whats the oldest system to run recent kodi xbmc?

FixupSellon · 1 Nov 2015 at 00:43

i have an idea for my kids, but just generally asking..

P4Clock · 1 Nov 2015 at 00:56

any system would run kodi. i would this an old Pentium HT would do fine

megapleb · 1 Nov 2015 at 10:27

Given it will run on a phone, pretty much anything will do. The interface can get slow with a lot of media and all the image options turned on, but that's about it.

passey89 · 1 Nov 2015 at 11:21

FixupSellon said:
i have an idea for my kids, but just generally asking..

raspberry pi

FixupSellon · 1 Nov 2015 at 18:14

thanks for replies..

i have my eyes on the pi's, but for myself

, however for my idea was something to hook up in my girls room for kids films ive downloaded as the files cant be read via the tv and only get several films on an 8gb stick..

just was generally curious what would run kodi as my old dell lat d600 with ati 9000 couldnt..

passey89 · 1 Nov 2015 at 20:51

FixupSellon said:
thanks for replies..

i have my eyes on the pi's, but for myself , however for my idea was something to hook up in my girls room for kids films ive downloaded as the files cant be read via the tv and only get several films on an 8gb stick..

just was generally curious what would run kodi as my old dell lat d600 with ati 9000 couldnt..

I had it so the raspberry pi's stream from my pc under the TV downstairs to the kids bedrooms.

I've now changed those to amazon fire TV boxes as there a bit more powerful and can stream all the amazon tv series for free.

FixupSellon · 2 Nov 2015 at 12:47

thanks for replies..

i havent streamed anything for years and that was from pc to ps3 via windows media player..

the tv is a dvd combo and a tecknica, so i shouldnt be surprised it couldnt read x264 720p/1080p files, i just wanted to try it out as it had a usb port and thought it be easier as dvd player is hit and miss at times, but will either try converting the files to avi and test that or just sort out a smallish computer or or failing that just buy a bloody ps3 and stream from windows media player again...

those android/mini pc usb computers would be ideal as i could download to it and still hidden, but i dont know what they actually like...

oh and the main reason i asked the question wasnt just as general, but because i saw an old motherboard GIGABYTE K7 Triton Series GA-7VAXP-A with cpu and ram on gumtree for a fiver and was curious.

Biz.Kid09 · 2 Nov 2015 at 13:13

I would just buy a Raspberry Pi, stick OpenElec on it and you can either stream to it via the network or just load up an external hard drive and play it all locally through that.

Wouldn't really bother messing with old computers when you can get a Raspberry Pi and bluetack it to the back of the TV if you really want too!

passey89 · 2 Nov 2015 at 14:02

FixupSellon said:
thanks for replies..

i havent streamed anything for years and that was from pc to ps3 via windows media player..

the tv is a dvd combo and a tecknica, so i shouldnt be surprised it couldnt read x264 720p/1080p files, i just wanted to try it out as it had a usb port and thought it be easier as dvd player is hit and miss at times, but will either try converting the files to avi and test that or just sort out a smallish computer or or failing that just buy a bloody ps3 and stream from windows media player again...

those android/mini pc usb computers would be ideal as i could download to it and still hidden, but i dont know what they actually like...

oh and the main reason i asked the question wasnt just as general, but because i saw an old motherboard GIGABYTE K7 Triton Series GA-7VAXP-A with cpu and ram on gumtree for a fiver and was curious.

Be careful with ps3 they have a tendancy to know if ur films are from dodgy sites and the audio goes after 20 mins

HecFam · 2 Nov 2015 at 14:14

I've just installed it on a Fire TV stick with the Hushman setup. Runs pretty well. Bit slow between menus, but not bad.

passey89 · 2 Nov 2015 at 14:23

HecFam said:
I've just installed it on a Fire TV stick with the Hushman setup. Runs pretty well. Bit slow between menus, but not bad.

I tried a fire stick as well and was very jittery happened in some films as well.

Not had the issue with the fire tv box though.

FixupSellon · 2 Nov 2015 at 14:24

thanks for replies..

nothing dodgy where the movies come from and the ps3 was just an idea, for how much they still go for i could buy 2 android/mini usb computers if that cheaper variants...

i think i am going to try the avi converting see if that gets me anywhere first..

but all in all anything thats not a latitude d600 can run kodi then ha!

edit: just a thought, i do have a mirror cast device EZCast i used to use for myself till i started using my computer for movies, pain in the but to setup, but maybe that will work? what i dont want is jittering or anything like mentioned above

ant1298 · 3 Nov 2015 at 07:38

I use a raspberry pi 2 with openelec. I have 2, one wired, 1 wireless. Both are overclocked.

I run movies from a NAS and the pi streams on both flawlessly. Both run from a centralized database running off the NAS so when I scan for new content it appears on both straight away. I then use an app to control them. They are stuck neatly away and run 24/7.

I keep a backup copy of one of them as it's dead simple to reinstall and restore. I also use FTP to dive into them to do any admin, I sometimes dabble in ssh if I can't change files, things like overclock menus etc.

Anthony.

Edit: Just thought I'd add, you can have multiple databases so you can have different Pi's loading different movies. So you can have an adults one with scary movies for your room, but kids movies only on the one your kids access.