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I was hopping to reuse the hardware (a Boxee Box) that I have, since it's suppose to play in 1080p, however I'm not sure what distro, etc that it's running or how to access it.
I'm looking for a system where it can play digital copies of DVD's (VOB, etc.) from a NAS/Network drive. I'd also like to have the system separate Movies from TV Shows (and preferably allow me to specify that TV Shows that are from a DVD are to be in the TV Shows section ... Boxee would put the TV Shows from DVD into the Movies section) (examples are in the images below). I'd like it to have the DVD Movie Cover (as shown in the image below), rather than a file tree, for both the Movies & TV Shows. The main purpose of the system (box) would be to play my local content over the network. I do have some Blu-Ray DVD's that haven't been copied yet, so a system that can play those and possibly 4K DVD's at a later date would be nice.
Boxes/mini pc's/single board pc's I've seen mentioned are:
What options would work best for my project, and what system (raspian, etc.) would be best?
I'm looking for a system where it can play digital copies of DVD's (VOB, etc.) from a NAS/Network drive. I'd also like to have the system separate Movies from TV Shows (and preferably allow me to specify that TV Shows that are from a DVD are to be in the TV Shows section ... Boxee would put the TV Shows from DVD into the Movies section) (examples are in the images below). I'd like it to have the DVD Movie Cover (as shown in the image below), rather than a file tree, for both the Movies & TV Shows. The main purpose of the system (box) would be to play my local content over the network. I do have some Blu-Ray DVD's that haven't been copied yet, so a system that can play those and possibly 4K DVD's at a later date would be nice.
Boxes/mini pc's/single board pc's I've seen mentioned are:
- SMXQ Box
- ASUS Media Streamer
- QDroid-XU4
- Raspberry Pi 3 B+
- Tinker Board (ASUS)
- Intel NUC
- WD TV Live Hub Plus
- Mini X8-H
- Mac Mini
- Zidoo Z1000
- Micca TV Media Player
- Orange Pi 3
- Apple Pile
- Panda Latte (or Latte Panda)
- Gigatron TTL
- Android TV Box
- NVIDIA Shield
- Bean Canyon NUC
- Mini ITX
- Nano Pi M4
- Rock Pi
- Rock Pro 64
- Rock 64
What options would work best for my project, and what system (raspian, etc.) would be best?