<div dir="ltr">The Easystore is fine hardware, it's the WHS OS that shipped with it that frightens me. MS came out with a new version in 2011, then ran away screaming. Websites that used to be dedicated to supporting the WHS software now specialize in "installing Linux on headless WHS servers".<div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 at 16:05 Chris Irwin <<a href="mailto:chris@chrisirwin.ca">chris@chrisirwin.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>I don't use Kodi currently, as I settled on Plex a while back. I'm somewhat disgruntled with it at this point and am looking at Emby, which is a split back/front end, and apparently has proper Kodi integration<br><br> <a href="https://emby.media/" target="_blank">https://emby.media/</a><br><br></div>Additionally, I was using an Acer Easystore H340 for a while. It wasn't a *bad* device, but I had some problems with the integrated NIC (If memory serves, it would initally work fine, but slowly start slowing performance over time). I ended up having to add a low-profile NIC to PCIE slot. I'm not sure if they've changed anything with the H341 to resolve that.<br></div><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Adam Glauser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adamglauser@gmail.com" target="_blank">adamglauser@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I don't have experience with multiple XBMC devices, but it is worth noting that XBMC can also be a media source and a server under DLNA/uPnP. Perhaps you can kill two birds with one stone.<br><br><a href="http://kodi.wiki/view/UPnP" target="_blank">http://kodi.wiki/view/UPnP</a><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 1:06 PM Charles M <<a href="mailto:chaslinux@gmail.com" target="_blank">chaslinux@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Our living room machine is a Core 2 Quad running stock Ubuntu + KODI<br>
and I've shared DVDs, Bluerays, Music and Photos via SAMBA to the rest<br>
of our network. In our room we have a MyGica ATV582 I picked up at<br>
Canada Computers when they were on sale for $100 even:<br>
<a href="http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=44_567&item_id=073308" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=44_567&item_id=073308</a><br>
<br>
I didn't share the database so when we go room to room we don't have<br>
the same preferences, but sharing via SAMBA (as opposed to upnp) does<br>
allow is to have a local scrape of all the meta-data for the shows. We<br>
connected the MyGica box via ethernet (gigabit between machines)<br>
rather than wireless because we're still working with an older N<br>
router.<br>
<br>
You can always set up a cell phone to control KODI if you want more<br>
options. I like the "HP Windows Media Center" remote shown (warning -<br>
annoying pop-up on page) here:<br>
<a href="http://www.evertek.com/viewpart.asp?auto=62055&cat=CMO&cpc=CMObsc" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.evertek.com/viewpart.asp?auto=62055&cat=CMO&cpc=CMObsc</a> It<br>
installed without further work by just picking Windows Media Center<br>
from the lircd setup. The remote that comes with the ATV582 is kind of<br>
limited compared to the media center remote, but its one saving grace<br>
is that it has a tiny keyboard on the flip side...<br>
<br>
By the way if anyone is interested in locally sourced Rii i8 keyboard<br>
(<a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Rii-Wireless-Keyboard-Touchpad-Mouse/dp/B00WQG6A8C/ref=pd_bxgy_504_img_2/183-2023673-1258918?ie=UTF8&refRID=YPY3QMXEPFMGPGMREW48" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.ca/Rii-Wireless-Keyboard-Touchpad-Mouse/dp/B00WQG6A8C/ref=pd_bxgy_504_img_2/183-2023673-1258918?ie=UTF8&refRID=YPY3QMXEPFMGPGMREW48</a>)<br>
I saw them at Cambridge Surplus in the paintball area. They also have<br>
those flashy LED strips... Think pricing is comparable to Amazon.<br>
<br>
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Colin Mackay <<a href="mailto:zixiekat@gmail.com" target="_blank">zixiekat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Personally I have a Core i5 quad core, running Mint 17.1, sitting under the<br>
> main TV, but I like to use it for normal desktop computing as well.<br>
> Upstairs I just got a Matricom Gbox Q2 from Amazon.ca and it works well, it<br>
> even handles deinterlacing 1080i OTA recordings from MythTV.<br>
><br>
> Never used a Raspberry Pi for it yet.<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Matricom-G-Box-Quad-Octo-Android/dp/B00I0ABY16/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1459439164&sr=1-1&keywords=matricom+g-box+q2" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.ca/Matricom-G-Box-Quad-Octo-Android/dp/B00I0ABY16/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1459439164&sr=1-1&keywords=matricom+g-box+q2</a><br>
><br>
> It's a full android box, and I am contemplating a new 'air mouse' remote for<br>
> it, as the one it comes with doesn't have some functions, but the box itself<br>
> seems nice, thus far.<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:39 AM, CrankyOldBugger<br>
> <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> OK, so I will still need to drop some sort of client (eg. RasPi or Roku)<br>
>> with Kodi install behind each TV to pull from the database. Any preferences<br>
>> for those?<br>
>><br>
>> Ideally it would be great if said client can use the TV's existing remote<br>
>> control...<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 at 11:30 Colin Mackay <<a href="mailto:zixiekat@gmail.com" target="_blank">zixiekat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> The best way to keep Kodi centralized is to actually use a database.<br>
>>> This will store all your settings, including watched, position and of course<br>
>>> all your media metadata.<br>
>>><br>
>>> You don't need a centralized Kodi server, as long as one Kodi system<br>
>>> spots the new files, MySQL will be updated and all should be well. Just be<br>
>>> sure that ALL Kodi systems see the files the same way, nfs, smb or uPnP.<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://kodi.wiki/view/MySQL/Setting_up_Kodi" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://kodi.wiki/view/MySQL/Setting_up_Kodi</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:36 AM, CrankyOldBugger<br>
>>> <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I wanted to toss a question at the group's XBMC/Kodi experts (you know<br>
>>>> who you are!)...<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I currently have all of my movies and TV shows on a Synology NAS box. I<br>
>>>> installed Kodi on an Ubuntu desktop and I watch my stuff while I'm working<br>
>>>> on a different desktop. Life is good.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I want to bring the Kodi experience upstairs to both the family TV and<br>
>>>> also my wife's TV in the bedroom. So as I understand it, my best best would<br>
>>>> be to either get one of those new set-top boxes such as a Roku or build a<br>
>>>> RasPi box and drop it behind the TV.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> To further complicate things, I have an old Acer H341 Windows Home<br>
>>>> Server that I plan to install Ubuntu or some other distro on then use that<br>
>>>> as my new DNLA media server (it's a headless server so maybe I will document<br>
>>>> the procedure to share with the group).<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> So my question is... is there a way to install a sort of Kodi server on<br>
>>>> the new WHS/Ubuntu box so that individual users' preferences and "watched<br>
>>>> lists" are centrally stored, then fed out to the various TVs and desktops?<br>
>>>> In other words, if my daughter and I watch an episode of Dr. Who on the big<br>
>>>> TV, then she goes to her room and fires up her laptop it will mark that<br>
>>>> episode as watched for her?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Another issue is I have lots of "nerd" movies like hacker dramas,<br>
>>>> how-to's, etc., that my wife and daughter really have no interest in, so<br>
>>>> these vids don't need to show up in their listings. (Conversely, I really<br>
>>>> don't want to see my daughter's chick flicks in my movie listings...)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> More importantly, I don't want copies of all my movies propagating to<br>
>>>> the Roku or RasPi boxes in the house. I want just one centralized storage<br>
>>>> area that I can monitor.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I've given up on ever using an OTA antenna to get live TV as I've come<br>
>>>> to believe that my neighbourhood is actually encased inside a very large,<br>
>>>> invisible Faraday Cage, so I have to depend on stuff I download off of the<br>
>>>> internet.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
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