Openelec

[sean99]

Can Openelec be installed and run on a T8 v3, anyone any hints

 

[27mark]

ive not seen any openelec firmware for the t8, but i did wonder if the t8 could be flashed with the t8 s making it dual boot for openelec

 

[sean99]

Am basically trying to put more than 1 version of kodi with a different wizards on this box as there is plenty of free memory, but 1 version of kodi just overwrites the other. Have used wookie 15 also but am not too keen on the build. Has anyone managed to get say 14.2 and 15.2 on the T8 v3?

 

[ChrisM]

SPMC (DBMC) and Kodi can co-exist on the same device, with different installation set ups as they have different folder names for the data files, and aren't seen an upgrade on the other (as you get with XBMC <> Kodi apps on same system).
So you could install Kodi 15.2 from https://droidbox.co.uk/blog/kodi-15-2-final-released​/ and DBMC from https://droidbox.co.uk/blog/kodi-xbmc-download/

 

[Mogalot55]

Is it in any way better to use openelec than Android? I dont know the distinction between the two?

 

[David Savage]

Android has back ground apps running so can slow down kodi.
Openelec is separate to android so no back ground apps so you normally get better results and smoother play back.
Thats why when you switch over it has to shut down and reboot....

 

[Brizzle]

OpenELEC is a massively cut-down Linux operating system designed purely to run Kodi and nothing else, so as Dave says, all resources (processor, memory, network bandwidth) of the Droidbox are channeled into Kodi instead of being allocated to various other apps as they are in Android.

I've found buffering is almost non-existent in OpenELEC and generally it's faster to respond, but it's not as well-supported as Android in general (so far, but I'm more than happy with it to date).

Here's a link to an installation guide: http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php/Dual_Boot

I haven't tried it (no need so far) but, as it will install on pretty much any PC I might build one in the future just to try it out.