![]() ![]() You seem to have some strange arrangements that you somehow think requires a Pi, where everyone else who requires a Media Player just needs a Media Player.Īnd these "Raspberry Pi's" that you are promoting - I assume that they are plug and play, so you just open the box plug it in and away you go? I use my media server as my media NAS so that's an issue for myself. Why would anybody want to copy files TO the Android box, when it is accessing the files it needs off a Network Share? It doesn't become "less important" - it continues to be ZERO important. Note, this does become less important if all your media is living an a NAS or similar as you won't have the need to copy files to the Android box. The WHOLE idea of using Network shares is so that you DO NOT have to copy files to the remote device. It's clumsy and annoying because you are doing it wrong. Also note that the samba app I'm using is unable to report free disk space etc, so it's a lot harder to manage! This is overcome by installing a samba app, but that means that to copy files to your android box you need to power it up, turn on your display, navigate to the samba app and start the samba app. Personally I think the Pi is superior for this task. The only difference so far is the loss of simple networking, extra clicks to start Kodi and a few extra unexpected 'reboots'. So far I have no benefit from the Android box. I used to use a Raspberry Pi and recently upgraded to a faster Android box (rbox - not great, but works). With a Raspberry Pi (OpenELEC or LibreELEC) you can just power on the device and access the file system like any other networked computer (no display needed, no navigating, etc). Most notable is NETWORK FILE ACCESS!Īndroid TV boxes don't have native support for samba/SMB (windows network file sharing) - this is overcome by installing a samba app, but that means that to copy files to your android box you need to power it up, turn on your display, navigate to the samba app and start the samba app. There's some significant benefits of using a Raspberry Pi or similar. You cannot update your TV's internal Android system, so the choice is to chuck the TV away, or just get one of the (good) Android TV Boxes. In about a year you will need to chuck the old Android TV box away and get a new one with better specs. So the advantage of SOME of these Android TV boxes is to get something with a modern Operating System, decent CPU and at least 2GB of RAM. ![]() Many TVs have old Android 4.0 or 4.2 and low powered CPUs that seem OK at the menus but really chug along when doing anything decent. Also, unlike Apple iOS, there is no checks and balances on the Apps themselves, so the OS tends to get choked by poor App coding and hundreds of behind the scenes Services that chew up all the CPU power and Memory. If the TV is a 2015 or earlier, it's already well out of date on the Android side, and was probably out of date even when brand new.Īndroid is a pretty inefficient operating system and needs pretty grunty CPUs and lots of RAM to run relatively simple applications. If your TV has a dual-core 1.2GHz processor and 512MB or even 1GB of RAM, it's gunna be slow and clunky when running intensive stuff. ![]() Simple.īTW - the consideration is how POWERFUL the CPU is, as well as how much RAM is installed and what Anroid verson you are stuck with. If it doesn't work well enough, then don't use it. If it works well enough for you, then use it. None of us here can tell you how well your TV works (the idea is that you tell us, not the other way around). Then install Kodi and see whether is is OK or not.
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