Kodi vs mpv Video Player on Armbian

mohsh86 · Published in 2016-6-8 18:15:25

I am running Armbian v5.14 / 5.6.2016 with kernel 3.14.112 on Orange Pi PC Plus

I've installed Kodi from debian repo and it is running fine, how ever, player video is a bit slow (tried both over network, usb or local storage), the wierd thing is playing the same video using the local multi player "mpv multiplayer" works like a charm.

the HW acceleration option on Kodi is greyed out, i was wondering if settings can be changed manually ? for HW acceleration Armbian supports it since 5.10 according to Release History

What i am missing ?

ARMgunnaservu · Published in 2016-6-19 09:17:29

I'm new to kodi, but it had it running for the first time last night and i noticed kodi was using mpv player i was able to play HD no problems.

jernej · Published in 2016-6-19 19:48:07

Unmodified Kodi doesn't use VDPAU on ARM chips. Current workaround is to use mpv as a player, as ARMgunnaservu said.

ua3nbw · Published in 2017-5-6 23:20:23

Kodi 18alpha HW acceleration Smplayer and MPV
IPTV Simple Client, YouTube, .etc http://ua3nbw.ru/all/skripty-dlya-kodi/

AkiraSensei · Published in 2018-2-1 06:05:05

Hi, I'm trying to make Kodi work under Armbian for my Orange Pi PC and I started following the tutorial on that ua3nbw provided the link to. Before begining that tutorial, though, there's a link to installing Kodi 18 alpha but some of the steps don't work. When I try the wget code, it tells me invalid options. I'm not very Linux savvy. I really wanted to make Kodi work under an OS desktop, not Kodi on OpenELEC. Did you guys really made things work?

ua3nbw · Published in 2018-10-19 04:55:59

kodi-wayland

FEATURES:
- mainline kernel & U-Boot
- completely open source except GPU (Mali) driver
- latest Kodi
- MPEG2 should work well

russian page: https://ua3nbw.ru/all/kodi-18-mainline-linux-allwinner-h3/

FiramirOrange · Published in yesterday 22:54

I’ve heard a lot of people talking about Elmedia, so I decided to give it a try. At first, I was just looking for something simple to play my videos, but I ended up really enjoying how reliable it is. What I like most is that it handles pretty much every format I throw at it and even streams without any hassle. You can check it out here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/el ... /id1044549675?mt=12 It also makes subtitles and streaming options easy to manage, without bombarding you with complicated menus. For me, it strikes the right balance between being easy to use and offering advanced features, making it a solid choice compared to Kodi or MPV.