![]() ![]() At some point someone will make a fantastic RPi "box" using the CM4 board to add things like eMMC or nVME storage, but there's more $$ in the IoT space so I didn't see one yet. In the long-run software support is why it's been the most popular Kodi device since 2012 and that's unlikely to change. ![]() RPi gets A1+ software support direct from the manufacturer. RPi4 will never win a "longest list of spec" award and will cost a little more than a 2105-2018 era $45 box (modern boxes are typically more - and component supply problems are inflating costs) but RPi4 has all the main codecs you actually need, with 4K HEVC, and now with HDR and HBR audio. It's fairly obvious you don't want to listen to RPi comments, but: I actively/regularly use an assortment of Rockchip, Allwinner, Amlogic and Pi devices and the winner of "easiest device to live with" by some way is an RPi4 (in Kodi flirc case, and with flirc USB IR receiver). LE images based on our modern kernel codebase are still early-stage (nightly and my builds exist, but there are playback glitches to resolve). You can find CoreELEC images (equivalent to older LE images) that run on the legacy vendor kernels but further comment on their images needs to come via their forums - I have no interest in it and don't run it. On paper they all have amazing hardware spec but all boxes will ship with 3-4 year old Android image and there will be no OTA updates from the vendors. ^ this list is mostly older Amlogic GXL or maybe early G12A devices so "none of the above" would be my recommendation. What I found in the stores in my country for about 40-45$: ![]() ![]() From the devices you listed: I suggest you to take the TX6 mini which has a Allwinner H6 - Allwinner community is great, very active and responsive when it comes to issues. I'm using a PINE H64 (Allwinner H6) and PINE rock64 (Rockchip 3328) and its working way better than Rpi4 - also without any "config.txt" adaption trial and error attempts - its just working. Besides Rpi is the only device which still uses a vendor kernel, which is full of hacks, that will probably never be accepted upstream - while all other devices are using a version of the upstream kernel (partially with lots of patches, which seem to be somewhat like upstream quality) - it does not even have an upstream u-boot supportĪmlogic is far behind when it comes to media playback in upstream kernel - I'm not sure, this will change anytime next (if ever) - there is no active developing community and progress in upstream kernel depends on external funding.īoth Broadcom and Amlogic are known to hide as much as possible of their "confidentials" which makes both platforms really uninteresting for community developers, since there is always something which depends of some blobs. Rpi can't decode H264 correctly in hardware currently (even if it would be working, it will be max, which somewhat like 10 years ago), it will never have VP9 hardware decoding (needed to use youtube 4k), it has no hardware deinterlacing capabilities, it can't output currently, CEC is not (really) working. HDMI output up to, CEC is working and hardware deinterlacing is implemented - for Allwinner suspend/resume with remote control is also implemented. I really cannot understand why people here are not getting tired of over-promoting RPi devices even they know, it is definitly not the best device for media playback and overall kodi-experience currently (and will never be looking at the HW capabilities).Īllwinner and Rockchip devices are way better when it comes to currently supported HW decoding capabilities: HEVC (up to 4k), H264 (up to 4k), VP9 (up to 4k, Rockchip only currently), MPEG2 (up to 1080p) and VP8 (up to 1080p). ![]()
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