MINIX NEO X5 Dual Core Media Hub

[Drachen]

Would the Rasp Pi have enough power to do that?


As for your last question, I think I was just using it in a dead spot in the house, a bit too far from my wireless router.

Yes, apparently it works pretty well, but it is a mixture of being the workhorse for certain applications and a thin client for "premium channels" (netflix, hulu and amazon instant video were mentioned).

That defeats the whole purpose for me. If I want to leave a computer (or laptop) on and active, I might as well just use THAT for my xbmc box.

[Heath Ledger]

miracast coming soon.

[Drachen]

On what?

[Heath Ledger]

minix is working on it as well as some other

[Heath Ledger]

ill have one of the new quad core units sometime this weekend. will post a review.

[Drachen]

ill have one of the new quad core units sometime this weekend. will post a review.

Which one?

[Heath Ledger]

tronsmart q2

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Its a stick.

[Drachen]

but I have read that that stick doesn't play xbmc very well... Please let us know what your experience is.

[Drachen]

I think I may wait for the ouya (though it doesn't have miracast).. we will see.

[DarrinS]

I can't figure out how to turn it off using the UI. I've just been unplugging the damned thing.

[Heath Ledger]

darrin you can set it to turn off/sleep in the settings after x amount of minutes. i set mine to 30 minutes. ouya blows goats.

[Heath Ledger]

and the stick runs xbmc just fine but go with a minix and update firmware your all set.

[Drachen]

wuyahat blows goats about the ouya

[DarrinS]

darrin you can set it to turn off/sleep in the settings after x amount of minutes. i set mine to 30 minutes. ouya blows goats.

Thanks.


A cool thing I've been able to do with this Andoid mini -- stream media from my dedicated HTPC running XMBC. Set up the HTPC to share its media library with the home network and there's an app on the Android mini that allows me to browse to these folders. Pretty cool.

[Drachen]

Thanks.


A cool thing I've been able to do with this Andoid mini -- stream media from my dedicated HTPC running XMBC. Set up the HTPC to share its media library with the home network and there's an app on the Android mini that allows me to browse to these folders. Pretty cool.

Can't you just run XBMC directly from the android mini?

[leemajors]

Can't you just run XBMC directly from the android mini?

I don't think it would be ideal to run the server from, but that's just a guess.

[Drachen]

I don't think it would be ideal to run the server from, but that's just a guess.

Maybe I am misunderstanding, but the android version of xbmc, as of a several months ago is the full version of xbmc. I have been running it on my phone and my Touchpad without my laptop.

[leemajors]

Maybe I am misunderstanding, but the android version of xbmc, as of a several months ago is the full version of xbmc. I have been running it on my phone and my Touchpad without my laptop.

I was just going by him having an HTPC with hosted files, no reason not to run it from there.

[Drachen]

I was just going by him having an HTPC with hosted files, no reason not to run it from there.

I guess the reason that I protested is that he said that "there's an app" that allows him to browse those files. I was thinking something like ES file explorer or something so then I thought, why use a file explorer when you could just as easily use the (imo) excellent ui of xbmc directly

[DarrinS]

I guess the reason that I protested is that he said that "there's an app" that allows him to browse those files. I was thinking something like ES file explorer or something so then I thought, why use a file explorer when you could just as easily use the (imo) excellent ui of xbmc directly

I haven't tried to install XBMC yet. But, the Android mini doesn't have much storage -- hence using the 2TB disk on my HTPC to host the movies, etc.

I'm going to install XBMC on it at some point -- just haven't gotten around to it.

[Drachen]

I haven't tried to install XBMC yet. But, the Android mini doesn't have much storage -- hence using the 2TB disk on my HTPC to host the movies, etc.

I'm going to install XBMC on it at some point -- just haven't gotten around to it.

The xbmc app is only 151 MB and it can scan your network for shared media.

For example, I have a 2TB NAS (WD worldbook)and I can play videos through xbmc on my phone or tablet.

[Heath Ledger]

his stick has 8 gigs of ram but you can put an sd up to 32 gigs and or install a usb hard drive but you will need a powered usb hub for that as the stick only has one usb port and you pretty much need that for a good wireless keyboard/mouse

[DarrinS]

his stick has 8 gigs of ram but you can put an sd up to 32 gigs and or install a usb hard drive but you will need a powered usb hub for that as the stick only has one usb port and you pretty much need that for a good wireless keyboard/mouse

I can see the microSD coming in handy if I wanted to take it on the road.

[DarrinS]

Thing gets kinda warm after a while, btw