jay1980 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Hi Is anyone using a Raspberry Pi running XBMC and plug-ins to stream western TV, movies, sport etc? I have recently got one in the UK and works well, thinking of getting another one for Thailand any feedback if it works OK there? if it does it would make a cost effective TV solution. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash77 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I have OpenElec on my Raspberry Pi but primarily used for watching movies/tv from a local USB hard drive. For internet streaming I've only tried Al Jazeera and Youtube plugins. Youtube streamed fine; Al Jazeera was watchable but had some noticeable buffering delays. So I guess if you can find the plugin you want, then the limitation is your network connection, and in particular the international connection of your ISP. I haven't seen any plugins for Thai TV but seems there is one for BBC iplayer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay1980 Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 thanks for the reply. I am getting most of my plug in's here: http://fusion.xbmchub.com Instuctions to add here: http://www.xbmchub.com/blog/2013/01/02/starting-2013-with-the-best-free-tv-streaming-addons-for-xbmc/ I have not used OpenElec though so not sure if they would be compatable, or how well they would work in Thailand, seems to work OK on a fairly narrow 2mb/sec link though. cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloggie Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I also run open Elec on me 'old' Raspberry Pi. Status of OpenElec is now RC3 so I wait for the new version and see how that works. I use it to view my movies on my NAS and sometimes to watch Youtube, but have to admit, Youtube works faster on my PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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