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

**gimli** · 2012-01-07 16:45

s7mx1 Wrote:They will at least support h264 playback. Other format support will likely involve expensive license which is impossible with $25/35 budget.

True

**davilla** · 2012-01-07 17:16

Humm, I might be wrong given new information, while the hardware CAN decode all major formats, licensing will determine which formats are enabled. If anyone needs further info on this point, I suggest contacting the Raspberry Pi contacts as this falls outside of any xbmc port to this platform.

darkscout · 2012-01-08 03:51

Hurray for software patents!

macf1an · 2012-01-09 10:12

the Pi would be so DOA if this had any form of networking...
Edit: what's up with those things - they're popping like mushshrooms .. (android port of XBMC is not out of the question right? and they do mention ubuntu..)
I wonder who will meet the lowest of the variable prices - so far the Pi is the most optimistic .. and most rumoured .. I guess this will give them the advantage in terms of initial quantity

Robotica · 2012-01-11 15:50

Raspberrypi is being produced as of today: http://www.raspberrypi.org/

macf1an Wrote:I wonder who will meet the lowest of the variable prices - so far the Pi is the most optimistic .. and most rumoured .. I guess this will give them the advantage in terms of initial quantity

Cheapest aRM rumour I know of: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/12/17...spberry-pi

They claim to be 3x faster than raspberrypi and cost only 14 dollar...

tyger · 2012-01-11 17:19

if we could only have footage of an actually movie being played ......but till then this gets my hopes up

j1nx · 2012-01-11 17:40

Robotica Wrote:Raspberrypi is being produced as of today: http://www.raspberrypi.org/

Cheapest aRM rumour I know of: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/12/17...spberry-pi

They claim to be 3x faster than raspberrypi and cost only 14 dollar...

That's this one, I think
http://www.cnx-software.com/2011/12/18/1...mbus-tech/

@tyger
Playing video is not the big deal, there are plenty of video flying around with R-Pi's playing 1080p video content.

PatK · 2012-01-11 18:02

Raspberry is real now..

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/509

T800 · 2012-01-11 21:38

macf1an Wrote:the Pi would be so DOA if this had any form of networking...

If you look further down the page you posted you see a wireless network adapter.

Jimmer · 2012-01-11 23:00

Well, since the goal of the R-Pi is primarily educational and secondarily for the hobbyist/hacker rather than as a dedicated media player, I'm not sure that the linked media player will make the Pi DOA (whether it boasts wi-fi, or not)..... the moboplay will just be another media player in an already crowded market

whereas the r-pi will run xbmc - which is awesome - plus you'll also be able to automate your chicken coup with it.... and teach your kids some Python

...personally, I'll be buying one, whether or not xbmc flies on it

gimli Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 430 Joined: Jun 2009 Reputation: 9	2012-01-07 16:45 Post: #91 s7mx1 Wrote:They will at least support h264 playback. Other format support will likely involve expensive license which is impossible with $25/35 budget. True
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darkscout Posting Freak Posts: 2,148 Joined: Jul 2008 Reputation: 12	2012-01-08 03:51 Post: #93 Hurray for software patents! Code: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `xbmc_%`.* TO 'xbmc'@'%'; IF you have a mysql problem, find one of the 4 dozen threads already open.
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tyger Junior Member Posts: 9 Joined: Dec 2011 Reputation: 0 Location: Joliet,il	2012-01-11 17:19 Post: #96 if we could only have footage of an actually movie being played ......but till then this gets my hopes up
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PatK Posting Freak Posts: 2,241 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 67	2012-01-11 18:02 Post: #98 Raspberry is real now.. http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/509
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