2014-01-26, 17:47
Many thanks for all the valuable info,it will save me an endless amount of trouble and head scratching ( And I can't afford to lose any more hair !!!) Cheers Chas.
(2009-11-16, 11:58)everschueren Wrote: Is it possible to install XBMC on a Samsung UE40B7000?
I would like to use my PC as the XBMC server and my TV as a XBMC player, can this be done?
At this moment I can connect the XBMC server through DLNA with the standard Media Player on the TV, but I want the XMBC player including the cool GUI.
I am an absolute novice and help is appriciated.
Thanks in advance,
Evi
(2014-01-31, 16:22)Starstream Wrote: Not going to happen yagiarray. Look at the time stamps this thread was started back in 2009 and it's now 2014 and nothings changed, Samsung are still producing locked down boutique platforms that their TV's run on.
Use an Android tablet running XBMC as the UI with the UPnP play using so the video plays on the Samsung, thats about as close you will get.
(2014-09-02, 11:07)miazza Wrote:(2014-01-31, 16:22)Starstream Wrote: Not going to happen yagiarray. Look at the time stamps this thread was started back in 2009 and it's now 2014 and nothings changed, Samsung are still producing locked down boutique platforms that their TV's run on.
Use an Android tablet running XBMC as the UI with the UPnP play using so the video plays on the Samsung, thats about as close you will get.
The issue here is not Samsung.
On Samsung TV it is possible to get root privileges with Samygo.
You have access to telnet,ftp,smb,nfs etc...
Toolchain for cross copiling is available and some porting of complex binaries have been already done.
I'm not an expert of crosscompiling but I guess that XBMC can be ported to those TV that are running Linux OS.
The main issue might be that Start X is not available in the TV services.
(2014-09-03, 05:54)Ned Scott Wrote:(2014-09-02, 11:07)miazza Wrote:(2014-01-31, 16:22)Starstream Wrote: Not going to happen yagiarray. Look at the time stamps this thread was started back in 2009 and it's now 2014 and nothings changed, Samsung are still producing locked down boutique platforms that their TV's run on.
Use an Android tablet running XBMC as the UI with the UPnP play using so the video plays on the Samsung, thats about as close you will get.
The issue here is not Samsung.
On Samsung TV it is possible to get root privileges with Samygo.
You have access to telnet,ftp,smb,nfs etc...
Toolchain for cross copiling is available and some porting of complex binaries have been already done.
I'm not an expert of crosscompiling but I guess that XBMC can be ported to those TV that are running Linux OS.
The main issue might be that Start X is not available in the TV services.
No, it is Samsung. "Linux" covers a lot of things. There are toasters that run linux, but that doesn't mean that anything that runs on a linux-based OS can be ported to another linux-based OS. Just because you can get telnet or file sharing access means nothing. Even if it has all the right parts and libraries, that doesn't mean it would be practical when companies like Samsung change the systems between different TV models.
Samsung is the only one who can make developing applications for their TVs into something that is practical. The ball is in their court.
(2014-09-03, 12:01)Hedda Wrote: The pinned/sticky thread above about "Why XBMC for PS3, Wii, or Xbox360 will probably never happen!" explains all this pretty well too.
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=40236
Read that as the same goes for any (non-Android-based) Samsung/Sony/Philips/LG TV or your toaster/washing-machine that also runs Linux.
XBMC wouldn't even run on Android today if it wasn't for Google releasing their NDK
https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html
Other than the minimum hardware and API requirements you need an SDK for porting native C/C++ apps, and not just an SDK for Java, etc.
(2014-11-06, 23:53)sgtGiggsy Wrote: Feel free to call me stupid, but I still don't understand why is it impossible to make a Smart TV app like Plex did. I don't think anybody would expect a fully featured XBMC that's able to play formats that the TV isn't, just an interface that gives the similiar experience as the desktop or Android program does. They did it with Plex, so it's not impossible. There is a need for that from the users, so I guess it would worth a try to make it.