XBMC on Raspberry Pi - Wonder if this will work out? (Historical Discussion Thread)

maruchan · 2011-11-05 18:45

If you browse around their forum, there's a thread where one of the moderators confirms that some XBMC devs have had prototype boards since at least early September and that they have screenshots of it running (though they haven't released them at request of the XBMC devs.) They even went so far as to say, if everything works out right, we might see XBMC launch alongside the Raspberry Pi in December... which would be awesome.

waldo22 · 2011-11-06 06:35

I would imagine that an XBMC dev who wrote the drivers for the Broadcom CrystalHD cards would have enough experience and access to code for this Broadcom BCM2835 SoC.

Just Sayin'

-Wes

Elvito · 2011-11-06 10:52

Looks very promising.

Gigabit ethernet and PoE would be nice though

lloydsmart · 2011-11-06 12:34

Yeah, no GbE kinda sucks. PoE I can live without, but isn't GbE required for full-bitrate bluray streaming?

**davilla** · 2011-11-06 18:31

lloydsmart Wrote:Yeah, no GbE kinda sucks. PoE I can live without, but isn't GbE required for full-bitrate bluray streaming?

no, 40-45Mbs over 100Mbs net works just fine.

Swifty · 2011-11-07 02:05

Wow looks like a great little device!

I'll certainly be snapping a few up if some xbmc Dev magic happens :-)

Starstream · 2011-11-07 16:56

Cool, wishful thinking on my part but maybe this could be the first step towards an XBMC set top box.

Aren't the Roku's powered by the same chip, if it were possible find out who manufactures it for them and maybe they could also produce an XBMC Box, Pulse Eight could sell the XBMC Box with their remote.

blaize · 2011-11-07 19:43

@Starstream, i had the same thought when i read this tread Smile

But if it's possible to have a smooth running xbmc on this device, why not sell the device itself too?

It might be a nice way for XBMC to make a little bit of money.
just a thought Wink

GreenEyez · 2011-11-07 20:40

I highly doubt this will even come close to a smooth XBMC experience, just look at the Apple TV2, it packs an ARM Cortex A8 CPU, much more powerfull than the ARM11 in this little gadget, and still has issues with heavier skins like Aeon MQ3/Nox Or Xperience1080p, as a couple of examples.

vinistois · 2011-11-07 21:15

wow that thing is so small it could be built into a CABLE!!

Imagine a cable, USB at one end, HDMI at the other, this tiny sucker built right in.

coooool

waldo22 Member+ Posts: 764 Joined: Sep 2007 Reputation: 2 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA	2011-11-06 06:35 Post: #12 I would imagine that an XBMC dev who wrote the drivers for the Broadcom CrystalHD cards would have enough experience and access to code for this Broadcom BCM2835 SoC. Just Sayin' -Wes
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Elvito Junior Member Posts: 24 Joined: Mar 2009 Reputation: 0 Location: Belgium	2011-11-06 10:52 Post: #13 Looks very promising. Gigabit ethernet and PoE would be nice though
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lloydsmart Member+ Posts: 306 Joined: Sep 2009 Reputation: 0 Location: UK	2011-11-06 12:34 Post: #14 Yeah, no GbE kinda sucks. PoE I can live without, but isn't GbE required for full-bitrate bluray streaming?
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davilla Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 10,403 Joined: Feb 2008 Reputation: 58	2011-11-06 18:31 Post: #15 lloydsmart Wrote:Yeah, no GbE kinda sucks. PoE I can live without, but isn't GbE required for full-bitrate bluray streaming? no, 40-45Mbs over 100Mbs net works just fine. MediaInfo : http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/ Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules.
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Swifty Fan Posts: 482 Joined: Nov 2008 Reputation: 1	2011-11-07 02:05 Post: #16 Wow looks like a great little device! I'll certainly be snapping a few up if some xbmc Dev magic happens :-)
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Starstream Member+ Posts: 470 Joined: Apr 2009 Reputation: 15	2011-11-07 16:56 Post: #17 Cool, wishful thinking on my part but maybe this could be the first step towards an XBMC set top box. Aren't the Roku's powered by the same chip, if it were possible find out who manufactures it for them and maybe they could also produce an XBMC Box, Pulse Eight could sell the XBMC Box with their remote.
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blaize Member Posts: 92 Joined: Oct 2006 Reputation: 0	2011-11-07 19:43 Post: #18 @Starstream, i had the same thought when i read this tread But if it's possible to have a smooth running xbmc on this device, why not sell the device itself too? It might be a nice way for XBMC to make a little bit of money. just a thought
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GreenEyez Senior Member Posts: 109 Joined: Aug 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-11-07 20:40 Post: #19 I highly doubt this will even come close to a smooth XBMC experience, just look at the Apple TV2, it packs an ARM Cortex A8 CPU, much more powerfull than the ARM11 in this little gadget, and still has issues with heavier skins like Aeon MQ3/Nox Or Xperience1080p, as a couple of examples.
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vinistois Fan Posts: 467 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 12	2011-11-07 21:15 Post: #20 wow that thing is so small it could be built into a CABLE!! Imagine a cable, USB at one end, HDMI at the other, this tiny sucker built right in. coooool
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