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I'm looking for a new XBMC PC, it is to stream 1080p movies from my home server and also be snappy and responsive when in the menus, are there any in that list that I should avoid? I like that, unlike NUCs, the Zboxes come with a remote, integrated wifi and support for 2.5 inch drives. I'd like to give Openelec a go but also have a good enough system to run Windows 8 in case Openelec doesn't work out.
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Oct 21, 2013 20:37
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Are you running openelec? Any problems? I've read that the remote and sleep mode can be tricky to get working.
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Oct 22, 2013 10:37
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Even if it's not a huge difference, I'd like to have a power draw of 1w instead of 13w most of the time. I'll see if I can get it to work, as I did end up ordering an AD12. Thanks for all the advice!
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Oct 22, 2013 14:52
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My first afternoon with the AD12 has been a bit sobering, as I have had numerous small issues with it: -on of the the rubber screws its standing on is a bit too short, meaning it's standing on just three of the screws and wobbles when you push down on it -WLAN is too slow to stream 1080p -the menus are, when using the remote control, a bit sluggish -boot times are pretty long, 40+ seconds (openelec on USB stick) -FAN is pretty loud On the plus side, it does 1080p movies without stuttering and was pretty cheap. I've only spent an afternoon with it but now I kinda wish I had waited for the Haswell NUCs to become available, oh well, live and learn.
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Oct 23, 2013 17:16
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IUG posted:Why not unscrew that one a bit to level it? The Gunslinger posted:Alternatively you can just pick up a little rubber foot leveler or one of those anti-scrape pads for chairs and cut it, dollar store stuff. Don Lapre posted:On the AD10 you can adjust when the fan comes on in the bios. I raised the minimum temperature and my noises went away. Maybe I'll take another look to see if the screws are different lengths. It's not a huge issue since it has no functional impact, I was just a bit disappointed to see what I thought was poor build quality. The Gunslinger posted:As Don mentioned the default fan profile for the ADxx units is rubbish, bump up the min temperature quite a bit. I will post what I'm using when I get home from work, the fan never goes above whisper quiet when running OpenElec. The WLAN is lovely, just replace it or run ethernet. Menus should be fine, I'm using a Harmony and don't really have much delay. Try a different stick? If you could share your BIOS settings I'd certainly appreciate it! SurgicalOntologist posted:Also on my AD10 I had to disable "common plugin cache" to get the thing to cool down to safe levels. Can you elaborate a bit what this option is and where I can find it? BotchedLobotomy posted:Hey for the boot time, what kind of stick are you using? the boot time is relatively limited to the speed of the stick, so you might want to invest on one of those faster sticks if you need it to boot quickly. Mine boots really quick but I also picked up one of those EXXXTREEEME or whatever sticks that can read and write very quickly. I'm using an old-ish USB 2.0 Stick I had lying around, if I were to change it, is there an easy way to migrate my openelec install or even just the database onto a new stick? I assume I can't just plug it into my (Windows) PC and copy it over. I did actually try YATSE and it was a bit more responsive, so I think it there's definitely some IR receiver lag there. I'll probably end up using a combination of the remote and YATSE. I should also not that all my media is on a network share, though I don't think that should have any impact on menu responsiveness since that stuff is all saved on the stick as I understand it. Thanks for all the help, much appreciated!
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Oct 23, 2013 19:38
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I realize there are certain limitations that WIFI comes with, but I still think the WIFI of the AD12 is pretty poor. I have it plugged into one of these now: http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WA850RE-Universal-One-button-Indicator/dp/B00E98O7GC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1382635799&sr=8-3 and that's good enough to stream 1080p movies. I've since run into another problem unfortunately, that being that the scraper is incredibly slow, to the point where it takes about 30 minutes to scrape info for 5 seasons of TV and even just a check to see if there's new Shows on the hard drive takes upwards of 60 seconds. Anyone know what could be the reason for this? I figure it has to be either a slow usb drive, slow WIFI or a poor connection to my home server.
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Oct 24, 2013 18:37
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The connection to the home server seems to be the culprit, I moved the powerlan plug to a different socket and that improved scraping speeds quite a bit.  Also, Gunslinger if you could let me know about your fan settings in the bios I'd really appreciate it.
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Oct 24, 2013 19:32
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The Gunslinger posted:PWM/Temp Slope 5 Thanks, I'll play with those settings this weekend. You do have an ad12, right? I ask cause on the default settings my temps seem to be 55°c and up when idle.
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Oct 25, 2013 04:49
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I bought a HDMI-CEC adapter for my openelec machine and it works really well, unfortunately there's no button mapped to update the library. Anyone know if that can be changed by messing with an xml file or something?
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Jan 17, 2014 18:55
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kri kri posted:Why not just run the library updater addon? Do you mean this? http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Add-on:XBMC_Library_Auto_Update My system is in sleep mode most of the time so a periodic scan wouldn't help. I don't have library updates on wake turned on since there isn't always new stuff to find when I turn it on and library updates on my system take a very long time so I want to do them as seldom as possible.
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Jan 17, 2014 19:42
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I imagine having the area around your TV lit in colors that correspond to what's on screen is probably quite pleasant.
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Jan 17, 2014 20:33
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Biggest human being Ever posted:I bought a HDMI-CEC adapter for my openelec machine and it works really well, unfortunately there's no button mapped to update the library. Anyone know if that can be changed by messing with an xml file or something? In case anyone runs into the same problem, I was able to reconfigure the buttons on my remote by setting up a remote.xml and putting it into "IP from my OPENELEC box/userdata/keymaps/". I used these website to learn about the possible commands: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=List_of_Built_In_Functions http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Opening_Windows_and_Dialogs
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Jan 18, 2014 22:04
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The Gunslinger posted:Just remember that you can't resume from USB anymore. Do you mean I can't use sleep mode (S3) when installed to a USB stick anymore?
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May 6, 2014 19:02
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The Gunslinger posted:I've had zero luck getting resume working with the Live installs since like beta 2 of Gotham. One of the OE devs talked about it no longer being supported awhile ago but I'm not sure if they ever changed their mind on it or not. I gave up and got a $35 SSD on Ebay instead. Thanks for the warning, guess I'll stick with OE 3.2 for now.
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May 6, 2014 19:33
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wolfbiker posted:Because the computer is hidden away behind the TV and when it's shut off you can't turn it on from the remote control but when the computer's asleep you can wake it up with the remote? It's not hidden away for me but you're spot on, not being able to turn it on via remote is dumb as hell.
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May 8, 2014 13:20
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Bag of Sun Chips posted:How well does Kodi run on an Apple TV 4K? I'm getting pretty sick of my crappy Mi Box and I'm not sure if I want to get a shield. Might wanna check out the Vero 4k at https://www.osmc.tv little less than a shield and the Kodi forums seem pretty high on it.
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Dec 19, 2017 22:53
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gabensraum posted:Trip report: have wanted to have my kodi libraries synced for a while, and I can see the benefit to PlexKodiConnect et. al. since it's easy to set up, but since I already have everything else on my file server in docker containers, adding two new ones for mariadb and a headless version of kodi was going to be easy. So I thought I might as well, and avoid any potential addon compatibility issues with the plex or emby methods. I'm interested in setting this up as we're, was there a tutorial you followed?
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Feb 23, 2018 12:37
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gabensraum posted:Not for the docker part, I'm afraid, since I've been using docker for a while and the groundwork was already in place. Once I'd set up the mariadb and kodi-headless containers as specified by their creators, I just followed Kodi's own guide to configure. Just so I understand this correctly, you were doing this to keep Kodi and Plex in sync right?
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Feb 25, 2018 11:49
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Kreez posted:I've been spending too much money on HTPCs to run XBMC/Kodi for like 15 years now. I've currently got a little NUC I built only 2 years ago for hundreds of dollars gathering dust, because the little Android box my ISP sent me for free to run their budget TV service is better in nearly every way. One problem is that while it will happily do 4K in the Netflix app, Kodi struggles with even 1080p. It's watchable, but the slightest background process kicking off, or extremely high bitrate scene causes it to get choppy. I gather this is due to having newish hardware that isn't fully supported by Kodi yet I believe Android is still unable to or has issues with changing the display refresh rate to match that of the video content, so non-android Kodi boxes or dedicated HTPCs still have a place at least in the enthusiast community.
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Apr 5, 2018 15:59
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Is anyone else experiencing scraping problems with the movie database? I keep getting a "unable to connect to remote server" error when trying to update my library.
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May 2, 2018 20:13
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More scraping issues right now: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=331716 TMDB received a revocation request from the MPAA due to illegal streaming addons stealing Kodi's API key.
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May 10, 2018 08:22
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Are there any recommended 3rd party remotes for Kodi? The one that came with my device broke so now I bought a FLIRC receiver to use with a different one, was thinking the official Xbox One media remote if anyone is familiar with that.
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Aug 31, 2019 12:37
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Can you integrate the Harmony hub stuff into Alexa routines? Like using the command "Alexa, watch movie" to dim the lights, turn on the TV, set it to HDMI 2 automatically and make the harmony remote control the kodi box instead of the TV? I got Kore installed on my phone in the meantime but as Thermopyle has said, remotes without physical buttons are very lacking to me from a usability perspective.
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Aug 31, 2019 21:20
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If you're in Europe, the Vero 4k+ is about half the price of a Shield and, since it's based on linux, doesn't have the issues that come with Android based kodi boxes: https://osmc.tv/vero/
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Oct 12, 2019 22:02
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Falco posted:This thread may be dead, but I'm not sure where else to post it. If you're on a budget, the Vero 4K + is a bit cheaper than the Shield yet similarly capable when it comes to Kodi playback: https://osmc.tv/vero/
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Mar 23, 2020 22:26
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TomR posted:The Shield may be expensive, but nvidia has been updating the firmware the whole time it's been out. You aren't likely to get that kind of support from no-name Android boxes, no matter how comparable their specs are. All of this is true and none of it applies to the Vero.
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My little Kodi player has broken down and I'm looking for a replacement. I assume the Shield 2019 is the best dedicated Kodi player there is? Is it worth it to get the Pro version?
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