x88dually 9 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I'm new to all this. installed kodi on win7 and playon so far Researching other software, this,mediaportal an win s/mc. If i go with emby, which is looking like i will, do i need win s/mc, kodi or mediaportal ?? Also can i run this software w/o tuners for now ?? i really dont want to start installing/uninstalling different programs and twisting my pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36999 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Hi, welcome. If you go with Emby, you don't need any other software, and yes you can run without tuners. Does that help answer your questions or is there anything else we can help with? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x88dually 9 Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 You gave me a perfect answer. What i like about emby, is its everywhere. 2013 Sam smart tv, 2014 Sam smart tv, amazon fire tv. My 2 amazon's make my 2 dumb tvs smart with dg upnp player, it gets me into my network. So i dont need to go with kodi also ? kodi doesnt seem to scrapping with network shares, is emby the same way ? Does it have to have local shares ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW 1052 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 No need for Kodi - I think the only people using Kodi with Embu are those that like the Kodi interface. Just stick with Emby - that's all you need. Emby works with local or network shares - but, I would have thought that Kodi would as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidman 589 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 (edited) Kodi (openelec/libreelec) is currently the only option for non-windows HTPCs , and one of the most feature rich clients also Edited August 28, 2016 by Vidman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x88dually 9 Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 (edited) i may not have waited long enuff running kodi thru network shares ? is emby the same type of interface more or less ? my wife likes the description and fanart crap. i was happy with win media an universal media server Edited August 28, 2016 by x88dually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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