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justind000 · 2012-12-28, 03:58

I just picked up an iMito MX1 android stick. It has two video players that use hardware decoding for 1080p movies and they play movies great. XBMC plays 1080p as well, but significantly slower. I'm assuming it isn't able to use the hardware. I have a computer running XBMC and if I connect to it with other upnp apps from my android tv, they all ask what player I want to use which works well, but just doesn't look as nice as XBMC. I've looked all over the settings and haven't found a way to have it open in another player.

I know that defeats the purpose of XBMC, but on the android version, this might be a useful feature until hardware support is more common or supported.

kemonine96 · 2012-12-28, 04:18

(2012-12-28, 03:58)justind000 Wrote: I just picked up an iMito MX1 android stick. It has two video players that use hardware decoding for 1080p movies and they play movies great. XBMC plays 1080p as well, but significantly slower. I'm assuming it isn't able to use the hardware. I have a computer running XBMC and if I connect to it with other upnp apps from my android tv, they all ask what player I want to use which works well, but just doesn't look as nice as XBMC. I've looked all over the settings and haven't found a way to have it open in another player.

I know that defeats the purpose of XBMC, but on the android version, this might be a useful feature until hardware support is more common or supported.

There are some unofficial builds that include external player support. If you head over to xbmcandroid's forums you'll likely find what you are looking for. Just keep in mind they are unofficial builds.

coolius · 2013-01-03, 18:08

Is there a reason why the official build doesn't allow playback through external players?

It would certainly be useful to those without compatible devices!

davilla · 2013-01-03, 19:34

(2013-01-03, 18:08)coolius Wrote: Is there a reason why the official build doesn't allow playback through external players?

No reason besides those that patched it for playback never submitted any PR's to have it included.

kemonine96 · 2013-01-03, 19:37

(2013-01-03, 19:34)davilla Wrote:
(2013-01-03, 18:08)coolius Wrote: Is there a reason why the official build doesn't allow playback through external players?

No reason besides those that patched it for playback never submitted any PR's to have it included.

I can submit one in the coming days. Anything in particular you would like to see beyond the basic code changes?

Haris1977 · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-03, 20:06 by Haris1977.)

Hello there. I ve downloaded the latest (until now) XBMC.20130102 version in my SG3 android mobile. I know it is not official but when i play a video file through upnp it goes straight to mxplayer. I know that this is the best player but what about subtitles? I think until now mx does not support dlna subs (it supports only in mobile folder). Where does the problem lie? In mx or in xbmc? Any news about that?

kemonine96 · 2013-01-03, 20:08

(2013-01-03, 19:59)Haris1977 Wrote: Hello there. I ve downloaded the latest (until now) XBMC.20130102 version in my SG3 android mobile. I know it is not official but when i play a video file through upnp it goes straight to mxplayer. I know that this is the best player but what about subtitles? I think until now mx does not support dlna subs (it supports only in mobile folder). Where does the problem lie? In mx or in xbmc? Any news about that?

Sounds like a limitation of MX Player. There is a support and issue tracking thread on xbmcandroid.com/forums for this particular build.

Haris1977 · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-03, 21:11 by Haris1977.)

Can you provide the exact link please?I can't find it

coolius · 2013-01-03, 21:22

(2013-01-03, 19:37)kemonine96 Wrote:
(2013-01-03, 19:34)davilla Wrote:
(2013-01-03, 18:08)coolius Wrote: Is there a reason why the official build doesn't allow playback through external players?

No reason besides those that patched it for playback never submitted any PR's to have it included.

I can submit one in the coming days. Anything in particular you would like to see beyond the basic code changes?

The basic functionality would be fine, the only extra I can think of is for the UI to give the user an option to choose from a list of installed apps (similar to the android "open with" menu) rather than requiring the app name to be manually entered, but that isn't essential.

kemonine96 · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-03, 21:48 by kemonine96.)

(2013-01-03, 21:09)Haris1977 Wrote: Can you provide the exact link please?I can't find it

The unofficial build is at http://www.xbmcandroid.com/forums/instal...id/257.htm and the support thread is http://www.xbmcandroid.com/forums/instal...id/260.htm

(2013-01-03, 21:22)coolius Wrote: The basic functionality would be fine, the only extra I can think of is for the UI to give the user an option to choose from a list of installed apps (similar to the android "open with" menu) rather than requiring the app name to be manually entered, but that isn't essential.

I have the basic functionality nailed down and it seems if you "long-click" an item it will pop up a list of available players from the playercorefactory.xml file to choose from. I've been toying with the idea of creating a new setting in XBMC for selecting an external player from a list of known-working ones but I don't have anything written for it yet. I also think such a setting might go against the grain some as it's not really setup that way on other platforms.

Haris1977 · 2013-01-03, 22:29

Thanks kemon Smile

kemonine96 · 2013-01-09, 20:58

(2013-01-03, 19:34)davilla Wrote: No reason besides those that patched it for playback never submitted any PR's to have it included.

@Davilla: I'm working on getting all of my stuff in order to create a pull request for external player. However, I have a change that is used by both the external player work I am doing as well as another code branch. Is there a recommended way to submit the pull request? Send them separate with the dependent commit on both PR's, send all changes as independent PR's or combine everything into one PR?

davilla · 2013-01-09, 21:06

separate and independent, that way one PR is not depended on the other. If you have the identical commit in both, git is smart and will do the right thing.

kemonine96 · 2013-01-09, 21:11

(2013-01-09, 21:06)davilla Wrote: separate and independent, that way one PR is not depended on the other. If you have the identical commit in both, git is smart and will do the right thing.

Thank you for the input. I'm hoping to have these two PR's done in the next 24 hours or so. I'll be submitting one for external player support on android and another for a new add-on built in method.

davilla · 2013-01-09, 21:39

be aware, too late for Frodo. Fordo+1, ok.