Posts by dave123

Thanks. The DAC quality isn't really an issue as I will be using Optical Out into my stereo, so it will just be passing the digital signal through for the stereo to process to analogue.

I agree that it is hard to work out what is required and not in terms of an Android box. It was an attractive option simply because it involves less fiddling around with hardware. How easy is it to set up a Raspberry Pi3 with the HiFi Digi+. Any soldering, etc... Or does stuff just click in? That's my main doubt with going with that option. If it's pretty simple that could be the way to go.

Thanks again for all your help.

Thanks, I'll have a read of that. At most, it'll probably be one video stream (no more than 1080p) and one audio stream at a time.

We're not talking a huge library or anything like that. Just some recorded films and kids programmes and a few ripped DVDs. I wanted a device to correct direct to the stereo for my digital music collection and thought it might as well act as a video server as well.

Thanks again

Thanks for the swift response. If a RPi3 would be sufficient, would something like this also do the job then?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/android-vground-amlogic-quad-core-built-black/dp/b07cxw69rl/ref=sr_1_4_sspa?s=electronics&ie=utf8&qid=1530880519&sr=1-4-spons&keywords=amlogic+tv+box&refinements=p_72%3a419153031&psc=1

Just trying to understand the minimum specifications I'd need for it to function as a server, as I've got no idea how much CPU, etc... that requires.

Thanks

Hi,

I have a rather specific set of requirements and am just looking for a bit of advice to narrow down my search a bit.

Essentially, I am looking for a device to install LibreELEC onto, to which I will attach a USB HD with all of my music and video files on it. This device needs to have an optical out so that I can attach it directly to my stereo (with its DAC) and then use a mobile, Kodi-controller application to run it as a headless system there. I would then also intend to use Kodi's server capabilities to serve my video files from this device over my network to the Kodi I have installed on my Fire TV Stick.

I would like to achieve this as cheaply as possible, but neither do I want to take shortcuts that are just going to frustrate me and/or require an upgrade in a year or so. I've budgeted around $150 for this, but if there is a device that will function well for less than that I'm all ears. Conversely, if that is unrealistically low, please let me know.

Thanks

Hi all,

I recently picked up an discarded Orange OHD80 IPTV box, which turns on and seems to be functioning but has a proprietary Orange software solution installed on it and won't get any further than the page requesting a user code, which I obviously don't have.

From a bit of research, it appears that this box is actually a rebranded Airties 7210, which runs on the Broadcam BCM7230 chip.

I quite like the form factor (and I have the remote), and I was just wondering if it would be possible to install LibreELEC or another similar Linux-based software solution directly onto the box? As the box has an aerial input and two USB slots, I'd be interested in any solution that could essentially turn it into a PVR for terrestrial digital TV broadcasts. KODI's wider functions would be an added bonus. I am not particularly technically minded and don't know if this is possible? I tried to simply put a USB stick with a Linux Mint live OS on it (I know this would be overkill for this unit, but it was the only thing I had hanging around to test out) into one of USB slots but it still booted straight to the Orange OS, and I haven't been able to find instructions on the internet as to how to force it to boot from the USB instead.

Basically, I want to know if it is worth holding onto the box and fiddling around or whether its a lost cause and I might as well bin it?

Thanks

Dave