Hardware movie player with file upload

by JackFrenson

Hi,

I'm looking for a device to replace my Raspberry PI4 (Kodi) which was my 1st choice movie player connected to the TV before HDMI ports stopped working.

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I thought about MI Box 4k S but I couldn't find an option to upload movies directly to the box. Raspberry was good but some movies were choppy and framerate dropped.

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What I'm looking for:

- a cheap device

- ethernet port

- expandable storage - pendrive or SD card or HDD/SDD without external power supply

- possibility to upload films to the device

- srt/txt subtitles playback

- at least 4K

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What's not needed:

- streaming

- netflix/prime

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I live in Europe. What would you suggest?

beitabeet

See my thread, in short> I had a pi for the same thing but compared to an android box, experience is night and day. Rpi is an all-purpose mini computer barely capable of multimedia..

My suggestion is just get any 1080p/4k box on the cheap, fire/xiaomi/nameless chinese brand and run your media off network shares. Running USB hdds on low-powered devices is not adviseable but you can do it (I do). The most reliable solution for me seems to be to use a cheap computer with hdds and usb sticks sticking out of it (a router/htpc/NAS) and enable smb shares for your whole network. This way all the android stick/box does is run things off network, like any other device in your house. Alternatively you can just share folders from your desktop/phone/laptop...

AlexR1973

Mecool KM6

clarkss12

Any Amlogic device with a S905X3 SoC running CoreELEC. Make sure it has gigabit Ethernet.

latinriky78

Regardless if the following have Netflix and Prime Video certifications, they are capable of doing what you want, however, there aren't Android TV devices with internal HD bays, you may either connect an HD and use it as an external unpluggable HD or format it as an internal one that can't be accessed by anything else but the device where it was formatted for:

CERTIFIED ANDROIDTV/GOOGLETV BOXES WITH NETFLIX AND PRIME VIDEO FOR THE UNITED STATES ONLY:

- AirTV Mini (More info at airtv.net/products)

- AT&T TV (More info at http://att.com/tv/device-features )

- Tivo Stream 4K (More info at http://tivo.com/products/stream-4k )

- T-Mobile TVision HUB (More info at http://t-mobile.com/tvision/services/hub )

- Verizon Stream TV (AV1 hardware decoding. More info at http://verizon.com/products/verizon-stream-tv-gen-2 )

CERTIFIED ANDROIDTV/GOOGLETV BOXES WITH NETFLIX AND PRIME VIDEO FOR EUROPE ONLY:

- EKO KATV10

- Nokia Streaming Box 8000 (More info at http://nokia.com/shop/streaming-devices/nokia-streaming-box-8000 ).

- Strong Leap-S1 (More info at http://strong.tv/en/products/ip-tv-receivers/leap-s1 )

- Youin (by Engel).

CERTIFIED ANDROIDTV/GOOGLETV BOXES WITH NETFLIX AND PRIME VIDEO FOR THE US, EUROPE AND THE REST OF THE WORLD:

- Chromecast with Google TV (more info at http://tv.google )

- Mecool KD3 with Google TV (More info at http://mecoolonline.com where you can get a 10% off with the code "mecoolbox" at checkout)

- Dynalink TV dongle (More info at http://dynalink.life )

- Homatics Box Q (More info at http://homatics.eu/products/homatics-box-q )

- Homatics Dongle Q (More info at http://homatics.eu/products/homatics-dongle-q )

- Mecool KM2 (More info at http://mecoolonline.com where you can get a 10% off with the code "mecoolbox" at checkout)

- Nvidia Shield TV (The most expensive but powerful, recommended for gaming. More info at http://shield.nvidia.com )

- Walmart Onn (More info at http://walmart.com )

CERTIFIED ANDROID TV BOXES WITH NETFLIX AND PRIME VIDEO CERTIFICATIONS THAT USE THE NOW OLD AMLOGIC S905X SoC:

- Xiaomi Mi Box S (More info at http://mi.com/global/mi-box-s )

- Ematic Jetstream (More info at http://androidtv-guide.com/streaming-gaming/ematic-jetstream-tv-box )

CERTIFIED ANDROIDTV/GOOGLETV BOXES WITH ONLY PRIME VIDEO FOR THE US, EUROPE AND THE REST OF THE WORLD:

- Formuler GTV (Gigabit ethernet. Exclusive MYTVOnline2 app for IPTV. More info at http://formuler.tv/gtv )

WARNING!, ALTHOUGH MECOOL IS THE BEST OEM WHEN IT COMES TO RELEASING NEW DEVICES EVERY YEAR, THEY ARE THE WORST WHEN IT COMES TO RELEASING FIRMWARE UPDATES TO FIX BUGS AND ISSUES, IF YOU DON'T MIND ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN GET ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MODELS:

- Mecool KM6 Classic Edition (AV1 hardware decoding. More info at http://mecoolonline.com where you can get a 10% off with the code "mecoolbox" at checkout)

- Mecool KM6 Deluxe Edition (AV1 hardware decoding. Gigabit ethernet. WiFi 6. 4GB of RAM. More info at http://mecoolonline.com where you can get a 10% off with the code "mecoolbox" at checkout)

- Mecool KM7 (AV1 hardware decoding. 2GB/16GB and 4GB/64GB versions. More info at http://mecoolonline.com where you can get a 10% off with the code "mecoolbox" at checkout)

- Mecool KT1 (AV1 hardware decoding. DVB-T2/S2/C tuner built-in. More info at http://mecoolonline.com where you can get a 10% off with the code "mecoolbox" at checkout)

- Mecool Now (An Android TV device with a built-in camera and microphone, suitable for videoconferencing. More info at http://mecoolonline.com where you can get a 10% off with the code "mecoolbox" at checkout)

- Mecool KD2 TV Stick (AV1 hardware decoding. More info at http://mecoolonline.com where you can get a 10% off with the code "mecoolbox" at checkout)

- Mecool HomePlus KA1 (Android TV speaker with AV1 hardware decoding, DVB-T/T2/C variant. More info at http://mecoolonline.com where you can get a 10% off with the code "mecoolbox" at checkout)

For more info about all certified Android TV devices, head over to www.androidtv-guide.com website.

bluezp

Why not just get another raspberry pi?