Menu
Turn the Ultra ON (power button on the remote) and then press CLS(Clear) on remote control or Fn + DEL buttons on remote keyboard repeatedly before the intro screen disappears. Select tab Boot and set as first boot priority your USB Key and press F10 (Save & Exit). If all goes well, you should get the screen.
Xtreamer was a brand of home digital media player and HTPC (Home Theater PC) products. The product line's goal [1] is to replace traditional video players in homes (such as DVD players) with more versatile, but still affordable, players. These players are capable of playing large collections of digital media - movies, music, and photos. The digital files can be streamed (fetched when needed) to the player from the local network (or the Internet), hence the name of the brand. The company has since shut down.
Products[edit]
Xtreamer brand products are sold throughout the world by online sellers, and in some countries also in certain physical stores. However, the product is absent from most electronics stores - a move which the company claims [2] helps reduce the products' prices.
Xtreamer Sidewinder, Xtreamer Pro, and Xtreamer DVD are three configurations of Xtreamer's original media player. All three can play media (movies, music and photos) from a local wired or wireless network, or from an attached USB device. The main difference between the three are in the physical dimensions of the device, and an additional internal storage option: The small and fan-less Sidewinder has room for one 2.5' internal hard disk; The bigger and fan-cooled Pro has room for two 3.5' hard disks, and the DVD has a DVD drive.
Xtreamer Sidewinder 2 and Xtreamer Prodigy are Xtreamer's second generation products. Both are fan-less (like the original Sidewinder); Both add built-in Wi-Fi, Gigabit ethernet, USB 3, a general Web Browser and can connect to a USB keyboard or mouse making it easier to use this browser. The Sidewinder 2 has room for a 2.5' internal hard disk (up to 1 TB), while the Prodigy has room for a 3.5' disk, up to 3 TB. The Prodigy has two additional features: It supports 3D video, and it will [3] be Xtreamer's first product to use Android in addition to Xtreamer's own user interface.
Xtreamer Ultra and 'Xtreamer Ultra 2' are a settop computers based on Nvidia graphics and Intel Atom processors which comes pre-installed with OpenELEC and XBMC media center software for Home Theater PC pre-installed. The first-generation Xtreamer Ultra uses Nvidia Ion chipset with a 1.80 GHz Dual-Core Intel Atom D525 CPU, while the Xtreamer Ultra 2 uses discrete GeForce GT 520M graphics with a 2.13 GHz Dual-Core Intel Atom D2700 CPU.[1][2][3][4]
Xtreamer Wonder and Xtreamer Prodigy4K released in 2015 are Android based media players with HEVC hardware decoding.[5] The Prodigy4K also supports 3D Videos and UHDTV resolution.[6]
eTRAYz is a NAS enclosure, i.e., a device that contains hard disks and serves their content on the local network, to be played by other streamers.
Customer Support Concerns[edit]
Although Xtreamer offers a variety of products on its online store, many concerns about its poor customer support were expressed during the years. The company is known for its ignoring of customers who needed support after buying a product [7] and brutally deleting complaint messages from its forums or Facebook page. Many unhappy clients expressed their disappointment from the service of Xtreamer, both of its main site or local retailers.[8][9][10][11][12]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on November 28, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) XBMC-based embedded Linux distro debuts on HTPC mini-PC
- ^https://archive.is/20130127213637/http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/OpenELEC-and-Xtreamer-Ultra/ XBMC-based embedded Linux distro debuts on HTPC mini-PC
- ^https://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/xtreamer-ultra-htpc-hands-on-and-prodigy-eyes-on/ Xtreamer Ultra HTPC hands-on -- and Prodigy eyes-on
- ^http://www.xtreamer.net/2012/xtreamer-ultra2.html Xtreamer ultra 2
- ^http://www.xtreamer.net/Wonder/specs.html
- ^http://www.xtreamer.net/Prodigy-4k/#specs
- ^http://forums.cnet.com/7723-7596_102-628356/xtreamer-beaware-of-them/?tag=StickyWin_1413054668701;createThreadPopup Case about ignored RMA status
- ^https://www.avforums.com/threads/the-xtreamer-customer-support-thread.1123171/ The xtreamer customer support thread
- ^http://www.hifivision.com/dealer-feedback-review/21752-warning-careful-while-buying-xtreamer-india.html Be careful of Xtreamer India
- ^https://www.avforums.com/threads/warning-to-potential-xtreamer-customers.1111211/ Warning to potential xtreamer customers
- ^http://www.carsforum.co.il/vb/showthread.php?544604-Xtreamer-%D7%90%D7%96%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%94 Warnings about Xtreamer, Israel
- ^http://www.mpcclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24044 Invitation to discuss 'hot' Xtreamer issue
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Xtreamer&oldid=919147624'
Android | Android hardware |
For most high-definition videos (1080p or higher resolution), hardware video decoding is necessary for smooth video playback on most Android devices. Therefor this article contains a list of SoC chipset hardware, (SoC stands for 'System on a Chip' which contain the CPU plus GPU and VPU circuits combination, and is also known as a 'chipset'), as on Android platforms this SoC chipset is what can playback common video codecs smoothly using Kodi/XBMC.
The fact is, while some devices might be able to smoothly decode standard-definition videos and even some 720p or higher resolution videos using only software video decoding with raw CPU compute power, offloading a large part of video decoding tasks to an integrated VPU (Video Processor Unit) that is optimized specifically for this job is considered essential for almost all Android devices to be able to smoothly playback high definition videos.
1 Basic requirements
See also: Supported hardware
It is highly recommended for users to not make any hardware purchases in anticipation of running Kodi on Android without first researching the device you want to buy. Before you do buy, make sure multiple people have verified that it works! If in doubt, do not buy any hardware! |
- Kodi v17 and later requires Android 5.0 or higher.
- x86 (Intel) or a NEON-compatible ARM-processor, (for example: Nvidia Tegra 3 and newer are fully supported by Kodi, while Tegra 2 and older are not).
- The main aim for the Android port of Kodi is to foremost target media-players/set-top-boxes/sticks that connect to a large screen television and uses a standard remote control as its main interface device, (that is the same market as for HTPC).
2 How do I know what chipset I have?
There are so many out there so it can something be difficult to find out, but these are some good websites for looking up the SoC (System on a Chip) chipset used in your Android hardware device:
- http://www.iboum.com - Digital media players
- http://gsmarena.com - Phones
Also as a reference you can compare different SoC (System on a Chip) chipset specifications on system-on-a-chip.findthebest.com as well as in http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GT7I4P8MDlfYvRaL9Wv0NplQJryl54pO_6-9P3g7Fvk/
3 Compatible chipsets
These specific mass-market hardware SoC chipsets listed below should be capable at least partial hardware accelerated video decoding support for the more popular video codecs in the latest official Kodi builds for Android. Also understand that for some devices you might first need to upgrade the hardware firmware image on the device to achieve smooth playback at 1080p or higher resolution. Please contact your hardware manufacturer support for an updated system update firmware and apply that upgrade image before installing Kodi.
These pages are maintained by the community and should not be considered an endorsement or recommendation. The information on this page might contain errors. It might also contain ants, and their antsy antics. * |
A ' | Yes | ' mark indicates that SoC (System-on-a-Chip) chipset should be able to decode those codecs at least 1080p in Kodi without issues. |
Chip manufacturer | SoC chipset | Examples of media players / development boards running Android and using these SoC chipsets with Kodi support | Hardware video decoding | Notes | ||||
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H.264 | MPEG-2 | VC-1 / WMV 9 | HEVC (H.265) | VP9 | ||||
Actions Semi | S500 / ATM7029 / ATM7039S / ATM7059 | Aceberry S500 devboard, ActDuino S500 Development Board, Allo SPARKY board, Kaiboer F5 Plus, LeMaker Guitar, LemonPi, Roseapple Pi Development Board | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Actions Semi | S900 / ATM9009 | 96Boards Bubblegum-96 Development Board | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
ALi | M3733 | GoWarrior Tiger Development Board, Uyesee L100T2, Zidoo D1 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Allwinner | A31 / A31s / A33 | Justop Quadro, Mele A1000G/M8/M9, Measy B4K/U4K, VidOn Box, VidOn.me AV200 | No | No | No | No | No | [1] |
Allwinner | A80 / A83T | Tronsmart Draco AW80, Rikomagic MK80 | No | No | No | No | No | [1] |
Allwinner | H2+ / H3 / H8 | Inphic i8, Orange Pi 2/Plus, Tronsmart Draco H3, Zidoo X1 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | [1] |
Allwinner | H5 / A64 / H64 | Nobel64 Development Board | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | [1] |
Amlogic | AML8726-M1 / AML8726-M3 / AML8726-M6 / AML8726-MX / AML8726-MXS / AML8726-MXL | Pivos XIOS DS/XS, GameStick (by PlayJam), Geniatech ATV1220/ATV520/ATV1610, MyGica ATV420/ATV500/ATV1610, JynxBox M1/M6, Matricom G-Box Midnight MX2, WeTek Play | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
Amlogic | S801 / M802 / S802 / M802 (formerly AML8726-M8) | Geniatech ATV582 / MyGica ATV582, Minix Neo X8/X8-H, Eny Technology ES8, Tronsmart Vega S89/S89-H, Beelink S82/S82H/M8, Xiaomi Mi Box Enhanced | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
Amlogic | S805 / M805 / S806 / M806 / S812 | Eny Technology EM9/M8S/M8C/EM6Q-MXQ, Geniatech ATV585/ATV1810 / MyGica ATV585/ATV1810, Minix NEO X6 /X8-H Plus, Hardkernel ODROID-C1, Ugoos S85, SkyStream X5, Sumvision Cyclone X4, Xtreamer Wonder, Beelink S82 Plus, WeTek Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (8-bit only) | ? | [2] |
Amlogic | S905 | Beelink MINI MX, Geniatech ATV495/ATV1950, MyGica ATV49/ATV1950, Hardkernel ODROID-C2, Ugoos AM1/AM2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
Amlogic | S905D / S905M / S905X / S908 | Xiaomi Mi Box (2016) / Xiaomi Mi Box 3 / Xiaomi Mi Box S (2018) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Amlogic | S912 | Beelink GT1, Eny Technology Enybox X2, Rikomagic MK22, Videostrong KM8 Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Broadcom | BCM2836 / BCM2837 | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ||
Broadcom | BCM28145 / BCM28155 | Amazon Fire TV Stick (2014/2015) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
Broadcom | BCM7250 / BCM7252 / BCM7252s / BCM72502 | Freebox Mini 4K, Infomir MAG350/MAG352, Smart Labs SML-482 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Freescale/NSX | i.MX 6 series (i.MX6 / i.MX6S / i.MX6SL / i.MX6D / i.MX6DL / i.MX6Q) | CompuLab Utilite, SolidRun CuBox-i & CuBoxTV, SolidRun Hummingboard, UDOO Neo/Duo/Quad, Wandboard Solo/Dual/Quad | ? | ? | ? | No | No | |
Freescale/NSX | i.MX 7 series | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
HiSilicon | Hi3798C / Hi3798M | HiMedia H7-II/M3/Q5-4K/Q5-IV/Q5X/Q10-IV, Open Hour Gekco, PixePlay KURO | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
HiSilicon | Hi3798C V200 | HiMedia Q10 Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
HiSilicon | Kirin 620 | LeMaker HiKey Development Board | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Intel | Atom E3815 / E3825 | Intel MinnowBoard MAX Development Board | ? | ? | ? | No | No | |
Intel | Atom x3 / x5 / x7 (x3-C3130 / x3-C3230RK / x3-C3440 / x5-8300 / x5-8500 / x7-8700) | UDOO x86 Development Board (Basic & Advanced), Up Board | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Intel | Atom Z3530 / Z3560 / Z3580 / Z3735 | Google Nexus Player, Minix Neo Z64 | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
Intel | Celeron N3000 / N3050 / N3150, and Pentium N3700 | ASRock Beebox, Gigabyte BRIX | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
Intel | Core M3 6Y30 / M5 6Y54 / M5 6Y57 / M5 6Y75 | Intel Compute Stick | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Marvell | ARMADA 1500 Mini/Pro/Pro4K/Ultra | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
MediaTek | MT5890 | Sony Android TV (2015 and 2016) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (4K TV only) | |
MediaTek | MTK6589 / MT6589 / MT6589T / MT6589M | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ||
MediaTek | MT8127 | Amazon Fire Tablet (7', 2015), Amazon Fire TV Stick with Alexa (2016) | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
MediaTek | MT8173 | Amazon Fire TV (2015) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
MediaTek | MT8685 / MT8685A / MT8685B | UTStarcom MT8685/MC8685A/MC8685B, Xiaomi Mi Box Mini | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
MediaTek | MT8693 | Xiaomi Mi Box 3 Pro | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
MStar | MSO9180 / MSO9180D1R / MSO9280 / MSO9810 | Egreat A9, Kaiboer F5/Q6/C9-M, MeLE V10/X2000, UyeSee T1H, Tronsmart Pavo M9, Xtreamer Prodigy, Zidoo X9 | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | |
Nvidia | Tegra 3 | OUYA | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
Nvidia | Tegra 4 / Tegra 4i / Tegra 4s | ZTE FunBox, Mad Catz M.O.J.O., NanoTech Nuvola NP-1 / NP-C / NP-H1, UTStarcom MC8768, Google ADT-1 (Android TV Developer Kit), Nvidia SHIELD Portable | Yes | Yes (CPU) | ? | No | No | |
Nvidia | Tegra K1 (TK1) | Unuiga Game PC U1, Snail Games OBox, UTStarcom MC8718, Nvidia SHIELD Tablet K1 | Yes | Yes (CPU) | ? | No | No | |
Nvidia | Tegra X1 (TX1) | Nvidia SHIELD TV | Yes | Yes (CPU) | Yes (CPU) | Yes | Yes | |
Qualcomm | Snapdragon 210 / 212 | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ||
Qualcomm | Snapdragon 410 / 412 / 415 / 425 / 430 / 435 | DragonBoard 410c (Turn off 'MediaCodec' HW acceleration). Nobel64 Development Board | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | |
Qualcomm | Snapdragon 600 | Amazon Fire TV (2014), Compulab Utilite2, DragonBoard 600c, Inforce 6410Plus Development Board, Intrinsyc Open-Q 600 Development Board | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
Qualcomm | Snapdragon 610 / 615 / 618 / 620 / 625 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
Qualcomm | Snapdragon 617 | Lenovo Moto G4 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Qualcomm | Snapdragon 652 | Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Qualcomm | Snapdragon 800 / 801 / 805 | Razor Forge TV | ? | ? | ? | No | No | |
Qualcomm | Snapdragon 808 / 810 / 820 | HTC M9 (Turn off 'MediaCodec' HW accelleration) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
Qualcomm | Snapdragon S4 | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | ||
Realtek | RTD1195 (RTK 1195) | No | No | No | No | No | [1] | |
Realtek | RTD1295 (RTK 1295) | No | No | No | No | No | [1] | |
Rockchip | RK3066 | Imito MX1/MX2, Minix NeoG4/X5, MK808/802, Ugoos UG802/UG007 | Yes | ? | No | No | No | |
Rockchip | RK3188 | Jesurun DX05, Minix X7, MK802IV, MK809III, MK902, Ugoos UG007B, Tronsmart T428/MK908, CS968, CR11s, J22, GM282, LT88, T-R42, CS919-II, K-R42, CS918, MK888 | Yes | Yes (CPU) | ? | No | No | |
Rockchip | RK3036 / RK3126 / RK3128 / RK3288 | Firefly-RK3288, ChipSpark PopMetal, Uyesee G1H, Nagrace HPH NT-V6, Eny Technology EKB318/EKB328, Kingnovel R6/K-R68, Beelink R28, FireFly FirePrime Development Board, Ugoos UT3/UM3, Rikomagic MK902 II, Measy B4S, Ruach A20s, CloudMedia OpenHour, CloudnetGo CR12/CR13CR16, Tronsmart Orion R28, Youku Box K1, Unuiga Game Box 19-6R | Yes | Yes (CPU) | ? | No | No | |
Rockchip | RK3368 | Beelink i68, CloudnetGo CR18/CR13 Plus, Eny Technology EKB368, Himedia H7 III, Measy B4T, Ruach A20s-H, Rikomagic MK68, Tronsmart Orion R68, Zidoo X6/X6 Pro | Yes | Yes (CPU) | Yes (CPU) | No | No | |
Rockchip | RK3228 / RK3228B / RK3228H | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ||
Rockchip | RK3229 / RK3399 | Firefly-RK3399, MXQ-4K | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
Samsung | Exynos 3 Single (formerly Exynos 3110) | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | ||
Samsung | Exynos 4 Dual/Quad series (formerly Exynos 4210 / 4212 /4412 / 4418) | Hardkernel ODROID-U3/U2/X2, FriendlyARM NanoPC-T1/NanoPC-T2 | Yes | Yes (CPU) | Yes (CPU) | No | No | |
Samsung | Exynos 5 Hexa/Octa series (Exynos 5260 / 5410/ 5420 / 5422) | Hardkernel ODROID-XU/XU2/XU3/XU3 Lite, Arndale Octa | Yes | Yes (CPU) | Yes (CPU) | No | No | |
Samsung | Exynos 7 Octa series (Exynos 7410 / 7420 / 7870) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
Samsung | Exynos 7 Octa (Exynos 5433) | Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 (SM-T815) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
Samsung | Exynos 8 Octa series (Exynos 8890) | Samsung Galaxy S7 (Europe) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Samsung | S5P6818 (Octa Core) | FriendlyARM NanoPi M3 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Telechips | TCC898x | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
Texas Instruments | OMAP4430 / OMAP4440 / OMAP5430 / OMAP5432 | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | ||
Texas Instruments | Sitara AM3358 / AM3359 | BeagleBoard Black | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Texas Instruments | Sitara AM5728 | BeagleBoard-X15 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
4 Common codecs currently without hardware decoding in Kodi
Videos encoded with these codecs can only be played back in Kodi using software video decoding using CPU, meaning no decoding tasks are offloaded to optimized VPU or GPU hardware. Many videos may still play back just fine at standard definition resolutions, while others might have severe issues with playback.
As platforms with faster CPUs come out for Android software video decoding using CPU will get better, but do not expect miracles from the average Android box. It still all can depend on how demanding the decoding of that particular video encoding is or how high resolution it uses, and how powerful the CPU is.
- H.264 Hi10P - No hardware decoders for Hi10P (High 10 Profile, also known 10-bit H.264) currently exist for any ARM hardware. Most H.264 Hi10P videos will not play smoothly as most ARM CPUs are just not powerful enough to software decode it fast enough.
- H.264 MVC - No open source software decoder or hardware decoding for MVC (Multiview Video Coding) stereoscopic 3D video decoding currently exist for Kodi on any platform. Kodi relies on FFmpeg for software demuxing and decoding, so Kodi have to wait for FFmpeg to first add software decoding support of MVC for H.264, and for hardware decoding Kodi relies on the SoC chipset hardware manufacturer to add support for this to their SDK (Software Developer Kits) and for the media player box manufacturers to implement that into their firmware images.
- H.265 MVC (HEVC MVC) - No open source software decoder or hardware decoding for MVC (Multiview Video Coding) stereoscopic 3D video decoding currently exist for Kodi on any platform. Kodi relies on FFmpeg for software demuxing and decoding, so Kodi have to wait for FFmpeg to first add software decoding support of MVC for H.265 (HEVC), and for hardware decoding Kodi relies on the SoC chipset hardware manufacturer to add support for this to their SDK (Software Developer Kits) and for the media player box manufacturers to implement that into their firmware images.
- RealVideo/RMVB (RV 8/9/10) - There is currently no support in Kodi for RealVideo hardware video decoding, though software decoding of RMVB videos is possible via FFmpeg but can struggle with high definition sources on older or low-end hardware.
- VP8 (WebM v1 video) and VP9 (WebM v2 video) - There is currently no support in Kodi for VP8 hardware video decoding, though software decoding of VP8 videos is possible via FFmpeg but can struggle with high definition sources on older or low-end hardware. Most hardware manufacturers have not even implemented API support for VP8 decoding in the firmware images of Android for their devices, and this is despite the fact that the WebM project licenses VP8 hardware accelerators (RTL IP) to semiconductor companies for 1080p encoding and decoding at zero cost. Nvidia and Rockchip and a few other less known companies does however provide hardware decoding of VP8 in their SoCs, for Tegra 4 and RK29xx respectivly. ARM, Broadcom, Texas Instruments, and Qualcomm as well as ZiiLABS, ST-Ericsson, and Huawei have all announced upcoming support for hardware acceleration of the WebM format and VP8/VP9 codecs. Intel have also let its intention known that they will add hardware-based acceleration for WebM and VP8/VP9 codecs in its future Atom-based chips if the format gains popularity. VP9 does howver to this date not appear to have hardware decoding support in all but the very newest ARM SoCs for Android, such as exanple Nvidia Tegra X1 (TX1) used in Nvidia Shield TV.
5 Notes
- ↑ 1.01.11.21.31.41.5Warning for open source violators that do not comply with Kodi's GPL license! There are a few SoC manufacturers, like example Allwinner and Realtek or media player using their chipsets, that violate the GPL license that Kodi (and XBMC before) is bound under. This type of violation done by forking and not releasing all source code that they integrate into Kodi / XBMC when they modify or add closed source code or non-complatible code. This is because Kodi's code is bound under an open source license that require that all code integrating with Kodi's own GPL project is also releasing under a GPL compatible license. Other that hurting the Kodi project by not contributing as required, the risk for end-users buying hardware that rely on open source violations is not getting any support for the official Kodi project.
- ↑Some SoC's hardware video decoders like the one in Amlogic S805/M805/S806/M806/S812 and Rockchip RK3288/RK3368 are limited to only supporting the Main HEVC (H.265) profile, which means that they only support 8-bit color range and lower bit-rate, and they do therefor not support the Main10 HEVC or Main12 profiles which is uses for 10-bit and 12-bit color ranges respectivly, which also require support for higher bit-rates. This usually also means that they will not be capable of playing HEVC videos encoded in 4K (2160p) resolution at 60 FPS (frames per second). For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding_tiers_and_levels
6 Device specific info
Here are a few device-specific guides/help areas that the community has provided.
These pages are maintained by the community and should not be considered an endorsement or recommendation. Device pages are made when there's a bunch of useful information for a particular device, and someone takes the time to make that page. Keep in mind, some devices simply don't need a page of specific information, but are still excellent devices. * |
- Amazon Fire TV
Amazon Fire TV (first and second-generations) is a series of Android-based (Fire OS) set-top-box that contains a powerful ARM processor (that can even handle some of the more heavy Kodi skins). First released in 2014, Amazon's Fire TV series stands above some of the other Android-based offerings due to Amazon's strong product support and because it contains more remote friendly versions of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and other video service clients, which generally makes it a good pairing with Kodi. |
- CompuLab Utilite
CompuLab Utilite multi-purpose ARM-based mini-computer that is capable of running either Kodi on Android or on Linux, both using firmware images provided by CompuLab development team and third-parties of which many comes with Kodi pre-installed. |
- Google Nexus Player
Nexus Player is an x86-64 (64-bit Intel Atom CPU) based Android digital media player co-developed by Google and Asus. Running the Android 5.0 'Lollipop' operating system, this Nexus Player was the first device to employ Google's Android TV platform. |
- MK808B Plus
MK808B Plus (not to be confused with the very different MK808 or MK808B), is a small inexpensive ARM-based Android 'stick' hardware that uses an Amlogic S805 SoC chipset. MK808B Plus is also able to run Kodi on Linux using unofficial third-party firmware images of example OpenELEC. While the integrated WiFi support in it is pretty sucky, for about $35 USD, the MK808B Plus is a fairly good value as a decent 1080p set-top box device that can decode most popular used video codecs today, including HEVC (H.265). |
- NVIDIA SHIELD TV
NVIDIA SHIELD TV (originally known as SHIELD Console) is an Android-based set-top box and game console that contains a very powerful ARM processor, (that is able to handle the most heavy of Kodi skins and more). It is one of the first Android based devices featuring high-end media playback capabilities such as of and support high-definition audio at up to 192 kHz, 23.976 Hz support with automatic refresh rate switching, 10-bit HEVC (H.265), and VP9 video codecs, and 4K UltraHD (2160p) resolution with HDR via HDMI 2.0b output support for Kodi. |
- OUYA
OUYA is an Android-based game console and set-top-box that contains a Nvidia Tegra based ARM-processor that can handle most Kodi skins, in addition to outputting video in Full HD (1080p). |
- Pivos XIOS XS
Pivos XIOS XS (or 'XIOS XS Media Play') is an ARM-based media player set-top box that can currently run Kodi on Android, and in the future might also be able to run Kodi on Linux using unofficial third-party image firmware, similar to its predecessor Pivos XIOS DS. This Pivos XIOS XS and its predecessor Pivos XIOS DS doesn't need to be jailbroken and was previously both reference hardware target for Kodi on Android development. While Pivos XIOS DS only had a single CPU core and performed roughly at the level as a jailbroken ATV2, Pivos XIOS XS have a dual-core CPU which can perform about twice as fast as its predecessor. Both also come with comes with USB ports, micro-SD card, Ethernet port, integrated WiFi, and a remote control. |
- Razer Forge TV
Razer Forge TV is an ARM-processor based Android digital media player running the Android 5.0 'Lollipop' operating system using Google's Android TV platform. |
- SolidRun CuBox-i
CuBox-i series (which includes CuBoxTV) is SolidRun's second-generation family of multi-purpose ARM-based mini-computers that is capable of running either Kodi on Android or on Linux, both using firmware images provided by SolidRun development team and third-parties of which many comes with Kodi pre-installed. |
- SolidRun Hummingboard
Hummingboard is SolidRun's ARM-based development board that is capable of running either Kodi on Android or on Linux, both using firmware images provided by SolidRun development team and third-parties of which many comes with Kodi pre-installed. With its hardware built around the same SolidRun MicroSOM platform as the SolidRun CuBox-i series, it uses scalable and open source friendly Freescale i.MX6 family of SoC (System-on-Chip) ranging from a single to quad ARM Cortex-A9 processor cores, 2D/3D hardware graphics processing unit, video decoding and encoding acceleration hardware, and HDMI 1.4 1080p 3D output support. |
- UDOO
UDOO is a series of Freescale i.MX 6 single-board computers integrated with a Arduino 2 compatible microcontroller, primarily designed for the education of computer science, the world of makers and the Internet of Things. The product was initially launched on Kickstarter at April 2013 reaching wide consensus, with three models of UDOO available: UDOO Dual Basic, UDOO Dual, UDOO Quad, respectively priced at $99, $115, $135 at launch. |
- Wandboard
Wandboard is an ARM-based development board that is capable of running either Kodi on Android or on Linux, both using firmware images provided by WandboardWandboard development team and third-parties of which many comes with Kodi pre-installed. Wandboard uses scalable and open source friendly Freescale i.MX6 family of SoC (System-on-Chip) ranging from a single to quad ARM Cortex-A9 processor cores, 2D/3D hardware graphics processing unit, video decoding and encoding acceleration hardware, and HDMI 1.4 1080p 3D output support. |
- WeTek Core
WeTek Core is an ARM-based media player device that can currently run either Kodi on Android or on Linux, both using official first-party firmware images provided by WeTek and OpenELEC development teams which comes with Kodi pre-installed. |
- WeTek Play
WeTek Play (also sold as an WeTek OpenELEC edition) is an ARM-based media player device that can currently run either Kodi on Android or on Linux, both using official first-party firmware images provided by WeTek and OpenELEC development teams which comes with Kodi pre-installed. WeTek Play is also one of the first Kodi based set-top box devices that have support for integrated ATSC and DVB TV-tuners, which are currently fully functional via plug-and-play under Android and Linux in combination with Tvheadend PVR backend or VDR PVR backend and its matching PVR client addon for Kodi. |
- Xiaomi Mi Box
Xiaomi Mi Box and Xiaomi Mi Box S from Xiaomi here specifically refers to the 2016 released Xiaomi Mi Box with Android TV 6.0 and its successor the Xiaomi Mi Box S released in 2018 with Android TV 8.1, both includes a bluetooth voice remote with microphone for Google Assistant support. This is an affordable 4K UltraHD (2160p) resolution capable Android TV box based on Amlogic S905X SoC that as of yet, as an Android TV box, Xiaomi have given the impression that the firmware for these two boxes will be better maintained and supported in the long-run than most other Android TV boxes out there. |
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