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Can XBMC be ported on the Broadcom CPU? - london - 2012-05-30

I would be grateful if anyone answered.

http://www.broadcom.com/products/Satellite/Satellite-Set-Top-Box-Solutions/BCM7356

RE: Can XBMC be ported on the Broadcom CPU? - fns76 - 2012-10-13

Now its time to ask again. The first STB with this Chipset and OpenGL ES 2.0 and 1.3Ghz is availible. This have more power then raspberry pi

The technical Data:

Code:
Hersteller              GigaBlue

Modell                  Quad

Architektur            MIPS

CPU                     BCM7346B2

SoC                      40-nm

Taktung in Mhz      1.300

Cores                    2

OpenGL ES           2.0

Smartcard Reader  1

Common Interface  2

Tuner wechselbar   Ja(2xT+C)

Tuner                    2x(fix DVB-S), 2xDVB-S/C/T

Nand Flash           512 MB

DDR Memory        1024 MB

Festplatte Intern    1 x SATA 2,5“

e-SATA                1

USB 2.0 vorne       1

USB 2.0 hinten      2

LAN                      100MBit

HDMI                    Ja

SCART                  -

S/PDIF (optical)     Ja

RS-232                 Ja

Anzeige                 LCD

Netzteil                  Extern

source: AFF Hardware Table

The box looks like that:

RE: Can XBMC be ported on the Broadcom CPU? - Robotica - 2012-10-13

davilla worked for broadcom. Ask him..

RE: Can XBMC be ported on the Broadcom CPU? - davilla - 2012-10-13

nope, not being worked on at the moment.

EDIT: and I worked with Broadcom, not for them, there is a difference Smile

RE: Can XBMC be ported on the Broadcom CPU? - fns76 - 2012-11-03

There is a secound Box with OpenGL 2.0 Support, its the ET-4000

source: AFF Hardware Table

RE: Can XBMC be ported on the Broadcom CPU? - fns76 - 2013-01-05

The next Box is the VU+ Solo2 with OpenGL 2.0 Support.

RE: Can XBMC be ported on the Broadcom CPU? - fns76 - 2013-04-08

Now you can find other boxes with the needed support:

Xtrend/ET 4000

XPX 1000

Can XBMC be ported on the Broadcom CPU? - DrowningApe - 2013-04-08

I would make a guess that these boxes have a tightly locked down OS and hardware, and don't have the level of adoption for someone to put effort into hacking the hardware.

I suspect that the next version of the Raspberry Pi, like the Roku 3, will be based on this family of SOC's, which means open hardware and drivers.

If you want to start hacking this thing, please do.

RE: Can XBMC be ported on the Broadcom CPU? - fns76 - 2013-04-08

The OS is Opensource, only the driver are closed source. You can find a Build enviorment for Engima2 for this kind of boxes on openaaf.com, but i'am only a java developer and i have no idea about hardware hacking and c / c++ Sad

otherwise i can do anything on this boxes.

RE: Can XBMC be ported on the Broadcom CPU? - xdoktor - 2013-06-27

@ Davilla, you're a legend here so I ask...

With the VU+ Duo 2 about to be released that features Open GL ES 2.0,

is it even possible to port XBMC to these new type STB's Huh

&
if possible, who can I 'sponsor' with a box to do it?? :-)

peace
Dok

RE: Can XBMC be ported on the Broadcom CPU? - Ned Scott - 2013-06-27

I don't know the answer to that, but remember, there's a big difference between what is possible and what is practical ;)

RE: Can XBMC be ported on the Broadcom CPU? - davilla - 2013-06-27

(2013-06-27, 02:49)xdoktor Wrote: @ Davilla, you're a legend here so I ask...

With the VU+ Duo 2 about to be released that features Open GL ES 2.0,

is it even possible to port XBMC to these new type STB's
&
if possible, who can I 'sponsor' with a box to do it?? :-)

peace
Dok

While it might have all the bits xbmc needs, you also have to think if the API's are present that you can compile against. Otherwise, it just becomes too difficult to attempt and is impractical.

RE: Can XBMC be ported on the Broadcom CPU? - Trollslayer - 2013-10-13

(2013-01-05, 18:33)fns76 Wrote: The next Box is the VU+ Solo2 with OpenGL 2.0 Support.

The Duo2+ has the BCM7425 which supports OpenGL 2.0, seems a good candidate.

RE: Can XBMC be ported on the Broadcom CPU? - BMCMaster - 2014-09-10

I started commpilation, as opengl driver will come soon for some of this HW.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=204063

I stuck and I ahve no idea why it happens.