LehighBri 19 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I currently have the original Pi model B and while I use the Kodi addon a ton, it is pretty darn slow with a number of things (but functionally it works great). I just ordered the new Raspberry Pi 2 but looks like it's significantly backordered. For anyone lucky enough to have a Pi2 already, can you report back on your experience with the Kodi addon. Is it fast? Snappy? Anything slow or noticeable lag about it? Mainly just looking for some anecdotes, but definitely expecting some significant speed improvements from the new Pi2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Which skin are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LehighBri 19 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Which skin are you using? Default Confluence skin that comes with Kodi. Note this thread is less about looking backwards, I'm just curious to get anecdotes on how things are on the Pi2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krasv 1 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I've just replaced an old Pi with the new 2 model B. Speed increase is definetly noticeable. Primary use case is watching livetv using openelec and the vnsi pvr client, but I'm also using the (former xbmb3c) mediabrowser addon to watch transcoded tv shows and movies. Transcoding is required, because the pi only has wlan access. Currently using 1080xfMB3 skin, which is reacting quite snappy. The only negative thing worth noting is the time it takes to open my complete (unfiltered) movie library of 1600 movies - this takes over 1 minutes regardless of skin used. I have not tested eliminating the wlan bottleneck yet, but I'd expect a big speed increase using gbit lan. As reference - my main htpc (haswell i3) with gbit loads this collection without any noticable delay on the same skin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im85288 1493 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Interesting to hear, I may get some to replace my kids Roku 3's due to the lack of a non windows Live TV Backend and the fact that Live TV is far better supported in Kodi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobsterUK 22 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Transcoding is required, because the pi only has wlan access. What speed is your WiFi running? I am thinking about getting a Pi 2 but I was under the impression that it would transcode movies on the fly. Is that only the case on wired ethernet? As that could be a deal breaker for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 @@RobsterUK - if you want to run Kodi, I *really* recommend you get a NUC instead(lowest end you can find) - unless $$ is a huge issue. xnappo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobsterUK 22 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Thanks for the heads up, and before purchase I will research all options. But if Pi2 will run Kodi OK & play without server needing to transcode, then I think small footprint and low cost is best for the intended use for me. ( I do need to keep cost to a minimum tbh). Although I must admit the NUC does look good for the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 There has been a lot of progress with DLNA and Kodi - you might use that instead. You can set up your skin just to use it for the 1600 movie collection and use the addon for other aspects.. The DLNA browsing is much faster because there is no Python involved. xnappo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krasv 1 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Thanks for the dlna tip - gonna stick with that for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Yeah, as far as I can tell the only disadvantage is less meta-data and no progress/watched tracking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_slayer 103 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) Just asking at this point Have we reached the stage where a python library replacement in Kodi is at it's nearest-to-optimum state that we are going to call it quits for non x86 boxes? The only path forward for arm is really a library-backend-native-c project? Upnp doesn't seem like it will ever satisfy my wants/needs by its nature. UPNP has improved some in Kodi, but to be totally honest it feels no better than what hippojay did with PlexBMC years ago. You lose disc art, clear art, actors, watched and resume status, non-server-side-built-already sorts Edited February 26, 2015 by dark_slayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) The Kodi team has added custom parameters for all art and meta data to the DLNA client. We are working to add these to the server. You will lose some functionality in manual mark watched and a few other features. You will use this to browse into collections but still use the Python code for widgets etc. This will be optional of course.xnappo [EDIT] Note that things like marked watched may be added later - it will just have to be written differently (looking up currently selected item, finding it on the server, marking watched) Edited February 26, 2015 by xnappo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_slayer 103 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 So yes to the first two questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I hope you appreciate my efforts on this - I have 0 need for it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_slayer 103 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 You always have my appreciation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali3n0id 0 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 How about running MediaBrowser as the server? It's been done in Arch but haven't seen it done in Raspbian yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2611 27 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 There has been a lot of progress with DLNA and Kodi - you might use that instead. You can set up your skin just to use it for the 1600 movie collection and use the addon for other aspects.. The DLNA browsing is much faster because there is no Python involved. xnappo My PI Model B running openElec with the addon shows up in the the mediabrowser web interface as a remote media device, so the way I usually do it is select what I want from my laptop/other device using the web interface and then select the PI as the destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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