Technically speaking, if your hardware supports netbooting, you do not even require a internal storage for either the operating-system or for Kodi.ĭepending on how big your video library is. The Kodi application generally only takes up between 100 to 200 MB of space, depending on how the binary is compiled. Stoney Ridge APU or newer not available for desktop GPUs at the moment Minimum for HW decoding of 10-bit HEVC (H.265): Nvidia GeForce 900 series (GM20x) or newer Minimum for HW decoding of 8-bit HEVC (H.265): GeForce 8 series or newer (released 2006) Minimum for HW decoding of 8-bit H.264 and VC-1: On AMD, you might have to start with the environment variable KODI_GL_INTERFACE set to GLX in order to get VDPAU support.ĪTI Radeon RV710/M92 (HD 4300/4500) Note: These are uvd2.2 cards For everything but older AMD cards and Nvidia, VAAPI is recommended. Recommended: Mesa 17.1 or later (required for 10 bit HEVC)įor hardware video decoding, which may be necessary on low-performance CPUs to playback 1080p content, make sure your GPU or VPU supports either VAAPI or VDPAU.This includes most cards from AMD/ATI, Intel, or NVIDIA which support OpenGL 2.0 or later. Kodi will run on most graphics cards made within the last 10-years or so, though for good hardware video decoding support a little newer graphics cards can be required. Recommended: 1GB or more in a HTPC media player appliance-like computer dedicated for Kodi, and 2GB or more in a computer for multipurpose use.

If your GPU/VPU does not support hardware video decoding then you will require a fast modern processor is required to decode some 1080p videos encoded in H.264, VC-1/WMV9, HEVC/H.265 VP9, etc.X86 or x86-64 processor such as: Intel Pentium 4/ Pentium M, AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron, or newer CPU (that support SSE2, which all CPUs made within the last 10-years does).

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