Raspberry Pi users?

[enaberif]

What is the general consensus on the pi3 for media center? I am thinking of possibly picking one up but concerned about 1080p playback and DTS output.

 

[lowfat]

What is the general consensus on the pi3 for media center? I am thinking of possibly picking one up but concerned about 1080p playback and DTS output.

It is ok but not great. UI is super bare bones otherwise it can't handle it. Video playback is smooth for h.264. It can't decode H265 w/o buying a license from Broadcom. It can't bitstream HD audio, but it can decode it and play it via multichannel LPCM if you use HDMI.

Should add that you can't use it for Netflix AFAIK. So if you use it, you'll need another solution as well.

 

[enaberif]

It is ok but not great. UI is super bare bones otherwise it can't handle it. Video playback is smooth for h.264. It can't decode H265 w/o buying a license from Broadcom. It can't bitstream HD audio, but it can decode it and play it via multichannel LPCM if you use HDMI.

Should add that you can't use it for Netflix AFAIK. So if you use it, you'll need another solution as well.

Have you tried Semper over Kodi?

 

[lowfat]

Have you tried Semper over Kodi?

SPMC is for Android only afaik. I use it on my Shield.

 

[Shadowmeph]

grr dammit same issue as before I cannot remember or figure out how to share my win10 video folder from my PC to my raspi libre elec I can access other folders that are directly connected to my router but not my PCs video folder even with it shared to everyone .