> Both started life as offshoots of the famed XBMC software
Kodi is not an offshoot/fork, it's XBMC's new name.
Plex’s new Kodi plugin
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Re: Plex’s new Kodi plugin
#12Plex is proprietary, right? No thanks, will stick with Kodi.
Check out emby, it is opensource.
Re: Plex’s new Kodi plugin
#13Plex is proprietary, right? No thanks, will stick with Kodi.
Do you review all the code in all the plugins you load to Kodi? Curious why you care so much about OS vs Plex. I haven't found anything that works as well as Plex for on the fly transcoding. DLNA on its own is terrible.
Re: Plex’s new Kodi plugin
#14Plex is proprietary, right? No thanks, will stick with Kodi.
Check out emby, it is opensource. https://github.com/MediaBrowser https://emby.media/
Thanks. Do you know if it supports Chromecast on the server side? I would like to be able to start a stream without using the Android app.
Re: Plex’s new Kodi plugin
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is a ton of overlap in the functionality of Plex and Kodi - what are the benefits (or the primary use case) of running both this way?
TL;DR: Server side transcoding of OTA HD recordings for playback over wifi. And "channels" I have the plex server on my main media server, which also records OTA TV via an antenna. I often want to watch recordings on a tablet (older kindle fire) which is just on the edge of being able to playback 1080i (16Mb/s) content if everything is just exactly right with wifi. In my old house, with plaster walls, that was seldom…
Thanks - I may have to give it another look...went with Emby for my streaming needs, but it's starting to feel a little naggy...
Re: Plex’s new Kodi plugin
#16Plex is proprietary, right? No thanks, will stick with Kodi.
Do you review all the code in all the plugins you load to Kodi? Curious why you care so much about OS vs Plex. I haven't found anything that works as well as Plex for on the fly transcoding. DLNA on its own is terrible.
It's a software freedom thing. Proprietary software doesn't give users control over the software. Because Kodi is free software I can make the necessary modifications needed to make it work the way I want.