• Spunky Monkey
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    1 year ago

    I did the same thing but went with LibreELEC+Kodi. And it even works with the TV remote.

    • eric
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      1 year ago

      Why’d you choose that over the pi+plex?

      • Spunky Monkey
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        41 year ago

        I’m using pi+libreelec+kodi.

        Why kodi over plex? No special reasons, kodi does everything I need and with the addons support it gives me a lot of options(torrents+streaming).

        Have been using kodi since it was called xbmc in the OG xbox modding scene. Never used Plex, so I just went with what I knew.

        • eric
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          31 year ago

          Ohhhh I had xbmc like a decade ago, before I gave up on the aye matey lifestyle, so I’ll probably choose that over plex as well. Thanks for the info. I’m looking up libreelec now, but I was just assuming it was some other hardware solution in my last comment.

          • Spunky Monkey
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            21 year ago

            I had xbmc like a decade ago, before I gave up on the aye matey lifestyle

            Same thing here.

            I was just assuming it was some other hardware solution

            Yeah I though so. LibreELEC is a Linux distro with just enough OS to run kodi.

            • eric
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              21 year ago

              Thanks, one last question… What rpi do you recommend?

              • Spunky Monkey
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                21 year ago

                I’m using a rpi4 model B 4GB.

                Works pretty well for my needs. At least until now I don’t feel like it’s underpowered.

                It plays 4K video from my main PC with no problems or stuttering. But I mainly use it for 1080p.