I've used some plastic placeholders with screws in the end to mount it to the bottom of the plastic enclosure. The bottom of the ODROID-N2 features 4 holes. Since a picture’s worth a 1000 words, I've included some images that were taken while I was putting everything together. ![]() With this new board, I came to the conclusion that it's better to use a new enclosure. However, over time I did many modifications to the setup and and that enclosure became broken. Due to the more modern kernel, it's more compatible with modern hardware, like USB tuners, game controllers, etc.Īs you've seen in my previous article, in order to have a media center that really looks like a factory built one, I've used an STB enclosure to host the components inside of it. Has a modern 4.xx kernel compared to the older 3.14.x which was one of the major drawbacks of the C2.More powerful CPU, the ODROID-N2 is based on the new Amlogic S922 CPU, which means it’s capable of running plugins that require inputstream and must use software rendering (Netflix, for example) at full HD resolution, compared to 720p.Due to the presence of these ports, it's more suitable to host several USB TV tuners, than the C2 It has 4k and HDR support, which the C2 was lacking.What is different from the ODROID-C2? Quite a lot: During my initial tests with the ODROID-N2 I was pleasantly surprised, even though the existing CoreELEC image was still in "testing" phase almost everything works out of the box. Furthermore, the CoreELEC team picked this SBC up, at a very early stage, and offered support before the board was even released to the public. With the release of the most powerful SBC, at the time of publication, the ODROID-N2, which became highly popular among Kodi enthusiasts Kodi being the best open source media center. Software is mostly affected, but also hardware is developed very quickly. ![]() ![]() In the previous article, I tried to cover all the steps required, including the mechanical, electrical, and software that is required to be able to use the ODROID at its full potential.Īs you know, this world changes very fast, and information which is accurate and up-to-date can become obsolete very quickly. This article is a follow-up of my previous, quite successful article about building a versatile media center, based on the first Raspberry PI but later on, due to the lack of HEVC, H.265 and HDMI 2.2 compliant output, it was switched to Hardkernel's ODROID-C2 ( ).
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