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I've got two original xbox's that I want to replace, I'm looking for the lowest cost replacements. Is it worth buying a raspberry pi's in the hope that xbmc will be developed to a standard that I could replace my original xbox's in the not too distant future.
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The Pi works great if all you're looking for is an easy and cheap way to stream content to your TV. It won't be as fluid as the xbox, there will be noticable lag while navigating the menus, when you first start to play somthing, or while trying to fastforward/rewind. It also helps if you have some kind of storage already since the Pi does not include any. I use one on my bedroom TV and I love it, but I wouldn't want to use it on my Living Room TV, since I use it more often.
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2012-08-05, 22:37
(This post was last modified: 2012-08-05, 22:40 by stepea.)
Will the possible port of android to the raspberry Pi and android version of xbmc, see improved performance of xbmc?
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(2012-08-05, 22:37)stepea Wrote: Will the possible port of android to the raspberry Pi and android version of xbmc, see improved performance of xbmc?
Running Android on the R-Pi and XBMC on top of that will probably decrease performance since there's more "stuff" to run, eat up memory, etc.
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So what are the low cost, quicker alternatives.
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I've already got an Acer Revo 3600 and I would like to replace two original xbox's but not with Acer Revo's which are quite expensive but with something low cost. Just looking at the alternatives.
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Is there any way to get Wi-Fi working on that thing? Model B seems to have a network adapter, but no wireless support...
Nevertheless, this sounds like a good device. Although I'd rather buy an Android Mini PC, even though they are more expensive.
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For WiFi you're probably going to need a USB WiFi adapter.
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I probably won't reckon the usb wifi on Raspi for XBMC simply because the board is not powerful enough to drive both of them. I tried the tiny Edimax EW-7811Un. My Raspbmc partially works on wifii. maybe the usb dongle driver use more precious resource, some xbmc addons failed while they work fine with wired connection.
The solution works for me is to wire Raspi to a DD-WRT router on client bridge mode.
mkv with dts audio play's without stuttering :o this is it 