xbmc dual boot or complete is.

jawbraeka2 · Post by **jawbraeka2** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 23:01

Any takers ?

There is a Linux version of xbmcif anyone wants to try.

Triple dual HD tuners to boot plus another via USB would.make the idealbackend setup plus YouTube.

Come on.

NedIS · Post by **NedIS** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:31

Where? A link would be nice!

jawbraeka2 · Post by **jawbraeka2** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 16:55

No I'm wondering if someone is working on a way to make it work.

Any ideas?

jawbraeka2 · Post by **jawbraeka2** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 16:57

NedIS wrote:Where? A link would be nice!

What specifically are you wanting?

The dual boot beyonwiz or the Linux xbmc?

jawbraeka2 · Post by **jawbraeka2** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 16:59

http://xbmc.org/download/

In xbmc, there is also an option to make xbmc standanlone on the machine via a plugin fusion installer otherwise it's under the maintenance and system tweaks.

prl · Post by **prl** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 17:09

OK, lets assume we're excited. Which version should we download to use on the Beyonwiz?

peteru · Post by **peteru** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 19:51

If you bother reading the requirements list at http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Linux you will clearly see that Linux XBMC will not work on the Beyonwiz T3. x86, OpenGL 2.0, VDPAU/VAAPI.

jawbraeka2 · Post by **jawbraeka2** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 20:35

XBMC for Linux is primarily developed for Ubuntu Linux. Third-party packages for most other Linux distributions are however available, and it is also possible to compile XBMC Media Center from scratch for nearly any Linux distribution. Linux supports full hardware decoding with most graphics cards. Linux is generall the best way to get a fast, free, and "applicance" feel for an XBMC HTPC.

If the processor isn't an Intel or amd, there is an android arm version if this will allow for the hardware..

jawbraeka2 · Post by **jawbraeka2** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 20:54

Just found this too..

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodi_(software)

MIPS support is in development..

So hope is on its way..

Just need to get in touch with xbmc and send them some hardware.. Seriously, if they could write a version to work with the beyonwiz or if one of the extremely talented people in here pick apart the new kodi version and allow.beyonwiz and kodi to make some sweet loving..

If this isn't motivation, I don't know what is http://youtu.be/SEuKkcX1uKA

Would be a great combination and I think beyonwiz would somehow become the market leader for having a pseudo quad tuner and being able to download torrents and surf the net as well as being able to watch TV and possibly be able to record cable in 1 unit.. Who would seriously complain...?

prl · Post by **prl** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 21:55

jawbraeka2 wrote:... If the processor isn't an Intel or amd, there is an android arm version if this will allow for the hardware..

It isn't x86 or ARM. It's MIPS, but as you say in the following post, there's a MIPS version in development.

peteru · Post by **peteru** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 22:06

As I said, the T3 will not meet the basic hardware requirements.

XBMC has greater basic hardware requirements than traditional 2D style software applications: it needs a 3D capable graphics hardware controller for all rendering.

i.e. OpenGL 2.0, since XBMC needs shaders.

You also need access to a standardised video decoder acceleration API. Again, the T3 does not have that since it uses the proprietary Broadcom SDK.

On top of that, PVR functionality is pretty new in XBMC. Perhaps XBMC may not be the best choice for a PVR platform either.

However, if XBMC really, really rocks your boat, you can get it already with the T3. The T3 can act as a tuner backend for an XBMC frontend. You run XBMC on whatever hardware supports it, and the T3 provides the tuners and streaming. I suggest you do some reading. The Beyonwiz T3 is an enigma2 based platform.

jawbraeka2 · Post by **jawbraeka2** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 17:21

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4244487

It does report support for MIPS via addon.

peteru · Post by **peteru** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 17:37

I have no idea how the link you posted could possibly be relevant to anything.

Anyway, if you think you can make it work, please go ahead and post the instructions here so that we can follow in your footsteps.

prl · Post by **prl** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 17:47

from that link:

Zigurd 801 days ago | link

Two more things:

1. It might run. APKs support packaging more than one machine architecture for NDK code in one apk. Currently, there is built in support, in the SDK, for both ARM variants and x86. You can get add-on support for MIPS. Possibly others, IDK.

[my emphasis]

So 2+ years ago there was supposed to be "add-on support for MIPS", but MIPS is still not shown as supported on the XBMC Wiki.

I won't hold my breath.

jawbraeka2 · Post by **jawbraeka2** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 19:05

I know.. Lol.. I'm just saying.

Was mips being outdated at the time the T3 was being implimented or was this an option that beyonwiz decided to pursue due to cost or design?

jawbraeka2 · Post by **jawbraeka2** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 19:09

peteru wrote:I have no idea how the link you posted could possibly be relevant to anything.

Anyway, if you think you can make it work, please go ahead and post the instructions here so that we can follow in your footsteps.

I'll be honest.. I don't know the first thing about coding, but any info related to this subject, I thought I'd be nice enough to post any information that might have seemed relevant.

prl · Post by **prl** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 20:02

jawbraeka2 wrote:I know.. Lol.. I'm just saying.

Was mips being outdated at the time the T3 was being implimented or was this an option that beyonwiz decided to pursue due to cost or design?

The system-on-a-chip that they chose has dual MIPS processor cores. I imagine that the overall capabilities of the SoC were more important than the processor architecture.

MrQuade · Post by **MrQuade** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 21:10

I agree with the other comments about using another box as an xbmc front-end and the t3 as a backend.

It seems to work really well with my limited testing. When the plugin is enabled, the t3 does bring up a spinner icon every couple minutes which annoying you are watching tv on the t3 itself though.

peteru · Post by **peteru** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 21:13

That page was about Android. Not at all compatible with the T3.

NedIS · Post by **NedIS** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 07:17

@MrQuade

I have been using xbmc for months on my android tablet it's great!

re the spinner try following

Settings/Add-ons/Enabled Add-ons/PVR Clients/VU+ Enigma2 Client/Configure

change 'Update Interval in minutes'

I have mine set at 150

MrQuade · Post by **MrQuade** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 07:24

NedIS wrote:
I have mine set at 150

Do does that actually fix the problem or just increase the interval between spinners?

NedIS · Post by **NedIS** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 08:16

Good question! I haven't really noticed - two and half hours is a long gap for me!

One thing i have to do is make sure my wifi connection uses the 5ghz ac band as that provides the best viewing on the tablet!

jawbraeka2 · Post by **jawbraeka2** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 00:47

If someone wants to investigate this further
http://tabletrepublic.com/forum/novo-7- ... s-524.html

May be helpful considering our circumstance.. Maybe not..

This might also be of some help..
http://tabletrepublic.com/forum/novo-7- ... essors-524.

Like i said, I'm not a coder or.anything but possibly might help us develop something specifically for a beyonwiz.

As I have seen in a beyonwiz video, the layout used in the beyonwiz software ui is very similarly laid out to xbmc in some fashions and being xbmc is open source, we could possibly pick xbmc apart and possibly create our own xbmc for beyonwiz ???

Who knows..

Good luck to anyone or any people wanting to try to undertake this..

Also is the Linux base replaceable with android at all?

The MINIX box I have is android so I'm not 100% certain if android would run on MIPS.

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