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Re: OpenELEC 5.0

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Post by mikewhy »

storrgie wrote: post #5

I just bought the cubox to try this out on (Before that I was using i3 intel NUCs, so my cost will go from around 400$ per node to 100$ per node). I cannot even begin to evangelize how awesome this project is. You can keep all your source content in a central place with very little system requirements and do all the unpacking on a tiny arm/intel system. Interface is fantastic, and paired with yaste its the best media…

> paired with yaste its the best media center experience that exists today.

How does it compare with Plex[1]

[1]: http://www.plex.tv/

Re: OpenELEC 5.0

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Post by petepete »

veesahni wrote: post #11
petepete wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have this exact setup: a Cubox-i4 Pro in the front room and RPi in a bedroom) connected to my QNAP NAS which runs a shared (MySQL) library; it's fantastic. Can't recommend it highly enough.

Is it possible to pop up Chrome with this setup to do some lightweight browsing on the TV?

Not without installing extensions or plugins[0]. I like and use Yatse but primarily control Kodi via CEC using my TV's remote, which wouldn't really be suitable for browsing.

A simpler method would be to use Miracast or Chromecast for this.

[0] http://openelec.tv/forum/chromium-browser/69999-chromium-bro...

Re: OpenELEC 5.0

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Post by petepete »

hkarthik wrote: post #10
petepete wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have this exact setup: a Cubox-i4 Pro in the front room and RPi in a bedroom) connected to my QNAP NAS which runs a shared (MySQL) library; it's fantastic. Can't recommend it highly enough.

Any suggestions on a good android device (not a phone) for running Yaste? I've been extremely unimpressed with all the home theater remote options on the market now.

I run it on my Nexus 10 as well as my phone and it's fairly nice. It's not quite as polished as Plex imo but it's improving at a decent pace; updates are very frequent.

I uploaded some screenshots of it on my N10: http://imgur.com/2mdrFYx http://imgur.com/nqppci9 http://imgur.com/xB2AN1H

Re: OpenELEC 5.0

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Post by kayone »

ChikkaChiChi wrote: post #14

Since their initial Chromecast support, Plex has won out in my home thanks to its better metadata support and sharing libraries through their website. Does anyone with OpenELEC/Kodi experience if this is still the case? Should I switch?

I want to switch to plex for my TV media center software, I really do but the thing that keeps making me move back to xbmc/kodi is the seek lag (trying to skip to the middle of a movie) and sometimes it just freezes while fast forwarding.

to be fair, I haven't use the plex media center app, my experience is based on chromecast/android app and the android tv app. (my plex server is running a quadcore haswell i5 with 8gb of ram so it should be fairly responsive)

I bought an android TV purely for plex but so far it has been a bit disappointing.

Re: OpenELEC 5.0

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Post by fishercs »

For potential XBMC users, check out xbmcbuntu. gives you a little more freedom to install / do whatever you want in comparison to OpenELEC.

Re: OpenELEC 5.0

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Post by bduerst »

vegardx wrote: post #8

I can warmly recommend the Gigabyte Brix GB-BXBT-2807 to anyone looking for a completely fanless, quick, and fully supported device. As of OpenELEC 5.0 wireless and bluetooth has been working out of the box. They're on the expensive side of the spectrum, but very quick and neat little boxes.

This is tangental, but is there a place online that aggregates all of these smaller boxes or boards?

For example, if I'm looking for something more powerful than a Raspberry Pi / Arduino / Beagle, etc. but not quite the level of an i3, where would I look?

Re: OpenELEC 5.0

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Post by tracker1 »

pserwylo wrote: post #3

After my original RaspberryPi which was used for a media centre running OpenELEC died, I've gotten a new Pi and installed Raspbmc on it. Although it did what it said on the box, and I am appreciative for the work done by that team, going back to OpenELEC today was particularly nice. Usually I like to customize my linux machines, but with media centres, I'm more than happy to take something pretty much stock, and just…

I used a Cubox-i4pro for a while with OpenELEC and it was nice enough (some 1080p content wasn't smooth) when it didn't lock up. It worked well enough while the PSU in my htpc was dead. I haven't redone it since the sd card self-wiped.

I haven't really looked at it since. It was a nice option, and there still isn't a good Ubuntu experience on the device, so it sits unused at the moment.

Re: OpenELEC 5.0

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Post by psykovsky »

lnanek2 wrote: post #9
Ra1d3n wrote: post #7

This is a very confusing name. My first thought was that this is a opensource election software.

Agreed. At least XBMC had "media" in there. If they are going to use such meaningless names, they should just always stick "media software" after the name in all posts or something.

> At least XBMC had "media" in there.

OpenELEC also has "Entertainment"and "center" in there.

Re: OpenELEC 5.0

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Post by jpierre »

bduerst wrote: post #26
vegardx wrote: post #8

I can warmly recommend the Gigabyte Brix GB-BXBT-2807 to anyone looking for a completely fanless, quick, and fully supported device. As of OpenELEC 5.0 wireless and bluetooth has been working out of the box. They're on the expensive side of the spectrum, but very quick and neat little boxes.

This is tangental, but is there a place online that aggregates all of these smaller boxes or boards? For example, if I'm looking for something more powerful than a Raspberry Pi / Arduino / Beagle, etc. but not quite the level of an i3, where would I look?

There are a few sites that deal with single-board computer news like: http://armdevices.net http://liliputing.com http://linuxgizmos.com

Quickly, you might take a look at the ODROID boards, they nicely cover the lower price and performance spectrum and do a nice job supporting them: http://www.hardkernel.com/main/main.php

Re: OpenELEC 5.0

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Post by psykovsky »

ChikkaChiChi wrote: post #14

Since their initial Chromecast support, Plex has won out in my home thanks to its better metadata support and sharing libraries through their website. Does anyone with OpenELEC/Kodi experience if this is still the case? Should I switch?

Is Plex open source? I seem to recall it having closed source components. If that is still the case then it isn't a real alternative to Kodi/OpenELEC in my view.
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