I would like to buy either a Khadas VIM3L or a Odroid N2. I made a little research here on forum but I did not see an exact explanation if they are capable of playing 4k HDR (30 fps) without drops, and passtrough audio to receiver. I would just like to use them as a daily use Media Player, either streaming from a NAS or using Plex Media to play them .
Can please someone explain if these devices can do that? I own an Xbox One S and I am not pleased that the internal app cannot let Atmos/DTS:X to my receiver. When using plex media player, it has to transcode true-hd or other hd audio to aac I just want to play my 4k remuxes on my television.
No, it doesn’t matter at all. Most people will be fine with the 2GB model unless you know that you want to run more demanding applications in background which are memory greedy…
So I can confirm that 4K with HDR10 and TrueHD Atmos / DTS-X passthrough will work perfectly fine for both models
This is a question you should ask in one of the more general odroid-n2 threads… However, the answer is yes, 2GB will be sufficient enough for streaming usage
so, you are saying that any box with S905X2 CPU will be capable of delivering my needs ?
I am looking for the cheapest solution just for movie playback on my Home Cinema. I do not care for netflix or youtube. For that I have XBOX ONE S.
Can you please advise a cheap SBC/TV box that can do that ?
I can’t really make recommendations, but you can look at the N2 and VIM3/VIM3L for SBC.
There are a bunch of threads about S905X2 and S922X boxes. All depends on your budget.
Devices running the -ng builds don’t support LPCM, but all HD audio formats can be bitstreamed.
HDR10 in -ng builds also outputs correct metadata to the display.
I just want to play my 4k remuxes on my television.
