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- davilla - 2012-01-05 Khivar Wrote:Oh my bad, thought it still used a mplayer fork. Same question though, will it be able to hardware decode on the Raspberry Pi ? Of course, without hardware decode, these arm boxes are useless as they don't have the ponies to brute force software decode. Khivar Wrote:Hmm are you sure ? Raspberry Pi is based on the BCM2835 SoC which integrates an ARM1176JZ-F processor which seems to be an ARM11 processor ( adding the fact that it has ARM11 in its name ). I'm very sure I do have to compile code and the cross-compiler has to know which arm opcodes to use. - kri kri - 2012-01-05 Is there a release date on these things? - thethirdnut - 2012-01-05 Looking fwd to this as well...not so much for home use though to be honest, however, this would make a killer portable, vehicle-based platform. Extremely compact, portable and 100% solid-state so it should handle the more extreme temp variances well...I'm hoping. Plus access to all the off-the-shelf XBMC remote controls, etc...tons of possibilities. - Khivar - 2012-01-05 davilla Wrote:Of course, without hardware decode, these arm boxes are useless as they don't have the ponies to brute force software decode. For HD and for Blu-ray sure. I was asking because I didn't know if you were porting XBMC on the Raspberry Pi without hardware decoding support ( where it would only work with standard definition video like the Xbox ) or if you'd try to make the hardware decoding work. It's awesome that it will hardware decode ! By the way I saw that the GPU is hardware decoding H264 1080p, hope it would be fast enough for full Blu-ray decoding, and what about VC-1 ? Because if we can play only our H264 blu-ray that would be annoying davilla Wrote:I'm very sure I do have to compile code and the cross-compiler has to know which arm opcodes to use. Okay thanks, learned a thing today - macf1an - 2012-01-05 This you should beat... http://blog.roku.com/blog/2012/01/04/roku_streaming_stick/ - davilla - 2012-01-05 macf1an Wrote:This you should beat... I would not touch any roku crap with a ten-foot pole. This thing is crap, it's still a set-top-box but you plug it in instead of using a cable. What you lose is sd cards, USB, and hardline ethernet. - neomits - 2012-01-05 Very excited about the possibilities of this. - Tobor - 2012-01-05 thethirdnut Wrote:Extremely compact, portable and 100% solid-state .... Great, I can finally replace my vacuum tube computer! - extension23 - 2012-01-05 davilla Wrote:XBMC magic is coming to a PI next to you I haven't seen this one answered on the Raspberrypi forums, so maybe you can shed some light on it. What are these capable of from an HDMI sound standpoint? I am guessing they can't do DTS-MA or TrueHD audio, but don't know what kind of audio output they can do. - swasheck - 2012-01-05 So ... just out of curiosity, if I understand this, the CuBox ARM processor is better than RasPi's but it is all self-contained and perhaps less flexible than RasPi? - maruchan - 2012-01-05 The developer of the CuBox has already ported XBMC. YouTube video demonstrating it Github Sourcecode It seems that in 2-5 years, embedded devices such as the CuBox and the RasPi will be everywhere and will make great little front-end clients. - Bram77 - 2012-01-05 swasheck Wrote:So ... just out of curiosity, if I understand this, the CuBox ARM processor is better than RasPi's but it is all self-contained and perhaps less flexible than RasPi? I think it's just a bit more capable, but also quite a lot more expensive. If the Pi was sold with a case around it I'm guessing it might cost about $35 to $40. So you'll pay more then twice as much. I think it's only worth it if you really want SPDIF and/or eSATA. I personally think the CuBox would be perfect if it would have analog audio output instead of the optical output. I use SPDIF myself, but these cheap devices are perfect for people less nerdy then I am. Most people I know don't have receivers with optical input. I doubt the faster CPU will make much difference. I guess 1GB of RAM might make a lot of difference though. I'm just guessing here. I have no actual experience to prove it. - davilla - 2012-01-05 please, stay on topic. if you want to discuss other SoCs, take it to a new thread. - Philmatic - 2012-01-05 Any chance of confirmation for VC-1 and MPEG 2 HW acceleration? Also, I'm assuming bitstreaming is a pipe dream? - swasheck - 2012-01-05 davilla Wrote:please, stay on topic. if you want to discuss other SoCs, take it to a new thread. sorry:o |