(2015-01-12, 15:11)vjmcdonnell Wrote: (2014-12-16, 21:06)NeoDuck Wrote: (2014-12-08, 07:21)wrxtasy Wrote: Maybe NeoDuck can test Netflix in the Chromebox - Chrome browser and let us know about the PQ?
I ended up going with the Amazon Fire TV. I think it's awesome and plenty fast to run XBMC. I have a collection of over 2000 videos and some are 30gb rips. They all play just fine on my plasma TV. I don't notice any 3:2 pulldown issues or anything?
And Netflix works in HD because the AFTV Launcher is still in tact after rooting and installing XBMC.
My XBMC is just setup with everything at default.
Hi Neoduck,
Did you have any issue with the size of the internal memory. I am about to order the Amazon Fire TV and was just going to side load Kodi, not thinking of rooting it.
8GB storage is fine if you're only using Kodi with just movies and TV. There's about 5gb free out of the box.
I estimate 5gb is enough to scrape about 4000-5000 video files and store all movie posters, thumbnails, actor images, etc. But, not trailers. However, I have mine set up with a USB hub and a spare 2.5" USB drive. I have a lot of other Kodi addons running and set all of them to use the ext HDD as a cache location.
I've also finished setting up my Chromebox as a triple boot system: ChromeOS > OpenElecKodi > Windows 8.1
One thing I don't like about the Chromebox is that it DOES NOT USE standard MSATA SSD drives. The slot is more narrow. The "standard" MSATA SSD width is actually the same width as the slot where the Wi-Fi card is plugged into.
Has anyone tried removing the WiFi card and plugging in a "standard" width MSATA SSD in its place?
My gut tells me that it won't work because the SATA controller probably isn't hooked into that slot but you never know! The "standard" width MSATA SSD's are pretty cheap now, about $40-50 for 64gb. It would be nice if it worked.