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linuxstb / pidvbip

tvheadend client for the Raspberry Pi
http://www.pidvbip.org
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Can please explain, give a comparison for advantages over XBMC? #35

Closed dreamcat4 closed 10 years ago

dreamcat4 commented 10 years ago

Hi again! I am missing the reason why this project is better than XBMC.

So far, I can see that XBMC is missing these features:

Not that series link listed in pidvbip feature set either. But pause/resume it. Can you please explain what else may be better when using pidvbip? Or planned features?

Also: How might an individual consumer purchase a hardware license for the decoder codec? Is it already included in the Raspberry Pi B+ hardware purchase?

Many thanks.

mpmc commented 10 years ago

"I am missing the reason why this project is better than XBMC." I don't think @linuxstb intends it to be. I think he wanted something a bit lighter than XBMC - Athough I could be wrong on this and only he can really answer that.

"How might an individual consumer purchase a hardware license for the decoder codec? Is it already included in the Raspberry Pi B+ hardware purchase?"

From here http://www.raspberrypi.com/mpeg-2-license-key/

dreamcat4 commented 10 years ago

Thanks for these answers.

Yes I heard on IRC yesterday that XBMC run too slow on Raspberry Pi. It is a good reason to choose pidvbip over XBMC. Faster response, etc.