- Apr 26, 2001
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I just got hold of a couple of Raspberry Pi 2 systems and I've loaded them with OpenELEC 5.0.8 (a lightweight Kodi distribution) for use as media boxes. I never got the original Raspberry Pi because they were kind of slow for this purpose, but I'm loving the Pi2.
In the living room with my main HT system I'm using the Pi2 in a Flirc case (this is a really nice case, looks just like a smaller Intel NUC) and the Flirc IR receiver, which works great with my Harmony One remote.
In the den I have another Pi2 with OpenELEC in a more basic case, this time just using HDMI CEC with the remote for the Sony TV, which works really well except there's no remote key that corresponds to the Kodi context menu, which is annoying. From what I've read this should be fixable by doing some text hacking in the Kodi config.
I'm still trying to figure out if I should purchase the MPEG2 hardware decoder license or if it makes much difference with the Pi2 horsepower.
In the living room with my main HT system I'm using the Pi2 in a Flirc case (this is a really nice case, looks just like a smaller Intel NUC) and the Flirc IR receiver, which works great with my Harmony One remote.
In the den I have another Pi2 with OpenELEC in a more basic case, this time just using HDMI CEC with the remote for the Sony TV, which works really well except there's no remote key that corresponds to the Kodi context menu, which is annoying. From what I've read this should be fixable by doing some text hacking in the Kodi config.
I'm still trying to figure out if I should purchase the MPEG2 hardware decoder license or if it makes much difference with the Pi2 horsepower.
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