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i could be wrong but, i dont think its a real popular model in here.
actually, i've never heard of it.
can't say if its stable or not.
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good luck, however, Rockchip SoC is way better in terms of performance,
if i go with android, i'll get a uHOST2.
also, soon enough, the quadcores will hit the market!
can't wait for those!!
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xbmc's default built-in player doesn't work well like you say on ANDROID
because there's no hardware accel (DXVA2).
so 1080P movies play choppy... even some 720P...
however, there's an XBMC version called XAF that uses MX PLAYER to playback movies so,
as we know, mx player on android plays everything since it uses hardware accel so, thats a good workaround.
its works as thats what i do on my android cell phone.
and also, there's no hardware accel yet with amlogic M6 chip.
only with amlogic M3 chip like the pivos xios box uses...
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a bit late, but I just received one of these. it seems to work quite well. the manufacturer has tweaked frodo and included external players. the addon list is extensive, and playback is smooth. it has a mali 400, so it is not a hardware mystery. after an afternoon of playing around and setting up accounts I'm happy with it. I thought I shouod chime in with some definitive feedback, even 2 seasons after the original post.
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(2013-12-04, 10:12)adfour Wrote: a bit late, but I just received one of these. it seems to work quite well. the manufacturer has tweaked frodo and included external players. the addon list is extensive, and playback is smooth. it has a mali 400, so it is not a hardware mystery. after an afternoon of playing around and setting up accounts I'm happy with it. I thought I shouod chime in with some definitive feedback, even 2 seasons after the original post.
Uses external players? oh, so it's a pile of shit. Thanks for the update.
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2013-12-07, 09:15
(This post was last modified: 2013-12-07, 09:18 by adfour.)
To clarify: I inferred it was using external players because I have never xbmc play so smoothly on an arm device without resorting to them ( I own a few and have tried the accelerated versions from the repos). It could as easily be that the manufacterer tweaked the playback. The thing is arm 9 / mali 400 1 gig ram, for 60 bucks. it is far from shit: plex app, netflix, hulu all work beautifully, as does xbmc. I have seen recent hardware accelerated xbmc work imperfectly on a 2 gig quad core note 10.1 ( not shit either) and since I saw mx player installed I suspected that it might be employed where xbmc still requires polish (I realize hardware acceleration is a work in progress, not trying to give the folks working on it crap.). Saying something is shit because it might be working around unfinished code is really irrational, especially in the context of a low cost set top that is demonstrably viable with other similar software.
Maybe this forum is for people who make set tops out of i7 16 gig ram intel boxes? Those sure outclass the hell out of a sub $100 set top- though hulu looks about the same- I added to the thread thinking people looking for low cost, low power consumption media boxes that run xbmc might like to know that this is quite useable. I was unable to find much information when I was looking. I'm sorry to find my sole post here was met with some snot nosed version of "my mommy bought me shinier one."
I see ned scott is listed as team-xbmc. Is this sort of attitude typical of the people on the project?