Nino477Feb 29, 2024

Please recommend me some android tv boxes that can play local .mkv h.265 video files :)

https://lemmy.world/post/12569437

Please recommend me some android tv boxes that can play local .mkv h.265 video files :) - Lemmy.World

My current tv is so old that the netlfix app isn’t supported anymore. From an usb stick it can only play h.264 videos so I always have to run them through hand brake first. That is why I want to buy an streaming box. Alternatively if someone knows about a blu ray player under 100€ which can do all of the above plus play blu ray dvds please recommend me one :)

Show threadminibyteMar 1, 2024
Pick up a Visits Nvidia Shield Pro 2019 on ebay. Run Kodi, that should be ask you need. Supports HDR, 4k, upscaling.
Show threadAbsurdityAcceleratorMar 1, 2024
Why is a 5 year old device still the best bet? It’s frustrating that nothing better exists on the market.
Show threadDeelloMar 1, 2024
Most of what these devices do is fairly light compute-wise. There’s no real need to have the most powerful hardware when all it will really do is add to cost. Are there use cases for more powerful hardware, of course but for most people what we have is good enough. That said, I would love an updated Shield or competitor.
Show threadkratoz29
Even my Shield TV Pro 2019 lags a lot when using Kodi (With Umbrella, TMDBHelper and a nice skin with not too many widgets) I can only imagine how thrash it would be to attempt to do that setup with worse hardware.
Mar 1, 2024 at 3:32amWeb
Show threads38b35M5Mar 1, 2024
My 2015 pro is a champ, including in Kodi. Adding the Samsung SSD a few years back was a fame changer though. Boot time dropped to 7 seconds, and no trouble with h.265 and even 1080 AV1.
Show threadkratoz29Mar 1, 2024
Nvidia Shield TV Pro 2019, no tube, and I even downgraded it to 8.2.3 but Kodi is the heaviest app by far and using it as a streaming client has always given me headaches, as a media player is top notch shit though.