greenhorn
Well-Known Member
I had earlier posted a thread on upgrading my BT audio reciever - Since my current one only supports 2 connections
I had also bought an HDMI - Wifi Anycast dongle, only to find out that there was a significant lag between the anycast video & BT audio. My 'TV' is actually a PC monitor, so getting audio out of HDMI is not possible
THen a friend suggested an MXQ pro, and I have been exploring the different android TV boxes out there, and they seem to be good enough to do the job.
My Main three uses for this setup will be
1. Playing Nursery rhymes for my son from youtube
2. Playing internet radio via tunein for my mom
3. Weekend movies - either downloaded or from a streaming service like hotstar
4. Occasional tv series viewing (rare)
Another possibility is using this as my main media player, but generally i have not found media centre type players very useful because most of my audio collection is not tagged properly, and i prefer to use folders to select album, drag and drop it into a playlist and then play - Currently I use foobar with explorer view and i find the UI perfect. Most of the media players i have tried tend to force you into the genre-artist-album view which is kinda unusable for my collection.
Raspberry Pi seems interesting, but there seems to be a fair amount of setup needed to make things work the way i want it, while the android box, while not perfect, seems to offer a lot of out of the box functionality
also, I am not really interested in kodi, or video streaming as the main functionality. My parents are used to using an android UI and apps, so looking for something that can replicate the look and feel
But I am told an Rpi based setup would be more reliable, and the software is more stable. I have a spare PCM2704 usb dac lying around, so hopefully that should take care of teh tv box's audio quality - I am looking for something cheap and cheerful
I had also bought an HDMI - Wifi Anycast dongle, only to find out that there was a significant lag between the anycast video & BT audio. My 'TV' is actually a PC monitor, so getting audio out of HDMI is not possible
THen a friend suggested an MXQ pro, and I have been exploring the different android TV boxes out there, and they seem to be good enough to do the job.
My Main three uses for this setup will be
1. Playing Nursery rhymes for my son from youtube
2. Playing internet radio via tunein for my mom
3. Weekend movies - either downloaded or from a streaming service like hotstar
4. Occasional tv series viewing (rare)
Another possibility is using this as my main media player, but generally i have not found media centre type players very useful because most of my audio collection is not tagged properly, and i prefer to use folders to select album, drag and drop it into a playlist and then play - Currently I use foobar with explorer view and i find the UI perfect. Most of the media players i have tried tend to force you into the genre-artist-album view which is kinda unusable for my collection.
Raspberry Pi seems interesting, but there seems to be a fair amount of setup needed to make things work the way i want it, while the android box, while not perfect, seems to offer a lot of out of the box functionality
also, I am not really interested in kodi, or video streaming as the main functionality. My parents are used to using an android UI and apps, so looking for something that can replicate the look and feel
But I am told an Rpi based setup would be more reliable, and the software is more stable. I have a spare PCM2704 usb dac lying around, so hopefully that should take care of teh tv box's audio quality - I am looking for something cheap and cheerful