V5 and the Popcorn Hour NMT Devices

jghanisco · 2019-10-06, 07:33 PM

It appears that the ability to utilize Popcorn Hour devices is going to be removed from V5 - could this be confirmed?

Thanks,
Joe

***sub*** · 2019-10-06, 07:41 PM

Correct. v5 no longer supports the NMT / MVP devices. Unfortunately these devices are really old now, and are no longer sold. It'd have been a huge amount of effort to add NMT/MVP support to v5 (which is effectively a new application), and that just wasn't worth for the number of user with these devices. I'm guessing there is maybe only 3 or 4 people using these devices still.

Sorry! On a positive note, there is lots of other alternative clients options these days, such as Apple TV etc.

jghanisco · 2019-10-06, 07:57 PM

Thanks for the confirmation - we're using 5 in the household, and I may hold one of the largest hordes of devices as backups! Maybe it is time to look at something new instead of running with a device that will soon enough be from not even the previous decade, but 2 decades back!!!

***sub*** · 2019-10-06, 08:21 PM

Yeah true - that's funny. These days running hardware from 2000's wouldn't be very common, and it'll sound even worse in a few months with the 2020's looming!

Realistically, for most people, having a device with multiple apps, like Netflix etc too, gives a more well rounded client, and gives you a lot more flexibility. The NMT devices were pretty damn good at the time, but they're showing their age.

baj1 · 2020-04-09, 12:45 AM

(2019-10-06, 07:41 PM)sub Wrote: Correct. v5 no longer supports the NMT / MVP devices. Unfortunately these devices are really old now, and are no longer sold. It'd have been a huge amount of effort to add NMT/MVP support to v5 (which is effectively a new application), and that just wasn't worth for the number of user with these devices. I'm guessing there is maybe only 3 or 4 people using these devices still.

I'm still using 4 PCH's. Haven't been able to get the spousal-unit to use the ODroids or RPi's I have running Kodi yet. I understand I'm likely in a small minority.

I have v5 running in a VM, but I guess that's were it's going to stay for now. :-(

***sub*** · 2020-04-09, 12:50 AM

Sorry, I know there is still a few users with them, but there is just no easy way to support them.

It'd probably take me a months of work, and I just can't justify that time for a device that old, which is no longer sold, and was never very common.

baj1 · 2020-04-09, 12:59 AM

(2020-04-09, 12:50 AM)sub Wrote: Sorry, I know there is still a few users with them, but there is just no easy way to support them.

It'd probably take me a months of work, and I just can't justify that time for a device that old, which is no longer sold, and was never very common.

No worries, I'll keep working on her. I forced the ODroid in the Kitchen on her and she grumbles about it, but I stashed the old PCH in my office out of site. :-)

I was pretty excited about getting rid of the only remaining Windows computer in the house, but that too can wait.

Thanks for all your hard work on such a great application!

jksmurf · (This post was last modified: 2020-04-09, 09:56 AM by jksmurf.)

Can't believe you called your wife the "Odroid in the Kitchen" ... and that you are forcing her on your NextPVR client... I would never get away with that :-)

baj1 · 2020-04-09, 01:37 PM

(2020-04-09, 06:37 AM)jksmurf Wrote: Can't believe you called your wife the "Odroid in the Kitchen" ... and that you are forcing her on your NextPVR client... I would never get away with that :-)

Wow, just like hanging with my ski trip buddies. Thanks for making me feel less socially distanced. :-)