2012-08-31, 16:34
I may consider this board as a RaspberryPi Version 2 if it has wifi built in. Mele A2000 still a better option on its price tag now. Still hoping XBMC on A10 come real, finger crossed ...
(2012-09-02, 20:52)Nu7s Wrote: Looks like Allwinner will get some competition...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1LXnw2Rrxk&feature=plcp
(2012-09-03, 03:48)MediaGeorge Wrote: My head hurts a little...
I've just subscribed to this thread and j1nx's blog - really appreciate all the great info you guys put out there. Having just read through several weeks of updates at once though I'm left a little confused as to the actual current status - is the project dead or is there at least some glimmer of hope? It looks like the current status is Allwinner are going to (or have?) send the updates and maybe we haven't all wasted our money on MK802's or similar devices?
Many thanks
(2012-09-03, 05:11)Shivansps Wrote: Ainol has been releasing Android 4.1 for all his tablets, incluiding Novo 7 basic, Aurora 2, etc the only ones that are not getting a 4.1 update are the A10 ones... mmmm i wonder if it has something to do with AllWinner and OpenMAX...
(2012-09-03, 09:16)Nu7s Wrote:And a while ago, gimli apparently recieved something else from Allwinner. From what I understand from here, IRC and j1nx, gimli has resumed work on the A10.(2012-09-03, 03:48)MediaGeorge Wrote: My head hurts a little...
I've just subscribed to this thread and j1nx's blog - really appreciate all the great info you guys put out there. Having just read through several weeks of updates at once though I'm left a little confused as to the actual current status - is the project dead or is there at least some glimmer of hope? It looks like the current status is Allwinner are going to (or have?) send the updates and maybe we haven't all wasted our money on MK802's or similar devices?
Many thanks
In a nutshell: Allwinner promised new drivers and OpenMAX. They send the new drivers but they turned out to be the same. (Nobody is sure why, maybe miscommunication.) Allwinner apologized (and they were accepted by the XBMC team) and promised new ones. No more updates since, but in my opinion no news is good news. Let's give it time.
(2012-08-29, 10:24)d1dd1 Wrote: +1
Don't expect too much from the rPI
I tried XBMC with both (rPI & MELE) (just browsing media etc..) and the Android version is much smoother on the MELE while browsing big media collections.
The rPI lags a lot with all distributions (CPU usage is around 70-80% even in Main Menu without interaction and without the scrolling RSS feed).
I tried this with local media db and remote media db (MySQL)
One big plus for the rPI is the HDMI CEC support !
Hope this would be possible with other ARM boxes.
Don't get me wrong, the PI is an amazing device with tons of applicaations and I'm really impressed by the progress XBMC makes there, but for me it is more than a proof-of-concept than a real media center.
I'm still waiting for a decent aml8726-m6 box with at least 1GB RAM to play with or some progress for the Allwinner chipsets :-)