Portable Media Player Solution?

by tonewheelz

Hi all, thank you in advance fro your help!

I'm not sure if an Android Box would fit my needs, or perhaps something else altogether, so I appreciate you direction you might be able to give me. Basically what I am looking for is a small device that is capable of playing files video files from a USB Flash Drive (I don't need streaming). Things are the things that are required for my intended use:

- H264, H265, AC3 & DTS Support

-Supports multiple file types & extensions, such as MPG, VOB, MKV, AVI, M2TS, and MP4

-Uses a remote control to navigate the UI

-Either the firmware or an app that can be used in the OS that can autoplay files ( a large part of my intention is to autoplay music performance clips in a particular folder)

-Has HDMI output

-Can do all of the above without needing to be connected to WiFi, or streaming

-Can support Flash Drives of at least 128GB (supporting 128GB SDXC cards would be a huge plus)

-Can support files larger than 4GB (something like 30GB if necessary)

So, is there an Android box that can fit my needs? I imagine I'd be needing a media player from the App Store. I thought I had read that MX Player has discontinued DTS support, so not sure if this is an issue. Otherwise, is there another type of device that might fit my needs better?

Thanks in advance!

BiggussDikkuss

Read the following post.

LibreELEC Kodi is all you need and a Wireless remote

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=252916&pid=2765197#pid2765197

elister

Raspberry Pi. Image LibreELEC onto a MicroSD, it should boot right into Kodi. Dont need wifi or ethernet, it will work with almost any USB device, but external drives often need a power source.

kachurovskiy

You might want to consider Windows Mini PCs. They can be < $200 and while not as fast as desktop PCs, you can check more boxes than many other player options if you're ready for some tinkering e.g. writing an Electron app.

Nattfluga

Kodi https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.xbmc.kodi

Won't autostart, but you can make playlists.

You can use just about any Android TV, Raspberry pi or Odroid. No need to harm anyone with Windows

headegg

Possible solution: Get a Windows Mini PC (For example those little HDMI Stick PCs) and install LibreELEC on that. Would have to ask in the LibreELEC Forum if theres a Stick PC that can do this.

Flanz1

Like other people said you are probably better of just getting or building a mini pc (if you dont like windows you could use Linux)

tonewheelz

Thanks everyone! I think I have enough info to go from here!

joazito

I would think all recent android boxes would do what you need with the possible exception of DTS support, which seems to be hard to get working on most boxes.