2024-12-09, 19:10
(2024-12-09, 12:31)jbinkley60 Wrote: This is not surprising and partially why, back on post 29 of this thread, I indicated that I have chosen to stick with the 2 box approach: one for online streaming and the second for my local streaming. The stability and control it provides for my local streaming isn't dependent upon stuff I can't control (ii.e Google antics etc..) and with my Mezzmo solution my Kodi boxes don't need Internet access. Only Linux and Windows for local clients running Kodi. Mezzmo clients running the Mezzmo Android app are separate.
My local streaming is totally self-contained, stable and secure. I realize this may preclude Dolby Vision support but I can live with that. I think we will see, as you and others have indicated, a further divergence between local and online streaming of content.
i was on a multi device setup prior to the release of the Cube Gen3 because the Gen2 couldn't do Kodi things well enough for me
things were looking better when it was released, more powerful CPU meant no lag in Kodi so duties changes and i eliminated a LibreELEC PC
with the eliminated libreleec it was down to 90% Cube use, 10% UHD BD Player because i didn't yet have the capability to copy 4K discs
once i sat down and figured out how to patch the firmware on my BD Drive i use for copying so that it was capable of 4K copies
then the UHD player use dropped to 0.01% use and was also eliminated
with the elimination of the player the Harmony remote was eliminated as well as an HDMI switch since now we're using a single device
once the player was eliminated, cracks started showing in Kodi regarding audio tracks namely TrueHD and DTSX, with the efforts of fritsch and hdmkv as well as other testers these were resolved and life was good again
then i noticed i was missing DV playback on some movies, which i hadn't payed attention to because i was still using a samsung tv without DV any way
solving DV playback and getting to see the actual difference was night and day, i finally had "truely" replaced that UHD BD Player with Kodi+Cube Gen3
fast forward a little more than 2 years and it is starting to look like all that effort is getting wiped away a little at a time and it's just a little disheartening
