*** Official Kodi (née XBMC) Thread ***

[Lord Alibaski]

I think you have an issue with your system

Yep

Linux mint 17.1 = lasted the longest 3hrs 8mins before it froze.

 

[bledd]

Make a new thread in the General Hardware section. List your hardware.

Don't have a Crucial M4 ssd do you?

 

[Lord Alibaski]

I did do m8 but not had many replies

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18643546

The full system spec is

AMD Athlon 5350
Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 4GB (1x4GB)
Asus AM1I-A
OCZ Vertex 2 120GB SSD (also tried several different usb sticks)
Silverstone 300w sfx

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

Picked up a Sumvision Cyclone Android X4 box, Quad Core Amlogic S805 supports HEVC/H.265 hardware accelerated up to 1080p playback. Was £40 on offer now back to £45.

XBMC runs great, some of the heavy skins are a little frameratey but they still run acceptably well, I am a stickler for performance so if I can put up with it anyone can.

 

[bledd]

Kodi 14 is out!

http://kodi.tv/kodi-14-0-helix-unwinds/

http://kodi.tv/download/

 

[Frijj]

Nice, thanks!

 

[Confused]

Cool, guess I'll be updating everything

 

[bledd]

Wonder how long it is until OpenElec is updated, typically a couple of days later..

 

[NexusK]

I think i'll wait until the new Aeon MQ skin comes out before switching to Kodi, can't be bothered messing around with the mod for the gotham one.

 

[Lord Alibaski]

Wonder how long it is until OpenElec is updated, typically a couple of days later..

Haven't they already done it with the latest release

http://openelec.tv/news

 

[bledd]

RC means non final..

RC = release candidate, this is the last stage before it gets released, there'll likely be a few small changes between RC3 and the final version.

 

[Lord Alibaski]

Yeah I know what it stands for m8.

So what version of kodi is actually built in to the latest version of Openelec! which was only released on the 21st.

 

[bledd]

Kodi 14 rc3, but with a few tweaks for proprietary hardware

 

[bledd]

Upgraded mine just now.

My setup is..

Synology running NFS shares with a shared mariaDB (sql) for tracking the viewing.


The first launch took care of the DB migration, it created a copy of the current DB, then upgraded it to the latest one. So I can do my other clients one at a time and continue using them in the meantime.

Waiting for the OpenElec 5 release to hit before I touch the Pi install.

Donating £5 to both projects.

 

[Deep]

I bought a Nuc Celeron 2830 and am running Open Elec off a USB stick.
It's perfect.

It cost:
£118 for the NUC
£33 for the Ram and also a 16gb USB 3 drive
£151

Plays all my uncompressed Blu Rays with absolutely no issues.
Tomorrow I'll screw it to the back of my TV using the VESA plate that's included.

If I ever need to buy stuff in the future I'd definitely go for an NUC. While the price is a bit higher the flawless playback is worth the extra

 

[craptakular]

Can any of you fine gentlemen link me to some guide to make my kodi install "sexy"? with all the cover art and a sexy skin?

 

[Confused]

Once you've got the scraper set up correctly, and your sources set to tell Kodi the type of media that folder contains, then any of the skins available will show the cover art.

I personally prefer and therefore use Aeon Nox - but any of the skins available from the official Kodi repository (through the Add-Ons menu) are there because they are essentially validated to work correctly with Kodi.

 

[Deep]

Can any of you fine gentlemen link me to some guide to make my kodi install "sexy"? with all the cover art and a sexy skin?

Download the skin called Conq.
It's very minimalistic but is absolutely beautiful

 

[craptakular]

ok, i'll take a look, thanks.

 

[FerretBoy]

Can any of you fine gentlemen link me to some guide to make my kodi install "sexy"? with all the cover art and a sexy skin?

Aeon MQ5, only downside is that it is so configurable that it can be confusing