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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/20/2015 10:49 AM, Gordon McCrae
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Interesting, does the RP2 deal with MPEG-2 OK (I have Freeview DVB
files), and does it have support for 4K?<br>
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I'm particularly interested in why it's easier to manage the KODI
menus, network connections etc in Linux than in Android, as I plan
to implement KODI on my REVOs which are Linux based. I was under
the impression that the menus and network stuff in KODI was all
done within either the config file or in KODI itself, at least
that's how I've done it.<br>
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As a Unix admin of over 30 years, I didn't find it any easier to
setup in Linux than in Android, and the web browsing in Android is
many times faster than under Linux on my REVOs. The other
advantage I've found with Android devices is that you can easily
get apps for things like Netflix, BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4OD,
etc etc which simply aren't available on Linux unfortunately.<br>
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Cheers<br>
Gordon<br>
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MPEG2 works fine with Raspberry Pi (you have to pay $2 for the
MPEG-2 license). All of the programs are broadcast here in mpeg2
(Massachusetts). I do not know about 4K, I have only tried up to
1920*1080.<br>
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Regarding Android - The Kodi setup was a bit of a challenge. I had
to compile Kodi and the myth pvr plugin because the versions
available in repositories were not right. For Android I have no idea
of how to do that and I have never tried "rooting" a machine. On the
Raspberry pi Linux I am able to use some of the scripts I have been
using already for the mythtv setups. Maybe Linux is easier for me
just because I am familiar with it, and it is the same OS as mythtv
itself.<br>
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Peter<br>
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