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Have you tried Kodi (kodi.tv)?
by dancsi 8y ago
Have you tried Kodi (kodi.tv)?
- veidr 8y agoNo! Looks very interesting, thanks! (^_^) Will give it a shot.
- Jaruzel 8y agoBung Kodi on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ - You'll be pleasantly surprised I think. Downside is... 99% of raspberry pi cases are really ugly :(
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoJust stick the Pi to the back of your TV with some self-adhesive PCB risers. No case required.
- dagw 8y agoWhat do you use as a remote? Also does RP+Kodi do Netflix/Amazon/HBO etc. streaming in a nice way?
- biggusdickus 8y agoKodi supports network remotes among other types. You can just install a kodi remote app on your phone.
- myrandomcomment 8y agoNo and that’s the issue. Works great for your local / NAS media. Lots of plugins for all sorts of things, except, Netflix, Amazon, XM. I still use the TV apps for that.
- xattt 8y agoThere’s a Netflix plugin that uses the directory structure on Kodi for v18.
- myrandomcomment 8y agoThanks, I have seen and tried it. It’s still not GA and quite buggy. Not at a level I can hand over to my family for use.
- Blaiz0r 8y agoWith a Rpi over HDMI you can use your remote on most tvs if they support the CEC standard.
- ce4 8y agoSome options besides CEC over HDMI: - Amazon FireTV remote (connects via Bluetooth) - Logitech F710 (if you also run RetroPie, connects via USB) https://retropie.org.uk/ https://retropie.org.uk/ is a great emulation system for several vintage consoles (80's-early 2000's).
- boyce 8y agoWife and I use the Kore app. Less likely to forget where my phone is than a dedicated remote. Handy to have the youtube plugin and share a video to kodi from that app too.
- unfocused 8y agoThat's what I do. Am I the only one though that uses the Pi with a (Synology) NAS with MySQL (MariaDB) to store the Kodi data, and my NAS (NFS) for the content? you can pick up where you left off from your Pi, to your laptop, or Phone. I know...it's like Plex in architecture. As for the remote, CEC will let you control Kodi from your TV's remote. Or if you have seperate audio, like a soundbar or AV receiver, a harmony remote will do.
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- kakwa_ 8y agoIt may be better with III but with a Raspberry Pie II XBMC/Kodi is quite slow and a bit laggy. Personally, I switch to an Intel NUC with a fanless akasa case, and aside from the occasional Lodi crash it works relatively well.
- H1Supreme 8y agoIt's not particularly great with the Pi III either. I have one, and I find it's under powered for the "media server" role. Especially, if more than one person connects. I like it for lots of other things, but this isn't one of them.
- Jaruzel 8y agoAh I use my mine as a playback front end only, pulling media from a NAS. I guess that's a different use case really.
- secabeen 8y agoKodi is good, but I got a lot happier when I switched to Plex, and put the backend on my home server, and just used a Roku device for playback.