2010-12-01, 07:15
Hey all,
I’ve been following the development of XBMC for ARM on and off for some time and have been very interested in hearing what has improved over the months.
Last I checked the ARM port could decode and run video perfectly, just not at full speed because the graphics had to be rendered in software using sdl. Has the port from OpenGL to OpenGL ES been finished? Can the arm port playback content reliably? What resolution of video can the port currently handle?
Have all the various features and aspects of XBMC been successfully ported to run on ARM or has it been stripped?
However, these are the main points I’d like updates on…
What’s the status of video playback? Reliable full-speed playback of what? 480p? 720p? 1080p?
Hardware accelerated video decoding? Any work being done to support this?
What’s the status of music playback? MP3? FLAC? OGG? AAC? MP4?
Picture rendering / slideshows?
Network connectivity? Does it work?
Anyways, I’d just like to know what’s going on…because I’m thinking about getting involved in the development process…at the moment I’m proficient in JAVA but I’m also studying the rest of the C-family languages. So I was looking into getting an arm development board and was looking for recommendations…however, if XBMC isn’t real “functional” on ARM yet I may wait until things have matured more.
Cheers
Slice
I’ve been following the development of XBMC for ARM on and off for some time and have been very interested in hearing what has improved over the months.
Last I checked the ARM port could decode and run video perfectly, just not at full speed because the graphics had to be rendered in software using sdl. Has the port from OpenGL to OpenGL ES been finished? Can the arm port playback content reliably? What resolution of video can the port currently handle?
Have all the various features and aspects of XBMC been successfully ported to run on ARM or has it been stripped?
However, these are the main points I’d like updates on…
What’s the status of video playback? Reliable full-speed playback of what? 480p? 720p? 1080p?
Hardware accelerated video decoding? Any work being done to support this?
What’s the status of music playback? MP3? FLAC? OGG? AAC? MP4?
Picture rendering / slideshows?
Network connectivity? Does it work?
Anyways, I’d just like to know what’s going on…because I’m thinking about getting involved in the development process…at the moment I’m proficient in JAVA but I’m also studying the rest of the C-family languages. So I was looking into getting an arm development board and was looking for recommendations…however, if XBMC isn’t real “functional” on ARM yet I may wait until things have matured more.
Cheers
Slice