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I switched over kodi+torrents over an RPI because of this, I would have been an happy with android tv and whatever streaming service. Companies spend their time
by ossusermivami 5y ago
I switched over kodi+torrents over an RPI because of this, I would have been an happy with android tv and whatever streaming service. Companies spend their times screwing their customers, so if you screw me I screw you! and I have my conscience for me.
- tomc1985 5y agoI did this with odroids instead of RPI and got sick of dealing with issues. Shield TV has been great as a kodi-and-netflix-and-nothing-else box up until now.
- meowster 5y agoI recently set up a Plex server and use Kodi on a RPi with the PlexKodiConnect (PKC) add-on. Very easy to set up, and no issues so far.
- tomc1985 5y agoThe problems were never with kodi, it was always the platform or the hardware. I've been running the same Kodi setup (basically just setting up SMB access to a shared network drive) since XBMC on my modded Xbox. Odroid on both their Ubuntu distro and Odrobian (Debian fork) was the absolute worst experience. 2D would be super slow but 3D would be fine, or the opposite, or it just wouldn't start after sitting unused for a few months. `apt-get upgrade` breaking stuff. Such a PITA... I guess I should try again on a newer RPi, if the driver support is 100% and the hardware somewhat reliable then I might be interested. Last time I checked 4K and USB 3.0 weren't available on RPi so I was turned off from the platform. But up until now Shield has been the sweet spot.
- npteljes 5y agoThis is the first comment in the thread that makes sense. The customers' and the content providers' relationship is simply abusive. The providers' constant struggle for control over viewership, and the creep of anti-features, dark patterns and questionable EULAs and other terms are simply disgusting.