2014-02-03, 19:40
I am looking for an ARM box/board to replace an old netbook running XBMC.
I want to be able to run XBMC on Linux and NOT Android. Despite hours of forums scourging and intense googling I cannot find any information on the linux compatibility of the boxes below. It is probably due to the relative fresh release of the boxes and lack of user experience.
Can someone can already tell, based on the specs, if under Linux hardware decoding and hardware acceleration will be/is available?
- MediaQ M310 (based on Hisilicon K3V2) http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-media-re...24755.html
- M8 (based on the new AMLogic AML8726-M8 – apparently renamed M802 by AMLogic and the Mali 450 MP) http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/155422...droid.html)
- Geniatech ATV1800 (same AML8726-M8 /M802)
For the MediaQ M310 I found here that apparently Hisilicon support has been added to the linux kernel but it’s still quite vague and now word on hw decoding and acceleration: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=ne...px=MTU4MTE
For the AML8726-M8/M802 some people in this forum tend to think that AMLogic working with XBMC support should be soon available.
As an alternative iMX6 Freescale based boards:
- Cubox i2Ultra
- Wandboard Quad
Both benefit of the tremendous work of Stephan Rafin (http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...phan+rafin) and XBMC seems to be working. BUT the problem with those boards is the form factor: Cubox…is well… a cube and not readily available for purchase. The wandboard is a bit thick and only an horrible plastic case is available.
Any other quad core ARM Linux compatible XBMC box out there?
I want to be able to run XBMC on Linux and NOT Android. Despite hours of forums scourging and intense googling I cannot find any information on the linux compatibility of the boxes below. It is probably due to the relative fresh release of the boxes and lack of user experience.
Can someone can already tell, based on the specs, if under Linux hardware decoding and hardware acceleration will be/is available?
- MediaQ M310 (based on Hisilicon K3V2) http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-media-re...24755.html
- M8 (based on the new AMLogic AML8726-M8 – apparently renamed M802 by AMLogic and the Mali 450 MP) http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/155422...droid.html)
- Geniatech ATV1800 (same AML8726-M8 /M802)
For the MediaQ M310 I found here that apparently Hisilicon support has been added to the linux kernel but it’s still quite vague and now word on hw decoding and acceleration: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=ne...px=MTU4MTE
For the AML8726-M8/M802 some people in this forum tend to think that AMLogic working with XBMC support should be soon available.
As an alternative iMX6 Freescale based boards:
- Cubox i2Ultra
- Wandboard Quad
Both benefit of the tremendous work of Stephan Rafin (http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...phan+rafin) and XBMC seems to be working. BUT the problem with those boards is the form factor: Cubox…is well… a cube and not readily available for purchase. The wandboard is a bit thick and only an horrible plastic case is available.
Any other quad core ARM Linux compatible XBMC box out there?