We have a Sony HD player for playback of 1080p files - works well for XVID-encoded files. When we had issues with the Firestick for playback, we tried out the Sony UBP-X700 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray Player even though it was very much more expensive - Rs. 30k compared to the Firestick 4K's Rs. 5k. But unfortunately, it did not work out.
Problems with the Fire TV stick 4K were:
- Using the Amazon Firestick 4K for playout is extremely flaky - since the firestick keeps checking Amazon for updates and auto-updates, sometimes the show stops playing.
- Audio has to be taken from the projector's EP audio out, and has a lot of hiss.
Problems with the Sony were:
- It was starting up in 4K 60 Hz which our projector did not support
- It was changing modes when playing files with different resolutions and frame rates, causing delays and missed frames between files.
So we returned that, and are leaning towards playback using a Raspberry Pi 4.
The earlier models of R Pi, which we already have, do not support
4K. Raspberry Pi 5 has also come out now, which is slightly more
expensive, but which we don't necessarily need.
Estimated prices:
Raspberry Pi 4 - Rs. 6,500
Power supply - Rs. 1,000
HDMI mini to HDMI adapter - Rs. 664
The following items may also be required, which we might buy later if required:
Keyboard - Rs 300
Mouse - Rs. 300
HDMI mini to HDMI adapter - Rs. 664
(we may need 2 of these)
USB sound card, high quality - Rs. 2,000
Case with cooling for R Pi - Rs. 2,000
Mini SD card - Rs. 600
Edit: Raspberry Pi 4 running Kodi and a pre-owned external USB Lexicon Alpha audio interface is what we're using as of May 2024.
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