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[fitbrit]

It just occurred to me that one could buy an Android set-top box and run Gizmo on it, for at least Music. However, many of these boxes are capable of good video playback - is it possible to play movies to 'This Device' without transcoding?

[JimH]

What are you thinking of when you say Android STB?

[fitbrit]

Something like this:
http://www.ncix.com/detail/minix-neo-x8-arm-cortex-ee-97611-1146.htm

URL fixed.

[Castius]

I use it on google tv (logitech revue).
I side load from the website and it works most of the time. (with transcoding)

My music is mostly mp3 and ogg. Video is mostly MKV webm and vorbis.

[fitbrit]

Thanks! Since the box I linked to natively plays most formats, I'd be interested to see what could do.

[connersw]

Hendrik can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Gizmo always transcodes.

You are also limited by Gizmo's quality settings (compressed MP3 audio and 720p video).  From a quality, don't transcode perspective, you could try BubbleUPnP.

However, since both apps now support Chromecast, I see that as a better alternative for $35 vs $180 given the limitations.  Especially when you can build an x86 HTPC as a Client in the $200 (Atom) to $300 (Celeron) range.

There is an old thread in the Android forum I started a while back (before Chromecast support) about this and the Neo 7.

[fitbrit]

Thanks for the tips, connersw.
Once video for Linux in MC is a reality, I'd like to see JRiver make a vID - a video capable device, not geared to audiophiles necessarily, running MC Linux for a barebones cost.