MediaCentre

Project to create a low-cost HD home media network

Requirements and Features

• Silent Front End
• Back End storage and video-capture
• 5.1 surround audio
• 720p HD TV
• Projector
• Later Blu-ray and HD-DVD playback
• Multi-room audio playback
• Multi-renderer media centre
• UPnP support
• Online Catalogue
• Universal Remote Control
• Voice Recognition
• Home Automation integration
• Arcade and console Games

Research

• Network Receivers

Status

Renderers

Device	Video AVI	Video VOB	Video MKV	Video MP4?	Video DVD	Video HD	Video meta	Video SRT (AVI)	Video SRT (MP4?)	Music	Album art	Photos
OSMC	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
XiosDS XBMC	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
AppleTV XBMC	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
MotoG	yes			yes
ZteBlade	yes			yes
MotoG5	??			??

Controllers

Device	See Renderers	Multi-R1	Synchronous-R2
KindleFire7	yes	yes
TescoHudl2	yes	yes
MotoG5	no	yes

1 Is it easy to switch between multiple renderers? ⇑

2 Can the same stream be sent to multiple renderers simultaneously? ⇑

Obsolete Devices

Renderers

Device	Video AVI	Video VOB	Video MKV	Video MP4?	Video DVD	Video HD	Video meta	Video SRT (AVI)	Video SRT (MP4?)	Music	Album art	Photos
Archos80Cobalt XBMC	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
MythTV	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	?	yes
AppleTV	~	yes	yes1	yes	~2	no	no	yes	no	yes	yes
Boxee	yes	?	?	yes	?	no	?	?	?	yes	yes	yes
MediaCloud?	yes	yes		yes	no	no	no	?	?	no	no	no
PS3	~3	no	no	yes4	no	?	no	no	no	mp3	no	yes
N770	yes5	no	no	no 6	no	no	no	-	-	yes	no	yes

1 Some dropped frames, seek issues ⇑

2 NitoTV? works sometimes ⇑

3 Only some ⇑

4 But some issues ⇑

5 transcoded ⇑

6 Needs per-device transcoding ⇑

Controllers

Device	See Renderers	Multi-R	Synchronous-R
N770
MotoG	no	yes
ZteBlade
Archos80Cobalt	yes	yes