What are people using for a streaming media player on the home network?

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lchiu7

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#2117672 1-Nov-2018 08:55

Yes I looked around at home but could not find one that was rated at 2A. They are sending me a replacement.

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#2121398 7-Nov-2018 11:09

I use a Roku which works very well

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#2121426 7-Nov-2018 11:45

I got the new PSU from odroid and installed a Kodi distribution and the official Plex client. Works great so I can now stream Atmos from my server.

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#2129785 19-Nov-2018 19:38

Hi everyone, does anyone know of a good place to purchase the nvidia shield? There are a few on Trade Me, but now sure our good they vendors are.

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#2129799 19-Nov-2018 20:26

They're $140US from Amazon at the moment, if you don't mind the whole overseas / no CGA thing, and they'll ship direct.

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#2129834 19-Nov-2018 21:53

Had the original Fire TV Stick. Now upgraded it with the Fire TV Stick 4k. Cant fault it.

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#2150542 25-Dec-2018 19:12

I was using a WDTV Live to play videos on a USB HDD to a TV, connected via HDMI at a remote holiday location.

No internet or local network.

But now I discover it cant play x265 coded videos.

And there are some audio codecs it doesnt like either.

I've read this thread but I'm not sure if any of teh devices mentioned here can be used as stand-alone media players.

If not, does anyone have any recommendations for a more capable device?

Thank you.

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#2150556 25-Dec-2018 19:42

kiwifidget: stand-alone media players.

If not, does anyone have any recommendations for a more capable device?

Thank you.

You could chuck a big usb drive on the Shield and run both Plex server and client on the same box.

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#2150575 25-Dec-2018 21:01

kiwifidget:

I was using a WDTV Live to play videos on a USB HDD to a TV, connected via HDMI at a remote holiday location.

No internet or local network.

But now I discover it cant play x265 coded videos.

And there are some audio codecs it doesnt like either.

I've read this thread but I'm not sure if any of teh devices mentioned here can be used as stand-alone media players.

If not, does anyone have any recommendations for a more capable device?

Thank you.

raspberry pi or odroid c2 running kodi.

I run the second option at work, it supports hardware h265 decoding along with 4k output. we only use it with HDD's or memory sticks. has a IR port so you can setup a remote direct into it, or you can plug in a USB IR receiver.

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