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Just buy a raspberry pi + case for that amount of money and install openelec/raspbmc. I did that last week, it's a fantastic combination!
by buster 13y ago
Just buy a raspberry pi + case for that amount of money and install openelec/raspbmc.
I did that last week, it's a fantastic combination!
- pyre 13y agoI remember (maybe a year ago) people complaining about XMBC on RaspberryPI. Things like the menus being sluggish / having slight delays, maybe some issues with 1080p videos streaming over a network, etc. Have those been resolved?
- buster 13y agoI can play FullHD DTS movies (rips of my own blurays kept at best quality possible) over Wifi without any hickup at all. That's fine. The UI sometimes could be faster/smoother, but it's good enough. Moving between menu items sometimes drops a frame or two. So that's in FullHD, maybe that's better at a lower resolution. What i learned from my previous media center (a Boxee, so basically a commercial XBMC fork): To stream FullHD over Wifi use NFS, not SMB, it is a difference. Atleast in my setup movies wouldn't play without buffering every few seconds over SMB. Edit: also, from my experience openelec seems to be a little bit faster. Maybe because it's not booting the whole Debian userspace but only a minimal Linux. Also: You can overclock your rPi without losing warranty (within limits). I overclocked mine to the maximum (700MHz -> 1000MHz) and it's still running without any cooling! :)