2005-08-06, 21:17
wow, this entire forum has been inactive for a long time! :tear:
anyways, last i heard openxdk couldn't be used to compile xbmc because xbmc is heavily directx based and openxdk is heavily sdl based. i am wondering about the possibilities of the openxdk eventually being able to compile xbmc are. theoretically, from the core of openxdk could it ever work? what would the openxdk dev's need to do to make it happen? would xbmc have to be ported over to compile with the openxdk if it was possible to compile with it? and if so, how much of the code would have to be ported, would it require a full re-write of xbmc?
these are just some of the questions that popped into my head when i started thinking about this ancient topic. i know the answers are around somewhere, but digging them up is difficult at best since it is a subject that seems to have been long forgotten. hopefully there are others out there still interested in seeing this happen at some point so that xbmc binaries can be legally distributed. :kickass:
if you are reading this i am sure you are wondering what sparked my interest in this subject and what prompted the post. please realize this is very premature, but there is a project in progress called openbox. it is a very basic dash that can be compiled with the openxdk. currently, it can't do much, but it is definitely going to be a project i will be keeping an eye on because of the possibilities since it can be legally distributed. there is a whole forum on the xbox-scene boards about the project. if you are interested in checking it out, you can find it here!
i'm not posting about openbox to spam the project, i am hoping that some of the people here will see the potential of the openxdk and to generate some interest in the project from the community as it would be great to see legal xbmc binaries from team xbmc, that would even mean xbmc could even implement the auto-update feature that so many people have been asking and begging for so long to get. :o
again, please realize i know there are several issues and reasons why the openxdk cannot currently compile xbmc so hold the flames, i am hoping to generate some mature discussion and debate about the subject as it relates to the current status and future plans of both projects, as well as general possibilities.
regards,
los93sol
edit: decided i should link to the openxdk homepage as well, you can find it and more information about the project here!
anyways, last i heard openxdk couldn't be used to compile xbmc because xbmc is heavily directx based and openxdk is heavily sdl based. i am wondering about the possibilities of the openxdk eventually being able to compile xbmc are. theoretically, from the core of openxdk could it ever work? what would the openxdk dev's need to do to make it happen? would xbmc have to be ported over to compile with the openxdk if it was possible to compile with it? and if so, how much of the code would have to be ported, would it require a full re-write of xbmc?
these are just some of the questions that popped into my head when i started thinking about this ancient topic. i know the answers are around somewhere, but digging them up is difficult at best since it is a subject that seems to have been long forgotten. hopefully there are others out there still interested in seeing this happen at some point so that xbmc binaries can be legally distributed. :kickass:
if you are reading this i am sure you are wondering what sparked my interest in this subject and what prompted the post. please realize this is very premature, but there is a project in progress called openbox. it is a very basic dash that can be compiled with the openxdk. currently, it can't do much, but it is definitely going to be a project i will be keeping an eye on because of the possibilities since it can be legally distributed. there is a whole forum on the xbox-scene boards about the project. if you are interested in checking it out, you can find it here!
i'm not posting about openbox to spam the project, i am hoping that some of the people here will see the potential of the openxdk and to generate some interest in the project from the community as it would be great to see legal xbmc binaries from team xbmc, that would even mean xbmc could even implement the auto-update feature that so many people have been asking and begging for so long to get. :o
again, please realize i know there are several issues and reasons why the openxdk cannot currently compile xbmc so hold the flames, i am hoping to generate some mature discussion and debate about the subject as it relates to the current status and future plans of both projects, as well as general possibilities.
regards,
los93sol
edit: decided i should link to the openxdk homepage as well, you can find it and more information about the project here!