023-03-07, 18:45)jepsizofye Wrote: when using a server solution such as mezzmo the library on the client side (kodi) is always setup and ready to go, no sources, scrapers, artwork, scanning, etc
I have never heard of Mezzmo, much less used it... My biggest complaint of using a PC as my media player, is the input controller. I have not found anything that is perfect for it. I have a multitude of input devices, IR remotes, RF remotes, mini Keyboards, standard wireless keyboard and mouse, etc, but not very eloquent to use for a PC connected to a TV.
Also, sometimes I don't get the HD audio codecs to passthrough, then back to trouble shooting. Same for the HDR video codecs, sometimes they don't work, back to trouble shooting again. Now that I am getting old and forgetting how to *** fix *** different issues, I am resorting to simplicity. the KISS method (keep it simple stupid).
I have even begun to hate NAS's, because when they have issues, it is a pain to **** fix **** them. The best simple file server I have is a Beelink GS King X that supports two 16TBs drives internally. It is an Android based device, and I am using CoreELEC on that device to make file sharing easier. I would purchase another one, but they are no longer available.
That is my story on why I do not use my Mini PC that is connected to my my setup, as a media center/player. These cheap media players, are soooo much easier to use and from what I can tell do everything a HTPC can do, but much simpler. Back in the olden days, a $10k PC running Windows 7, was the only way to watch your media, including watching live and recorded OTA television. But those days are gone for me, I have moved on.
As was mentioned by @jepsizofye , Mezzmo is similar to Jellyfin as a central media server. Windows is just used for the Mezzmo server not the clients. The clients are Kodi, any flavor you want and it doesn't have the limitations that some solutions do of only being able to share watched statues, media, artwork and such to the same version of Kodi. The Mezzmo Kodi addon can run on any mix of Kodi 18, 20 and 20 and have 100% interoperability. As mentioned I have clients on various flavors of Linux and Windows. Many folks run on android clients including the nVidia boxes. One thing I like is that the Mezzmo Kodi client can totally rebuild a Kodi client. In fact the Mezzmo Kodi addon totally rebuilds the Kodi client database on each client every night. If I blow up a client, I simply install Kodi, install the addon and it syncs everything up automatically. I have pretty much zero maintenance. That keeps the family happy and less work for me..
Jeff