Forget the AppleTV3, consider the Mele a2000 - A dedicated xbmc box for $70 or less

teknikk7 · 2012-05-04 21:25

I just picked up the Mele A2000 for a project I am working on. I will report back when it arrives, maybe do a un-boxing. I'll pretend like it's some high end hardware.

Anyone have any links to ongoing development or hacks for the A1000 or A2000?

ronzelver · 2012-05-05 10:34

I have the A2000 since two days now, it looks very nice and it 'works' immediately out of the box, but the Android stuff is just horrible.
So I also can't wait until I can get XBMC running on it :-)

frieten · 2012-05-09 07:29

(2012-05-05 10:34)ronzelver Wrote: I have the A2000 since two days now, it looks very nice and it 'works' immediately out of the box, but the Android stuff is just horrible.
So I also can't wait until I can get XBMC running on it :-)

1, have you got linux installed on it yet?
2, have you got xbmc on it yet?

please give us your results!

tastypotato · 2012-05-11 20:24

(2012-05-04 17:46)frieten Wrote: Please let us know how u go, if u can get Linux It u should be able top get xbmc on it.

So far it hasn't even been shipped yet... I'm going to contact the seller and see how far down on the list I am.

phiber2k4 · 2012-05-17 15:18

any news on this? I will probably buy one too, as soon as its confirmed that ubuntu and XBMC will run on this device at one point (unfortunately I'm not of a big help porting it myself...).

e8hffff · 2012-05-21 06:09

The Mele A2000 is probably the best hardware for price/performance/power-consumption to run XBMC. If the XBMC community doesn't get behind it then they risk missing a great opportunity to replace their old XBOX or other power guzzler and space stealing PC.

It runs a Mali400 GPU which can easily do 1080p or 2160p, whilst performing most video decoding.
It's an ARM based CPU (Allwinner A10) which has latest Ubuntu 12.04 ARM repositories and kernel ready.

The Linux ARM community is getting rallied up now on this CPU and the Mele unit. The GPU that is integrated in the CPU is yet to be fully exploited on Ubuntu, which is the reason why there isn't a out of the box experience for XBMC for this device. Time is on our side.

Images:
https://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl...le%20a2000

Sites of interest:
http://rhombus-tech.net/
http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/04/28/h...based-stb/
http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/pipermail/arm-netbook/ (check 'threads' of month for mele news)

Buy Point:
http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/560...alers.html

djfourmoney · 2012-05-29 03:33

Nice, thanks for the post.

Santicity · 2012-05-29 10:03

I've just started looking into streaming media and xbmc. If this works it looks like an extremely cheap way to get a good xbmc!

muer-d · 2012-05-29 15:43

seems a lot of work to hack it and run a linux or xbmc,
what about this http://www.asiapads.com/product_info.php...rrency=EUR
or this with dual boot http://www.asiapads.com/product_info.php...ts_id=2178
I' looking for a cheap device to run a xbmc

j1nx · 2012-05-29 17:57

Guys you are better off to continue the discussion at the XBMC Allwinner thread;
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=126995

teknikk7 Junior Member Posts: 18 Joined: Apr 2011 Reputation: 0 Location: Chino Hills	2012-05-04 21:25 Post: #11 I just picked up the Mele A2000 for a project I am working on. I will report back when it arrives, maybe do a un-boxing. I'll pretend like it's some high end hardware. Anyone have any links to ongoing development or hacks for the A1000 or A2000?
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ronzelver Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-05-05 10:34 Post: #12 I have the A2000 since two days now, it looks very nice and it 'works' immediately out of the box, but the Android stuff is just horrible. So I also can't wait until I can get XBMC running on it :-)
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frieten Senior Member Posts: 256 Joined: Jun 2009 Reputation: 2	2012-05-09 07:29 Post: #13 (2012-05-05 10:34)ronzelver Wrote: I have the A2000 since two days now, it looks very nice and it 'works' immediately out of the box, but the Android stuff is just horrible. So I also can't wait until I can get XBMC running on it :-) 1, have you got linux installed on it yet? 2, have you got xbmc on it yet? please give us your results!
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tastypotato Junior Member Posts: 7 Joined: Feb 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-05-11 20:24 Post: #14 (2012-05-04 17:46)frieten Wrote: Please let us know how u go, if u can get Linux It u should be able top get xbmc on it. So far it hasn't even been shipped yet... I'm going to contact the seller and see how far down on the list I am.
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phiber2k4 Junior Member Posts: 5 Joined: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-05-17 15:18 Post: #15 any news on this? I will probably buy one too, as soon as its confirmed that ubuntu and XBMC will run on this device at one point (unfortunately I'm not of a big help porting it myself...).
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djfourmoney Junior Member Posts: 43 Joined: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-05-29 03:33 Post: #17 Nice, thanks for the post.
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Santicity Junior Member Posts: 16 Joined: May 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-05-29 10:03 Post: #18 I've just started looking into streaming media and xbmc. If this works it looks like an extremely cheap way to get a good xbmc!
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muer-d Junior Member Posts: 8 Joined: Jun 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-05-29 15:43 Post: #19 seems a lot of work to hack it and run a linux or xbmc, what about this http://www.asiapads.com/product_info.php...rrency=EUR or this with dual boot http://www.asiapads.com/product_info.php...ts_id=2178 I' looking for a cheap device to run a xbmc
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j1nx Fan Posts: 525 Joined: Aug 2011 Reputation: 22 Location: Netherlands	2012-05-29 17:57 Post: #20 Guys you are better off to continue the discussion at the XBMC Allwinner thread; http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=126995 J1nx \| .: Hackable Gadgets :.
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