[davilla]

Oh my bad, thought it still used a mplayer fork. Same question though, will it be able to hardware decode on the Raspberry Pi ?

Of course, without hardware decode, these arm boxes are useless as they don't have the ponies to brute force software decode.

Hmm are you sure ? Raspberry Pi is based on the BCM2835 SoC which integrates an ARM1176JZ-F processor which seems to be an ARM11 processor ( adding the fact that it has ARM11 in its name ).
http://www.arm.com/products/processors/c...rm1176.php

Edit : Well just saw there was a difference between ARMv7 and ARM7 so you must be right

I'm very sure I do have to compile code and the cross-compiler has to know which arm opcodes to use.

[kri kri]

Is there a release date on these things?

[thethirdnut]

Looking fwd to this as well...not so much for home use though to be honest, however, this would make a killer portable, vehicle-based platform.

Extremely compact, portable and 100% solid-state so it should handle the more extreme temp variances well...I'm hoping.

Plus access to all the off-the-shelf XBMC remote controls, etc...tons of possibilities.

[Khivar]

Of course, without hardware decode, these arm boxes are useless as they don't have the ponies to brute force software decode.

For HD and for Blu-ray sure. I was asking because I didn't know if you were porting XBMC on the Raspberry Pi without hardware decoding support ( where it would only work with standard definition video like the Xbox ) or if you'd try to make the hardware decoding work. It's awesome that it will hardware decode ! By the way I saw that the GPU is hardware decoding H264 1080p, hope it would be fast enough for full Blu-ray decoding, and what about VC-1 ? Because if we can play only our H264 blu-ray that would be annoying

I'm very sure I do have to compile code and the cross-compiler has to know which arm opcodes to use.

Okay thanks, learned a thing today

[macf1an]

This you should beat...

http://blog.roku.com/blog/2012/01/04/rok...ing_stick/

[davilla]

This you should beat...

http://blog.roku.com/blog/2012/01/04/rok...ing_stick/

I would not touch any roku crap with a ten-foot pole. This thing is crap, it's still a set-top-box but you plug it in instead of using a cable. What you lose is sd cards, USB, and hardline ethernet.

[neomits]

Very excited about the possibilities of this.

[Tobor]

Extremely compact, portable and 100% solid-state ....

Great, I can finally replace my vacuum tube computer!

[extension23]

XBMC magic is coming to a PI next to you

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14341410/2011-12-26-100700.ogv

I haven't seen this one answered on the Raspberrypi forums, so maybe you can shed some light on it. What are these capable of from an HDMI sound standpoint? I am guessing they can't do DTS-MA or TrueHD audio, but don't know what kind of audio output they can do.

[swasheck]

So ... just out of curiosity, if I understand this, the CuBox ARM processor is better than RasPi's but it is all self-contained and perhaps less flexible than RasPi?

[maruchan]

The developer of the CuBox has already ported XBMC.

YouTube video demonstrating it
Github Sourcecode

It seems that in 2-5 years, embedded devices such as the CuBox and the RasPi will be everywhere and will make great little front-end clients.

[Bram77]

So ... just out of curiosity, if I understand this, the CuBox ARM processor is better than RasPi's but it is all self-contained and perhaps less flexible than RasPi?

I think it's just a bit more capable, but also quite a lot more expensive. If the Pi was sold with a case around it I'm guessing it might cost about $35 to $40. So you'll pay more then twice as much. I think it's only worth it if you really want SPDIF and/or eSATA. I personally think the CuBox would be perfect if it would have analog audio output instead of the optical output. I use SPDIF myself, but these cheap devices are perfect for people less nerdy then I am. Most people I know don't have receivers with optical input.

I doubt the faster CPU will make much difference. I guess 1GB of RAM might make a lot of difference though.
I'm just guessing here. I have no actual experience to prove it.

[davilla]

please, stay on topic. if you want to discuss other SoCs, take it to a new thread.

[Philmatic]

Any chance of confirmation for VC-1 and MPEG 2 HW acceleration?

Also, I'm assuming bitstreaming is a pipe dream?

[swasheck]

please, stay on topic. if you want to discuss other SoCs, take it to a new thread.

sorry:o