Slingbox on XBMC - Here's How

(2012-03-18 02:31)simon_rb Wrote:  

(2012-03-06 22:55)uspino Wrote:  Hardware acceleration is a must. I haven't found a way to make it work smoothly on ION systems with Live XBMC (Linux does not appear to support acceleration for Flash). This address also gives access the latest Flash plugin with hardware acceleration, but again is a no-go on Linxu:

http://slingplayer.slingbox.com/embedded...player.php

Does this work on windows?

Cheers

It works great on Windows because the embedded player uses hardware acceleration by default as long as you have the latest version of Flash. Linux is a different story - no HA on Flash.

(2012-03-06 22:55)uspino Wrote:  Hardware acceleration is a must. I haven't found a way to make it work smoothly on ION systems with Live XBMC (Linux does not appear to support acceleration for Flash). This address also gives access the latest Flash plugin with hardware acceleration, but again is a no-go on Linxu:

http://slingplayer.slingbox.com/embedded...player.php

What you mean with "a no-go on Linux" ?
You was the first one to show me how to easily use my slingbox from linux. Thanks!
This is working perfect with firefox and chrome on my LMDE system.

How do we go about changing channels and such?

(2012-02-14 16:38)uspino Wrote:  Alone Launcher” and point it to your browser executable file. Chrome works great (for XBMCBuntu: /usr/bin/chromium)
3) For Arguments, use: -kiosk "http://download.slingmedia.com/player/embedded/v14/austinapp.swf" This will open Chrome in full screen directly onto Sling flash application (the same used on their Facebook App, buy bypassing Facebook)

I am using the release version of Eden. Advanced Launcher does not allow the full length of your suggested Argument string. It seems to stop at /v1.

Am I missing something?

By the way, does this approach display the on screen remote?

Does this work with mac? I can't navigate to just the .app file, as it keeps going deeper into the package contents.

(2012-03-06 22:55)uspino Wrote:  Hardware acceleration is a must. I haven't found a way to make it work smoothly on ION systems with Live XBMC (Linux does not appear to support acceleration for Flash). This address also gives access the latest Flash plugin with hardware acceleration, but again is a no-go on Linxu:

http://slingplayer.slingbox.com/embedded...player.php

Flash on Linux is terrible. This is coming from someone who develops flash applications for a living. However, try:


Restart your browser and see if Youtube HD videos play back smoothly. Note that the above is a crapshoot and may not work on the newest versions of Flash.

Anyone know if there is a chance Slingbox Pro-HD will be supported. Can anyone confirm that the signal is encrypted and not able to be used with the Pro-HD? I'm running 11.0 on an Apple TV2.

(2012-03-30 20:53)bernabap Wrote:  

(2012-03-06 22:55)uspino Wrote:  Hardware acceleration is a must. I haven't found a way to make it work smoothly on ION systems with Live XBMC (Linux does not appear to support acceleration for Flash). This address also gives access the latest Flash plugin with hardware acceleration, but again is a no-go on Linxu:

http://slingplayer.slingbox.com/embedded...player.php

What you mean with "a no-go on Linux" ?
You was the first one to show me how to easily use my slingbox from linux. Thanks!
This is working perfect with firefox and chrome on my LMDE system.

Flash for Linux does not support hardware acceleration. This method is fine for low-bitrate, mid-resolution streams, but it is sluggish on Linux if you want full Slingbox-HD video...

(2012-05-04 19:12)uspino Wrote:  Flash for Linux does not support hardware acceleration. This method is fine for low-bitrate, mid-resolution streams, but it is sluggish on Linux if you want full Slingbox-HD video...

Flash for Linux does support hardware acceleration as of version 10.2.

(2012-05-05 08:19)Ned Scott Wrote:  

(2012-05-04 19:12)uspino Wrote:  Flash for Linux does not support hardware acceleration. This method is fine for low-bitrate, mid-resolution streams, but it is sluggish on Linux if you want full Slingbox-HD video...

Flash for Linux does support hardware acceleration as of version 10.2.

If it does, how do you make it work in XBMCBuntu Chorome? You can go to http://slingplayer.slingbox.com/embedded...player.php and log into your Slingbox in the Flash application, but if you right-click "Video Info" you'll see "Acceleration=False". Tried on 2 differnt HTPCS. On Windows, you get "Acceleration=true" and, of course, smooth video.