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Raspberry Pi 3 and openelec
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11-03-2016 3:02pm#1
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illdoit2morrow wrote: »I've a Pi2 myself but ordered the pi3 with openelec from thepihut for no reason at all.
It'll be interesting to see what the difference is between the two.
I've a pi 1 lying around now doing nothing, i'll have to see if i can put it to use doing something pointless.
I am interested to see how the 2 & 3 compare for you.
The Pi would make a nice LAN music server
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i think openelec development is kind of grinding to a halt now, due to the libreelec fork (internal disputes on the direction to take future development i believe), and most of the openelec devs (aside from the main guy and maybe one or two others) are now all working on the libreelec team. can anyone say mutiny?
seems like the best device for libreelec right now is the odroid c2 which is essentially a souped up version of the pi, with similar specs to the current gen android tv boxes, so an s905 cpu (supposedly at 2ghz, but seems to actually be throttled to 1.5ghz), mali-450 gpu and 2gb/16gb ram/rom etc. with a 1gbps ethernet onboard and hdmi2 too, for 4k output, unlike the 1808p on the pi3, plus extra options like a much faster emmc module to use instead of a microsd for faster booting etc. only downside is no onboard wifi or bt, but other than that, it kicks the pi3's ar$e all day long.
it does all the cec stuff so you might not even need BT and if you have gb ethernet you might not need wifi either, but theres 4 usb slots (i think maybe even usb3 too?) so you should be good either way.
i was planning on getting one to test, but i just bought 4 different android tv boxes so i have my hands full atm! 0 -
i think openelec development is kind of grinding to a halt now, due to the libreelec fork (internal disputes on the direction to take future development i believe), and most of the openelec devs (aside from the main guy and maybe one or two others) are now all working on the libreelec team. can anyone say mutiny?
seems like the best device for libreelec right now is the odroid c2 which is essentially a souped up version of the pi, with similar specs to the current gen android tv boxes, so an s905 cpu (supposedly at 2ghz, but seems to actually be throttled to 1.5ghz), mali-450 gpu and 2gb/16gb ram/rom etc. with a 1gbps ethernet onboard and hdmi2 too, for 4k output, unlike the 1808p on the pi3, plus extra options like a much faster emmc module to use instead of a microsd for faster booting etc. only downside is no onboard wifi or bt, but other than that, it kicks the pi3's ar$e all day long.
it does all the cec stuff so you might not even need BT and if you have gb ethernet you might not need wifi either, but theres 4 usb slots (i think maybe even usb3 too?) so you should be good either way.
i was planning on getting one to test, but i just bought 4 different android tv boxes so i have my hands full atm!
Did I read that there is no RTC in the C2?
With the CPU limited to 1.5Ghz it is not much faster than the Pi 3's 1.2Ghz
The C2 has the advantage of faster ethernet 1Gb/s / 100Mb/s and 2GB RAM versus 1GB on the Pi 3.
The Pi 3 scores with on board Wifi and BT, and probably most importantly for many, much better community support and variety.
Maybe the Pi 4 will have 2GB ram and 1Gb/s ethernet
For the present, my preference is the Pi 3 for home use.0 -
Johnboy1951 wrote: »i think openelec development is kind of grinding to a halt now, due to the libreelec fork (internal disputes on the direction to take future development i believe), and most of the openelec devs (aside from the main guy and maybe one or two others) are now all working on the libreelec team. can anyone say mutiny?
seems like the best device for libreelec right now is the odroid c2 which is essentially a souped up version of the pi, with similar specs to the current gen android tv boxes, so an s905 cpu (supposedly at 2ghz, but seems to actually be throttled to 1.5ghz), mali-450 gpu and 2gb/16gb ram/rom etc. with a 1gbps ethernet onboard and hdmi2 too, for 4k output, unlike the 1808p on the pi3, plus extra options like a much faster emmc module to use instead of a microsd for faster booting etc. only downside is no onboard wifi or bt, but other than that, it kicks the pi3's ar$e all day long.
it does all the cec stuff so you might not even need BT and if you have gb ethernet you might not need wifi either, but theres 4 usb slots (i think maybe even usb3 too?) so you should be good either way.
i was planning on getting one to test, but i just bought 4 different android tv boxes so i have my hands full atm!
Did I read that there is no RTC in the C2?
With the CPU limited to 1.5Ghz it is not much faster than the Pi 3's 1.2Ghz
The C2 has the advantage of faster ethernet 1Gb/s / 100Mb/s and 2GB RAM versus 1GB on the Pi 3.
The Pi 3 scores with on board Wifi and BT, and probably most importantly for many, much better community support and variety.
Maybe the Pi 4 will have 2GB ram and 1Gb/s ethernet
For the present, my preference is the Pi 3 for home use.
Vibe, Johnny, you ever set Pi up as a media server? For music I have been using RuneAudio, but would like one for all media.0 -
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Johnboy1951 wrote: »Did I read that there is no RTC in the C2?
With the CPU limited to 1.5Ghz it is not much faster than the Pi 3's 1.2Ghz
The C2 has the advantage of faster ethernet 1Gb/s / 100Mb/s and 2GB RAM versus 1GB on the Pi 3.
The Pi 3 scores with on board Wifi and BT, and probably most importantly for many, much better community support and variety.
Maybe the Pi 4 will have 2GB ram and 1Gb/s ethernet
For the present, my preference is the Pi 3 for home use.
That won't happen unless they decide to add more bulk to the board by adding an actual Ethernet controller.
Ethernet so far runs through the USB bridge and the controller is emulated with software - hence the speed limitations.0 -
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