OSMC allows media playback from the local network, attached storage, and from the Internet. OSMC (open source media centre) is a Linux based open source operating system. Let’s find out what OSMC is, and how to install it on Raspberry Pi. We need to install OSMC OS in our Raspberry Pi in order to avail Kodi features. Kodi is a free to use software as it is distributed under license GNU / GPL 2. It comes with its own attractive GUI and it supports some third-party add-ons which we can use for various interesting media streaming purposes. We can run that content on any device like TV, laptop, phone, even in our Raspberry Pi. Kodi is an open-source software media centre, which allows us to access all kinds of content, including videos and music. We previously installed Kodi on Raspberry Pi to create a Media Server. Today we will again use Raspberry Pi to stream Amazon Prime Video using Kodi media player software platform. We previously used the Raspberry PI to setup a Media server, Mopidy Music Server, Minecraft server, etc.
Streamed media requires minimum hard drive space and you can set the visual quality according to your internet speed.Īs we know that Raspberry Pi is Linux based palm size computer and can do all the tasks which a ‘normal’ computer can do. It also has many benefits over the downloading of media files. And because of the COVID-19 pandemic, use of OTT platforms like Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hotstar, YouTube has been increased significantly.
Streaming media from the internet is getting high popularity due to faster and cheaper internet availability.
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