XBian VS OpenELEC

XBian

XBian is a small, fast and lightweight media centre distribution for the Raspberry Pi, CuBox-i...

OpenELEC, which stands for Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center, is a Linux operating system that makes the host computer a Kodi media center. The software was the winner of the Swiss Opensource Award in 2014.

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Xbian on Raspberry Pi playing 1080p MKV video files across home network from Mac OSX and PC

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to XBian and OpenELEC)

XBian

OpenELEC

Video

37 37%

Video

63% 63

Media Player

40 40%

Media Player

60% 60

Watch Movies Online

41 41%

Watch Movies Online

59% 59

Video Streaming

100 100%

Video Streaming

0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, OpenELEC should be more popular than XBian. It has been mentiond 2 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

XBian mentions (1)

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Download Xbian: It's always worked without fiddling for me, even for things like CEC, straight out of the box. Source: 6 months ago

OpenELEC mentions (2)

Does Kodi support HDR passthrough using an x86 processor or an nvidia/AMD dGPU on Linux now?
Its all good. I use to run Kodi on a HTPC that I built with openelec and it was pretty stable. I am not sure if it is available anymore (openelec.tv) it was a linux distro. I switched to NVidia shield due to the accessibility to Netflix and Amazon and I have not looked back. Oh an its cheaper than a HTPC I think... Source: about 2 years ago
Got Jellyfin a few days ago and LOVE the web version, but bad Roku app is a dealbreaker. Before I can it, are there any work arounds you guys have found?
I know there are various customized distros for the RasPi, such as OpenElec, but as a staunch Linux and FLOSS advocate I still don't think that's what most people are searching for when they look for a streaming device these days. Source: about 3 years ago