The Official OMG, XBMC on Android thread.

**davilla** · 2012-07-14 05:13

here's a home to start discussions Smile

EDIT by Jezz_X below

Just to prove that it does actually work and TheUni didn't have a hidden PC behind his TV Tongue

Bear in mind this only really meant for set-top-boxes now until we can get decent skins that work proper on smaller devices this is a proof of concept videos

aptalca · 2012-07-14 05:18

Official, xbmc and android in the same sentence?

Me wants!! Cool

EDIT: Typo in thread title fixed, embedded video no longer relevant

Speedst3r · 2012-07-14 05:41

Congratulations XBMC team!

This complicates my search for a media player - so many choices now!

Specifically for XBMC on the XIOS DS though:
- maximum h.264 bitrate? Will it play Samsung's Oceanic Life demo smoothly? Smile

- have you got XBMC adjusting the refresh rate to match the video frame rate? (e.g. 23.976/50/60)
- audio output. Is there bitstreaming of HD audio or is this a planned upgrade?

As I want to put a media player in my home theatre, the following is essential
- 1080p output
- hardware decode of h.264 at up to 40Mbps
- sync of refresh rate with frame rate (being in Oz PAL@25fps is not uncommon)
- bitstreaming of HD audio

A fantastic milestone for XBMC all the same!

**artrafael** · 2012-07-14 06:16

OMG!... I'm as giddy as a schoolgirl over Justin what's his name. Smile

All those coy, dropped hints over the last couple of months and now it's a reality. Guess I'll have to break down and buy an Android device.

**davilla** · 2012-07-14 06:17

(2012-07-14 05:41)Speedst3r Wrote: 1) maximum h.264 bitrate? Will it play Samsung's Oceanic Life demo smoothly?
2) have you got XBMC adjusting the refresh rate to match the video frame rate? (e.g. 23.976/50/60)
3) audio output. Is there bitstreaming of HD audio or is this a planned upgrade?

1) Cut me a 50-100MB sample and I'll test it for you. It eats my brutal test, TheDarkKnight, raw decrypted bluray rip over a smb share. Bizarre like 'killa' forget it, they are not encoded to any reasonable spec and no hw decoder can handle it besides desktop nvidia.
2) Not been concerned with that as video playback seems quite good with the default setup.
3) It's capable of digital passthough, licensing is still being worked out (on the Pivos box) so this is disabled at the moment.

Speedst3r · 2012-07-14 06:28

(2012-07-14 06:17)davilla Wrote: 1) Cut me a 50-100MB sample and I'll test it for you. It eats my brutal test, TheDarkKnight, raw decrypted bluray rip over a smb share. Bizarre like 'killa' forget it, they are not encoded to any reasonable spec and no hw decoder can handle it besides desktop nvidia.

The whole thing is only 480MB, did you still want part of it or the whole thing? (may be handy for testing in future)

It's not a dealbreaker as such, I have a few media files with high bitrates, and if it could play this (40Mbps) I would be confident the others with lower bitrates would play.

**davilla** · 2012-07-14 07:14

dropbox it and give me an URL.

atltrickster · 2012-07-14 07:31

I literally started dancing when I read the release announcement for this Smile

Guess it's time to setup an Ubuntu VM environment so I can compile it and try it out. Would be very grateful if someone were to share an apk compiled from source though :-)

**theuni** · 2012-07-14 07:32

Builds from OSX too if that's your flavor.

sstavross · 2012-07-14 08:25

Some questions from me too:
1. It runs on android 4.0 as I see. Will it run or android 2.2 and 2.3?
2.Some realtek chipsets (1186) can run "android" but it is based on MIPS. Will xbmc run on these devices? ( I guess no but you never know! :-)

aptalca The Dude Posts: 827 Joined: Sep 2009 Reputation: 17	2012-07-14 05:18 Post: #2 Official, xbmc and android in the same sentence? Me wants!! EDIT: Typo in thread title fixed, embedded video no longer relevant ücretsiz seri ilan (This post was last modified: 2012-08-30 22:44 by aptalca.)
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artrafael Team-XBMC Forum Moderator Posts: 4,424 Joined: Jul 2010 Reputation: 78 Location: USA	2012-07-14 06:16 Post: #4 OMG!... I'm as giddy as a schoolgirl over Justin what's his name. All those coy, dropped hints over the last couple of months and now it's a reality. Guess I'll have to break down and buy an Android device.
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davilla Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 10,397 Joined: Feb 2008 Reputation: 58	2012-07-14 07:14 Post: #7 dropbox it and give me an URL. 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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atltrickster Junior Member Posts: 12 Joined: May 2012 Reputation: 1	2012-07-14 07:31 Post: #8 I literally started dancing when I read the release announcement for this Guess it's time to setup an Ubuntu VM environment so I can compile it and try it out. Would be very grateful if someone were to share an apk compiled from source though :-)
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theuni Team-XBMC Communication Manager Posts: 1,087 Joined: Oct 2007 Reputation: 2 Location: Atlanta, Ga, USA	2012-07-14 07:32 Post: #9 Builds from OSX too if that's your flavor.
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sstavross Senior Member Posts: 100 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 1	2012-07-14 08:25 Post: #10 Some questions from me too: 1. It runs on android 4.0 as I see. Will it run or android 2.2 and 2.3? 2.Some realtek chipsets (1186) can run "android" but it is based on MIPS. Will xbmc run on these devices? ( I guess no but you never know! :-)
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