Re: Plasma needs a media player, I suggest Kodi

[Rex Dieter <rdieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

bill engvald wrote:

> In the future, there will be more options for streaming, I'm talking
> about paid services where content is streamed, like TV and on demand
> content.
> 
> Kodi is modular, advanced, and looks good. It's the first complete
> media center I've used on x86 PC. There is a presence of pirates, but
> that can be changed.
> 
> What does everyone think?

My $0.02, last I checked, it has a hard dependency on ffmpeg (a legal 
minefield, media codec patents), which makes it not freely redistributable 
in many jurisdictions (US in particular)

-- rex