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BORIStheBLADE · 2012-09-05, 15:54

(2012-09-05, 08:24)Ned Scott Wrote:
(2012-09-05, 07:49)thica Wrote: Just to manage expectations. I have worked with Sigma in the past, it is likely that XBMC will not benefit at all....

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised once the news post hits xbmc.org about how all this went down.

Patiently waiting!!!!!

CK1one · 2012-09-05, 19:40

(2012-09-05, 15:54)BORIStheBLADE Wrote:
(2012-09-05, 08:24)Ned Scott Wrote:
(2012-09-05, 07:49)thica Wrote: Just to manage expectations. I have worked with Sigma in the past, it is likely that XBMC will not benefit at all....

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised once the news post hits xbmc.org about how all this went down.

Patiently waiting!!!!!

+1

Jönke · 2012-09-07, 12:14

(2012-08-31, 16:37)Jönke Wrote: "A demonstration of the SMP8656 running XBMC can be seen at IBC Booth BM7/BM8 at RAI, Amsterdam
September 6th to September 11th 2012. For more information on Sigma Designs and the SMP 8656
processor, visit www.sigmadesigns.com"

http://www.sigmadesigns.com/news.php

Any videos up yet ?

sonach · 2012-09-12, 09:19

Waiting the mips patches developed by Sigma pushed to git tree...
We are considering porting xbmc-android to mips-based broadcom 7231(running android ics), so the mips patches are very critical to us.

Anyone knows about the progress?

Jako · 2012-09-12, 15:39

(2012-09-12, 09:19)sonach Wrote: We are considering porting xbmc-android to mips-based broadcom 7231(running android ics), so the mips patches are very critical to us.

Nice! Would BCM7231 support automatically mean BCM7229 and BCM7230 support as well? They support 3DTV with MVC:

http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s658012

"With features similar to the BCM7231 but at a lower price point, the BCM7230 and BCM7229 HD STB SoC platforms enable smaller form factors and lower power consumption while also supporting 3DTV with MVC, OpenGL ES 2.0 and mainstream 1080p full HD quality video."

If I understand correctly all new Broadcom SoC's for STB are MIPS based and support OpenGL ES 2.0?

BCM7229, BCM7230, BCM7231, BCM7301, BCM3325, BCM7344, BCM7346, BCM7354, BCM7356, BCM7358, BCM7418, BCM7421, BCM7422, BCM7424 and BCM7425

http://investor.broadcom.com/releasedeta...eID=658013
http://investor.broadcom.com/releasedeta...eID=541251

Now I am also very curious who "we" are?

sonach · 2012-09-13, 08:17

(2012-09-12, 15:39)Jako Wrote:
(2012-09-12, 09:19)sonach Wrote: We are considering porting xbmc-android to mips-based broadcom 7231(running android ics), so the mips patches are very critical to us.
Nice! Would BCM7231 support automatically mean BCM7229 and BCM7230 support as well? They support 3DTV with MVC:

http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s658012

"With features similar to the BCM7231 but at a lower price point, the BCM7230 and BCM7229 HD STB SoC platforms enable smaller form factors and lower power consumption while also supporting 3DTV with MVC, OpenGL ES 2.0 and mainstream 1080p full HD quality video."

If I understand correctly all new Broadcom SoC's for STB are MIPS based and support OpenGL ES 2.0?

BCM7229, BCM7230, BCM7231, BCM7301, BCM3325, BCM7344, BCM7346, BCM7354, BCM7356, BCM7358, BCM7418, BCM7421, BCM7422, BCM7424 and BCM7425

http://investor.broadcom.com/releasedeta...eID=658013
http://investor.broadcom.com/releasedeta...eID=541251

Now I am also very curious who "we" are?

I don't know much about other BCM platforms other than BCM7231.
BCM7231 is the platform we are working on.
Since CryStax NDK r8 is not ready, xbmc-android-port to bcm7231 is not started. Maybe there will be a lot of difficulties in front of us and if you are interested in this, feel free to share with us Smile

Jönke · 2012-09-16, 07:19

So guys what do you think, will there be a Sigma/ xbmc player on the market any time soon or do we have to wait at least one more year?

BORIStheBLADE · 2012-09-16, 07:39

(2012-09-16, 07:19)Jönke Wrote: So guys what do you think, will there be a Sigma/ xbmc player on the market any time soon or do we have to wait at least one more year?

I'm hoping, but I could be wrong... I'm thinking 2013..

Jönke · 2012-10-12, 19:30

(2012-09-07, 12:14)Jönke Wrote:
(2012-08-31, 16:37)Jönke Wrote: "A demonstration of the SMP8656 running XBMC can be seen at IBC Booth BM7/BM8 at RAI, Amsterdam
September 6th to September 11th 2012. For more information on Sigma Designs and the SMP 8656
processor, visit www.sigmadesigns.com"

http://www.sigmadesigns.com/news.php

Any videos up yet ?

Did they show any demo at all ? Cant find anything at all about the demo Sad

~~Ned Scott~~ · (This post was last modified: 2012-10-12, 20:00 by Ned Scott.)

I've got a video of them demoing a unit at the 2012 XBMC DevCon (wiki). I just need to clean up the audio (weak mics on the cameras we used) so you can actually hear the Sigma guy.

Jönke · 2012-10-12, 20:54

Nice!

BORIStheBLADE · 2012-10-13, 23:54

(2012-10-12, 20:00)Ned Scott Wrote: I've got a video of them demoing a unit at the 2012 XBMC DevCon (wiki). I just need to clean up the audio (weak mics on the cameras we used) so you can actually hear the Sigma guy.

Looking forward to seeing it!!

CK1one · 2012-10-14, 06:20

+1

(2012-10-13, 23:54)BORIStheBLADE Wrote:
(2012-10-12, 20:00)Ned Scott Wrote: I've got a video of them demoing a unit at the 2012 XBMC DevCon (wiki). I just need to clean up the audio (weak mics on the cameras we used) so you can actually hear the Sigma guy.

Looking forward to seeing it!!

~~Ned Scott~~ · 2012-10-14, 20:49

I still haven't done any processing on the audio, but here it is:

Sorry for the shaky cam! Tripod was in my luggage (along with a better camera with better mic), which got lost at the airport (there was a strike at the airport and three of us had to drive across Germany overnight to make it to the conference!)

jmarshall · 2012-10-14, 23:10

Note that I'm really paying attention, not coding something up, honestly (IIRC it was the inprogress shows stuff for Keith) :p