Well here I do keep some stuff temporarily on the XBMC STB additionally to streaming music (internet or NAS), streaming video (internet (cloud?) or NAS).
Here is where my XBMC boxes run an XBMC OS (pure meat "lite" Linux) versus XBMC in Wintel or Android or iOS. After all I only look at the XBMC GUI; nothing else. Well remotely do keep Webmin running mostly as a conduit to what is going on with the base OS and to update it and a common mysql DB while concurrently looking at automation mysql db's. It becomes a learning thing for me. That said did notice (must have set it up) that XBMC / plugins updated themselves yesterday magical like.
Lately its been streaming something or another and having attention span issues of sleep such that I stop the stream and record and save it for another night.
I do want the horsepower / memory now of my current STB's cuz they are now multipurpose, multifunction. I have now too gone to watching one stream and recording three streams for later viewing. I do similar with that cloud TV thing I have (lately its been Amazon). This isn't though about transcoding post recording or in vivo to multiple devices though.
I used to utilize much of the transcoding stuff when travelling while sitting in a plane for more than 3-4 hours or having to stay in a hotel / short term rental for work place bringing the portability of having something that I want to watch (whatever that may be).
@ND this has turned in to a very interesting discussion.
I keep learning more and more as the thread gets longer with everyone's comments.
Just got email tickle from PlayOnTV.
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PlayOnTV must be assuming that the "stick" default device is the Chromecast and the "box" default device is the Roku.
A couple of weeks ago on my Kinect purchase endeavor ran into a concurrent "Gamestick and Gamestick Dock" search.
The Gamestick is really a unique stick in the box device that started life as a Kickstarter.
It wasn't about the gaming part of the Gamestick. Rather it was about the XBMC part widget and software on the Gametick and dock that made it a very reasonable $25 purchase new. (note that the Gamestock "dock" provides a wired connection to the network). It was interesting that the design and presentation and the box of the box was very well done. I think the same company (PlayJam) had cut a deal with some TV mfg smart pieces OS.