I strongly encourage you to look at other solutions than the NUC. It’s the most mature media client software there is, supporting every kind of format. START HERE - Pick the Right Kodi Box (updated September 2017)Īs you can see, no client hardware supports everything out of the box, despite from the software standpoint, Kodi pretty much does. Here is a list of recommended Kodi clients from the official Kodi forums to give you an idea: Depending on how much of a AV nerd you are, how important audio and video quality is to you, how good your AV gear is etc., investing more money in the client can make sense, although there are affordable clients supporting most “exotic” formats natively, too. The mainstream clients like the FireTV do support most audio and video formats natively, but not all of them. Transcoding always implies a loss of quality. It’s not about doing transcoding on the frontend, but the client supporting most / all formats natively so transcoding isn’t necessary, no matter where the transcoding happens (in case of media servers like Plex, always in the backend). Plex does offer a official Kodi plugin, but it’s a bit crap, as it ruins one of the best things about Kodi - the adaptability.
Kodi Integration with Emby is considerably better, as the Emby developers themselves have coded it. Unfortunately, it does not work flawlessly with Plex as a backend (using the third party “PlexKodiConnect” plugin for Kodi). The software is at least as important, and when it comes to the client side, Kodi is by far the best.
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Or to put it differently: the more of a AV nerd you are, the more potent your media player needs to be.īut it’s not just a question of hardware, there actually are a number of really great Android based ARM powered boxes that cover most of the features.
If that’s the case, investing money in a Intel NUC or other potent HTPC hardware can make sense, as most of the popular media players do lack in one or more of those “special requirements” areas. if you want proper 3D support, HDR Support, or bitsreaming of HD audio formats (Atmos etc.) to your home theatre setup.
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