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FTV Guide is a sexy EPG (Electronic Programming Guide) for Kodi XBMC which gives you channel overviews with current and upcoming shows. It can integrate with FilmOn's low quality free streams but can also be integrated with NTV's subscription service (see NTV Review). This guide should work on Windows, … I'm curious
FTV is an awesome EPG plugin for UK TV and can link to streams from Filmon. NTV is a great plugin for expats who want to see their UK or Scandinavian TV channels from back home, unfortunately the NTV Kodi plugin doesn't have the best interface. FTV Guide has a … I'm curious
I have been curious about how well the Raspberry Pi, Pi 2 and Banana Pi perform at usenet downloading. I test 2 different usenet downloaders: NZBGet written in C++ and Sabnzbd written in python to see which performs better. This builds on my previous benchmark post Raspberry Pi 2 vs … I'm curious
Mumble is a nice open source VoIP system popular with gamers. You can create your own private Mumble server that runs on the Raspberry Pi to use with your friends or gaming crew. One of the common problems with setting up a Mumble server is that sometimes your IP address … I'm curious
I finally got time to benchmark the Raspberry Pi, Pi 2 and Banana Pi Pro for media server tasks. It is similar to my last comprehensive benchmarks comparing the Raspberry Pi and Banana Pi. Despite not much changing besides the CPU and RAM in the Pi 2, many people insisted … I'm curious
Sabnzbd is a usenet downloader written in Python. It integrates with Sonarr, CouchPotato, SickRage, Mylar and Headphones for automating your media downloads. With the release of the Raspberry Pi 2 Sabnzbd is much easier to run now because of the additional CPU cores and RAM. This guide will walk you … I'm curious
The HummingBoard i1 is a Raspberry Pi clone with serious upgrades for NAS or media server usage created by Solid Run. It packs a 1 Ghz processor, 512 MB of DDR3 memory and a gigabit port which makes serving media files and other data around your home considerably faster. Here … I'm curious