Best device for Coreelec in 2022/2023

General
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Hi all,

I’m looking to smarten up my TV so I can access my Plex server. The TV’s resolution is Full HD.
What kind of device would you recommend for this purpose? I’ve been eyeing two options: the Tanix X4 and the Vontar X4.

  • Do I really need CE for this, or is Android sufficient?
  • Can CE work in dual mode with Android on these device?
  • Are there any stable Plex addons that work with the newer versions of CE?

Thanks in advance!

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Regarding your 3rd bullet point, head here:

I’m a big fan

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Is this a limitation of CE or Kodi? Or are the marketing materials inaccurate for the Dune?

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Neither, it’s Amlogic kernel driver limitation.

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Ah. I asked about marketing because Dune’s product pages says:

Dolby Vision playback: Profiles 5, 7 (MEL and FEL), 8

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Dune never said the FEL was processed.

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There is a lot of very misleading product info available for these dune boxes regarding FEL.

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Does this work on Android Dune ( not ce) ISO 4K DV P7 FEL.? Or is that advert also fake ? Kodi only do hdr from iso right ?

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It will play it but it won’t play the EL of a FEL BD. It plays the BL plus the RPU.

So basically when Dune say a box supports direct playback of Dolby Vision profile 7 FEL double-track and double-layer files, they actually mean that it will play a FEL file but without the EL.

Last time I checked Kodi android iso playback it was HDR only.

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The following is basically Dunes small print and says NO it can’t play FEL properly.

“The important Dolby Vision information from the second track/layer (Dolby Vision RPU metadata) is transmitted to TV together with video data from the first track/layer.”

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This has been discussed over and over again in the forum. You can search it. If you have any complaints you can direct it to Dune.

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Basically it seems it’s highly unlikely FEL will ever work with these devices so they are potentially being missold but that’s not coreelec’s fault.

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I don’t think FEL will be fixed ever as there is no reason to fix it. P7 is used on encrypted media.
So basically you will need hardware be able to decrypt the content and then it would also be able to use FEL as well.

As the license does not include such case to be able to handle “rip” media it will not be fixed for sure.

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I’ve been using Odroid N2 for years with Coreelec 9.2.8 and love it.

I know when choosing the Odroid N2 it was so highly recommended on kodi forum and does 4K HDR + HD audio including Atmos and frame rating matching.

I have no care for DV as my projector, tv and av receiver don’t support DV so I would have to upgrade all my hardware.

What I would like to know is if the newer builds of coreelec on newer hardware would actually improve what I have now, better sound? better video quality etc?

And if so what would be the best upgrade hardware to work better than my odroid n2?

thanks
RD

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If you don’t want DV you can use the N2, it’s a beast.

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Nothing.
Stay with the stable N2(+) if You don´t care about DV like me.
BTW:
DV is a bit of a marketing gimmick

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Completely agree with the last 2 posts. It’ll take a lot to dethrone my N2’s. I can’t see the point of constantly chasing support for the latest when the existing is so good.

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Hi Guys
Maybe , or probable is writing about it , but I ask anyway and again , could CE be installed on Nokia 8000 ?
Tnx

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Thanks, I will keep my N2 it’s been a great device for me!

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no, bootloader is locked and encrypted on 8000. Pity you don’t have the Nokia 8010.