rabeeh Wrote:More updates on development.... and this is fresh from the oven.... we have xbmc android built on CuBox-i.
Now you would say; but i have this already up and running (not so well) for more than half a year; the news is that it's based on imx6-xbmc tree (i.e. the same one that is used in GeexBox, OpenELEC.tv, xbian, Arch etc...)

The main difference is that it uses the vpu (video engine) directly and not through the standard MediaCodec interface (thanks for koying on the tips).

I'v gave it a quick try with the BBB movie (480p,720p,1080p) streaming through Ethernet from my Linux machine; and works on 720p and 1080p TV resolutions (way better results than the MediaCodecs).

Instructions how to try it out (testers only and you need to get your hands dirty a bit) -
1. Download and install apk from here - http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/72661517/tbr/xbmcapp-armeabi-v7a-debug.apk
2. Download libfslvpuwrap.tar.gz from the following link and unpack it into the fifth partition (i.e. system partition) into the lib/ directory - http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/72661517/tbr/libfslvpuwrap.tar.gz
3. Before running it change permissions of the vpu to be accessed by everyone via - chmod 666 /dev/mxc_vpu

To set expectations; this is hot from the oven, it doesn't support passthrough, cec or ffmpeg fallback, but only a good starting point to test the waters if it provides a good experience as stand alone xbmc.
Needless to say, try it on Android 4.4 only (both CuBox-i and HummingBoard)

Waiting for feedback.