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Nigggo
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2008-10-30, 01:03
(This post was last modified: 2008-11-29, 11:24 by sho.)
hi, i'm quite shure that this question was asked thousands of times before but i couldnt find any helping answers.
i'm running XBMC on my modded xbox since a few years and am nearly absolutely happy with it. the only thing i miss is more performance to playback 720p + content as *.mkv files.
now that xbmc is ported to different platforms i think it could be the right time to switch to another system.
which would be a cheap replacement running xbmc nearly as stable as my old xbox with full hd support?
thx for your help
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netwho
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I'm afraid, there's no decent alternative....
I went through different solutions, the hardware ones suffer form a comparable codec support, the software ones often lack on look and feel (when you're used to XBMC).
I had the same isse with my XBOX besides it's bulky and loud...
When I noticed, that XBMC works on the AppleTV Hardware, I decided go that road down!
Alos this hardware is not CPU rich - Don't even think you'll have a 1080 capable player, but it runs 720p h.264 fine!
Regards, netwho
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Nigggo
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i wouldnt have a problem with going on with using xbmc. but i need a modern replacement for my old xbox. i also thought about updating to an appletv but i dont want to update to an device which couldnt play fullhd content.
if i would setup a mediapc, would it be possible to run xbmc and include live tv features by plugin or run live tv programs out of xbmc?
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mpw222
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Apple TV is the easiest, just beware that it's a pretty underpowered machine (relative to a real PC, it's several times faster than an xbox) - you'll be able to do 720p in general, but probably not any 1080p.
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Nigggo
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if i should upgrade to a new platform i wont buy a system which cant handle todays resolutions. by this time i just have an 720p tv but i dont want to spend money for a third system if i upgrade to an 1080p tv...
if the atv could play 1080p content i'd love it but as you said, its just to weak to find place in my livingroom...
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I'm wondering about the G4 mac mini .... I had such a model running with a MythTV frontend and suffered big times with upscaling due to lack of cpu power.
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My old Mini Mac, a G4 only had 256Mb ram, i upgraded it to 1Gb. That was more than enough ram back 2 years ago. I never used it for any video watching, did all that on my xbox. I sold it to a friend about a year ago for £100. You could probably get a second hand first generation intel mini mac for a resionable price now.
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2008-11-09, 14:43
(This post was last modified: 2008-11-09, 14:49 by thekod.)
If you can stomach building a PC yourself, or know anybody who can, the best option by far is to build a nice mini-itx fanless computer, and use XBMC Live on it.
If that's not an option for you, then get an old laptop, and run XBMC Live on that.
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Maybe it would help to give up xbmc for high def.I know popcorn hour works good on HD files.But if you have enough cash you could buy a dreambox.
I am hoping that as xbmc live progresses more I will be able to use my PS3 running ubuntu for this. Or perhaps someone will come up with a super-quiet computer which is xbox-like and runs HD video.
