January 9, 201214 yr Possibly one of the most exciting things I've seen in a long. Time. ~ $25 device that will run XMBC and stream HD?! Really? I want 5.
January 12, 201214 yr Wow! Impressive indeed! I wonder what the power consumption is like? Peanuts, I assume. Looks like the HTPC market is about to change pretty dramatically...
January 13, 201214 yr I think I read somewhere that power usage on one of the alpha boards (under load with graphics) was arround 300ma with a 9v supply so I make that at under 3w. Definately an exciting project, I really hope xbmc is successfully ported and optimised for the board.
January 16, 201214 yr From what I understand it can do 1080P hardware decode at 30fps, so I think that puts 3d out of the question. I also was under the impression it wont be able to 5.1 (or 7.1), but I'm sure all will become clear in time. I was thinking these would be perfect for secondary media players for bedrooms, kitchens etc.
January 16, 201214 yr From what I understand it can do 1080P hardware decode at 30fps, so I think that puts 3d out of the question. I also was under the impression it wont be able to 5.1 (or 7.1), but I'm sure all will become clear in time. I was thinking these would be perfect for secondary media players for bedrooms, kitchens etc. kind of what I figured, not a 100% htpc replacement but fairly close. I could case less about 3d right now but 7.1 would be a min before I purchase this.
January 22, 201214 yr Update on the xbmc front, looking good: http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/571
January 22, 201214 yr kind of what I figured, not a 100% htpc replacement but fairly close. I could case less about 3d right now but 7.1 would be a min before I purchase this. While it might not be able to decode 5.1 or 7.1, surely it would be able to pass it through to an external decoder such as an AV amp?
January 22, 201214 yr ...what one can gather from the specs it will only play H.264 encoded HD material, so it is good for a LiveTV box (DVB-S2 PVR-frontend). For your Bluray rips, you would have to transcode/re-encode...
January 23, 201214 yr The device was made with keeping the lowest price in mind. Ships without a case, but one can be made easily. It also has a small amount of memory. 256MB I believe. How it would run XMBC? Not sure...that program does require some processing power and the RPI may not be able to handle it efficiently. The makers aren't worried about anything to do with media yet, they are working towards the educational aspects of this device now.
January 23, 201214 yr read a post yesterday about it running xbmc quite well and decoding 1080p video not sure about the audio ... http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/571
February 28, 201214 yr Does anyone know of a way to get Dolby digital audio out? Is there a USB device that will work with XBMC for digital output? I did find this: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=119490 I wonder if either device will work.
March 12, 201214 yr ..more info regarding XBMC. Raspbmc The minimal XBMC Linux distribution for Raspberry Pi here: http://www.raspbmc.com/
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