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1. CaptainArcee :win: (captainarcee@bitbang.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2023 03:34:18 JST CaptainArcee :win:

   I received one of these units a few months back and I just got around to testing it out. It's a Popcorn Time A-100, a media playback device that can playback any unencrypted (non-DRM infected) MPEG-4 or H.265 video file. It has outputs for Composite, S-Video, Component, and HDMI, so I can connect it to either my CRT TV or my LCD. I've got plenty of ideas to use it for, including watching all episodes of Computer Chronicles on the CRT.

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   • CaptainArcee :win: (captainarcee@bitbang.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2023 03:36:49 JST CaptainArcee :win:

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     I can also connect a USB DVD drive and I'm currently testing out a burned copy of Power Rangers the Movie my mom made years ago that I found laying around. Works just as if it were playing on a normal DVD player

   • CaptainArcee :win: (captainarcee@bitbang.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2023 04:01:07 JST CaptainArcee :win:

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     Testing media on a USB drive and that's working perfect as well. I'd love to get an HDD or an SDD installed but the unit is missing the HDD power cable so I'd have to get a custom cable made or somehow route the connector of a molex AC adapter inside of the unit to get power to the storage.

   • hancocktom41 (hancocktom41@448c.net)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2023 05:37:32 JST hancocktom41

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     Does this use kodi as a frontend?
   • CaptainArcee :win: (captainarcee@bitbang.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2023 07:38:35 JST CaptainArcee :win:

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     @hancocktom41 no! It uses a custom embedded Linux distro. If you'd like, you can read more about it here: https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10215