apple tv or nvidia shield?

animishticomb · 2024-11-20T20:37:27+0530

Mo

superczar said:
Kodi was never properly forked for atv.
There is a sad fork called mrmc but it's useless for all practical purposes.

There are several alternatives though, some better on some fronts, some worse..
I was a heavy Kodi user myself till about 2015/16 or so.
Now I can't stand using it on any platform.

All i would say is explore other options beyond kodi regardless of your choice of platform or box

Plex or infuse are nowhere near kodi in terms of community support, flexibility, scale etc. Yes if you are an apple user you've to forget kodi and look for alternatives but that doesn't mean you dis kodi... Sounds like sour grapes just coz you chose a restricted platform where kodi can't work properly

codwapeace · 2024-11-20T21:07:55+0530

Plex app is horrible on Apple TV. Don't buy it for Plex. There is inconsistent audio delay depending on the video. Other than Plex, it is perfect for OTT. Nothing comes close. Shield is so laggy compared to Apple TV.

superczar · 2024-11-20T21:43:31+0530

animishticomb said:
Mo

Plex or infuse are nowhere near kodi in terms of community support, flexibility, scale etc. Yes if you are an apple user you've to forget kodi and look for alternatives but that doesn't mean you dis kodi... Sounds like sour grapes just coz you chose a restricted platform where kodi can't work properly

I use a dune homatics box,fire cube , fire stick and atv 4K.
I wouldnt use kodi on any.
Used kodi extensively in the 2000s and 2010s. Even built a couple of custom HTPCs for it and also evangelised kodi the way you are doing now

It has way too many issues now , esp with newer requirements ( dynamic range switching in particular) for it to be of any use for me now.
I keep giving it a spin once every few years in the hope that it would have improved- the last attempt being on a fairly decent mini PC earlier this year
But it is simply not comparable any more to the far more modern alternatives out there.

Maybe some of you may have edge use cases that it can serve - for pretty much everything else, Kodi is simply archaic now

codwapeace said:
Plex app is horrible on Apple TV. Don't buy it for Plex. There is inconsistent audio delay depending on the video. Other than Plex, it is perfect for OTT. Nothing comes close. Shield is so laggy compared to Apple TV.

Try Vidi if you use Tor**nt streaming. Vidi on its own is excellent. And killer if paired with Infuse

altair21 · 2024-11-20T22:12:10+0530

superczar said:
I use a dune homatics box,fire cube , fire stick and atv 4K.
I wouldnt use kodi on any.
Used kodi extensively in the 2000s and 2010s. Even built a couple of custom HTPCs for it and also evangelised kodi the way you are doing now

what are you using these days? Jellyfin has really improved a lot compared to even just a few years ago, all my main gripes with it are mostly solved now

nikola · 2024-11-20T22:51:55+0530

thechordmaster said:
if you could spare a bit more, buy a tiny pc for 5-6k, slap an external hard drive (2tb) and run your own streaming server...

yea, i was thinking to do it but some elders in my family dont know how to use anything else than a single remote.

TinTinSnowy · 2024-11-20T23:12:23+0530

My favorite is JioSTB because of convenience. No need to login into any OTT as they auto login due to the OTT subscriptions being bundled from their Internet plan.

nikola · 2024-11-20T23:17:43+0530

TinTinSnowy said:
My favorite is JioSTB because of convenience. No need to login into any OTT as they auto login due to the OTT subscriptions being bundled from their Internet plan.

I already have Airtel BB and STB but problem is some streaming apps i use that are not available on Jio/Airtel STB only available on android and apple.

TinTinSnowy · 2024-11-20T23:27:12+0530

nikola said:
I already have Airtel BB and STB but problem is some streaming apps i use that are not available on Jio/Airtel STB only available on android and apple.

It's sad to see there is a lot of gap in this area. Successor of Nvidia Shield is yet to be seen. Mi Box 4K successor never landed in India. We don't have a good 20 USD device like Walmart's Onn Box. It's aftv and then straight jump to shield and apple tv. Those options are not fulfiling also.

superczar · 2024-11-20T23:28:28+0530

altair21 said:
what are you using these days? Jellyfin has really improved a lot compared to even just a few years ago, all my main gripes with it are mostly solved now

For any kind of local streaming needs, I have shifted almost entirely to Stremio + RD on Android and Vidi + Infuse on ATV (Infuse is optional but Vidi can't di atoms passthrough )

For one off playback of LAN only files, I use Infuse on ATV and plex on droids

TinTinSnowy said:
It's sad to see there is a lot of gap in this area. Successor of Nvidia Shield is yet to be seen. Mi Box 4K successor never landed in India. We don't have a good 20 USD device like Walmart's Onn Box. It's atv and then straight jump to shield and apple tv. Those options are not fulfiling also.

FTV 4K Max, cube and ATV tick pretty much all the boxes. The pricier options do give you more fluid interface but the 4K max is also pretty decent
I also quite like the Dune homatics box but its pricier than It should be .
What do you find amiss with the current options?

nikola · 2024-11-20T23:39:03+0530

TinTinSnowy said:
It's sad to see there is a lot of gap in this area. Successor of Nvidia Shield is yet to be seen. Mi Box 4K successor never landed in India. We don't have a good 20 USD device like Walmart's Onn Box. It's aftv and then straight jump to shield and apple tv. Those options are not fulfiling also.

Yes, In USA you have many cheap options for everything. And technology gap btw ATV and other streaming box is big.

raksrules · 2024-11-21T10:37:19+0530

superczar said:
Kodi was never properly forked for atv.
There is a sad fork called mrmc but it's useless for all practical purposes.

There are several alternatives though, some better on some fronts, some worse..
I was a heavy Kodi user myself till about 2015/16 or so.
Now I can't stand using it on any platform.

All i would say is explore other options beyond kodi regardless of your choice of platform or box

I used Kodi extensively when I was in US and wanted access to Indian content. The reason I still use Kodi is because I don't have any cable / dth connection at home at all. Everything is streamed. I watch shows on Jio Cinema (which actually come on colors etc) but using Kodi addon as I can control playback speed (we tend to watch at about 1.3x) and get no ads. For the 2-3 Live TV channels we watch (MTV Beats and Zoom) that too only on weekend morning for songs, I use the JioTV addon in Kodi.

I also don't have any OTT subscriptions and even my prime is the shopping edition.

For any others shows, it is all the "rr" apps suite + transmission + jellyfin on my RPi4.

altair21 · 2024-11-21T11:34:57+0530

raksrules said:
I used Kodi extensively when I was in US and wanted access to Indian content. The reason I still use Kodi is because I don't have any cable / dth connection at home at all. Everything is streamed. I watch shows on Jio Cinema (which actually come on colors etc) but using Kodi addon as I can control playback speed (we tend to watch at about 1.3x) and get no ads. For the 2-3 Live TV channels we watch (MTV Beats and Zoom) that too only on weekend morning for songs, I use the JioTV addon in Kodi.

I also don't have any OTT subscriptions and even my prime is the shopping edition.

For any others shows, it is all the "rr" apps suite + transmission + jellyfin on my RPi4.

trackers or usenet?

raksrules · 2024-11-21T11:42:38+0530

altair21 said:
trackers or usenet?

Public trackers configured / selected using Prowlarr app that gets synced to sonarr / radarr.