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
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 |