An efficient streaming box for the TV
Posted: 15 Aug 2015, 00:13
Looking for some more efficient installation setup for streaming on my LG HD non-intelligent TV thru wifi (though it was sold as being so, around 2012), I would like to profit from the experience of users of the porteus forum on such matters. The information on the net is not evident: there is too few and too much. Maybe some of you have interesting suggestions.
In more general reviews, the authors seem to be biased and disagree over roku, apple tv, android tv, chromecast, raspberry pi 2, ...:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-options- ... ia-center/
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2402133,00.asp
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2402133,00.asp
HARDWARE
1.0 Raspberry pi system:
The rasberry pi 2 could run kodi multimedia software. You could build such a multimedia box for around 71$ and 111$ US:
http://www.htpcbeginner.com/fix-raspber ... ng-issues/
http://mymediaexperience.com/raspberry- ... /#chapter3
There seems to be disagreement for the rasberry pi 2 being an efficient multimedia center:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... 2&t=100476
However Anand reports that he could fix annoying buffering issues with some hardware or sofware adjustments:
http://www.htpcbeginner.com/fix-raspber ... ng-issues/
Linux users has some choice with the raspberry pi:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... 2&t=100476
http://rpi2.fatdog.eu/index.php?p=downloads
2.0 Chromecast.
I have tried chromecast, I thought that would be a good quality/price ratio, but had to return it to the store. I could not get it running on linux so to link it to my tv. It said it would just work on windows. It is often hard to know what is the best solution, unless you try the devices yourself.
I know that my linux-box should be my best bet. The problem is that it is not always convenient to move it to the HD TV. I understand that I will have to have a good wifi router.
3.0 Android TV?
As kodi works really well on my android phone, would google TV or the like be the solution? I thought that some device working with android or any linux system running kodi would be my best bet. I would like an installation with which there will be as little lagging as possible. Do you have any suggestion hardware?
Has anybody tried Amlogic S802 Quad-Core Cortex-A9 or the like? This devices solds for 63$ US? I am currently owning one in the form of
SOFTWARE.
ARM devices defined:
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/ARM-processor
ARM and LINUX:
https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/5 ... m-distros-
There had been some tentatives to develop a porteus variant for arm device. But the efforts has not been pursued:
viewtopic.php?f=112&t=2012
There is an arm version of slackware, but it seems that its hardware coverage is somewhat limited. You have to try it to see if it fits your hardware:
http://arm.slackware.com/installation/
To install different linux distribution on android, including slackware, there is linux deploy:
http://arm.slackware.com/installation/
Kodi mutimedia center on porteus (cttan):
viewtopic.php?f=49&t=4469
Buffering issues on kodi:
Looking for in depth threads on buffering issues, I could not find threads specifically for linux. The propositions from Anand on buffering issues on the raspberry pi 2are interesting:
http://www.htpcbeginner.com/fix-raspber ... ng-issues/
- the data folder for android is Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/
- how to choose a wireless driver
http://www.wikihow.com/Choose-a-Wireless-Router
Python speedtest cli for download and upload:
http://www.tecmint.com/check-internet-s ... -in-linux/
In more general reviews, the authors seem to be biased and disagree over roku, apple tv, android tv, chromecast, raspberry pi 2, ...:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-options- ... ia-center/
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2402133,00.asp
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2402133,00.asp
HARDWARE
1.0 Raspberry pi system:
The rasberry pi 2 could run kodi multimedia software. You could build such a multimedia box for around 71$ and 111$ US:
http://www.htpcbeginner.com/fix-raspber ... ng-issues/
http://mymediaexperience.com/raspberry- ... /#chapter3
There seems to be disagreement for the rasberry pi 2 being an efficient multimedia center:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... 2&t=100476
However Anand reports that he could fix annoying buffering issues with some hardware or sofware adjustments:
http://www.htpcbeginner.com/fix-raspber ... ng-issues/
Linux users has some choice with the raspberry pi:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... 2&t=100476
http://rpi2.fatdog.eu/index.php?p=downloads
2.0 Chromecast.
I have tried chromecast, I thought that would be a good quality/price ratio, but had to return it to the store. I could not get it running on linux so to link it to my tv. It said it would just work on windows. It is often hard to know what is the best solution, unless you try the devices yourself.
I know that my linux-box should be my best bet. The problem is that it is not always convenient to move it to the HD TV. I understand that I will have to have a good wifi router.
3.0 Android TV?
As kodi works really well on my android phone, would google TV or the like be the solution? I thought that some device working with android or any linux system running kodi would be my best bet. I would like an installation with which there will be as little lagging as possible. Do you have any suggestion hardware?
Has anybody tried Amlogic S802 Quad-Core Cortex-A9 or the like? This devices solds for 63$ US? I am currently owning one in the form of
SOFTWARE.
ARM devices defined:
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/ARM-processor
ARM and LINUX:
https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/5 ... m-distros-
There had been some tentatives to develop a porteus variant for arm device. But the efforts has not been pursued:
viewtopic.php?f=112&t=2012
There is an arm version of slackware, but it seems that its hardware coverage is somewhat limited. You have to try it to see if it fits your hardware:
http://arm.slackware.com/installation/
To install different linux distribution on android, including slackware, there is linux deploy:
http://arm.slackware.com/installation/
Kodi mutimedia center on porteus (cttan):
viewtopic.php?f=49&t=4469
Buffering issues on kodi:
Looking for in depth threads on buffering issues, I could not find threads specifically for linux. The propositions from Anand on buffering issues on the raspberry pi 2are interesting:
http://www.htpcbeginner.com/fix-raspber ... ng-issues/
- the data folder for android is Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/
- how to choose a wireless driver
http://www.wikihow.com/Choose-a-Wireless-Router
Python speedtest cli for download and upload:
http://www.tecmint.com/check-internet-s ... -in-linux/