Remember our roots?: XBMC 2.0 released (1 Viewer)

[onkl]

Congratulations to the team over there.
See here

 

[and-81]

2.0 is a fantastic milestone for the XBMC project. They've really done something remarkable. A true Killer App.

I run two modded Xbox's for the sole purpose of running XBMC. It's had a huge impact on the way I use my television, I use XBMC almost every single day.

Congratulations.

 

[infinite.loop]

cool.
*runs and updates his xbox*

 

[donaldkennedy]

Excellent news for the XBMC community! I've not used XBMC (I came direct to MP), but having had a quick browse round the XBMC site, it looks a very interesting tool, with a lot more inbuilt functionality and potential than most of the "bespoke" hardware media player devices.

One thing I couldn't get my head round with it - is XBMC going to be suitable to use as a client for the new TV Engine 3.0? If so, then I can see a lot of modded Xboxes heading my way - potentially a lot cheaper than sticking a number of MP clients around the house, and probably easier to support...

Cheers for any guidance anyone can offer

Donald

 

[thechad]

XBMC would be suitable for TV Engine 3.0 client however only for SD and not HD content.

Also the TV server appears to use .Net Remoting which would not be supported by the XBOX to my knowledge, meaning we would have to employ some sort of proxy plugin to marshal commands between the xbox and the TV server.

PS Well done to XBMC for a great stable product

 

[Gamester17]

is XBMC going to be suitable to use as a client for the new TV Engine 3.0?

With some work, sure. How hard it will be to add to XBMC depends on the MediaPortal API
However, personaly I hope that TV Engine 3.1 (or TV Engine 4.0) will have full UPnP support:
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=1037

 

[Gamester17]

XBMC would be suitable for TV Engine 3.0 client however only for SD and not HD content.

Yes the Xbox 733Mhz CPU has some problems decoding true 720p video (and 1080i is impossible).

Maybe we could get HRHD (Half Resolution High Definition) recording/streaming at 960x540 resolution MPEG-2 (MPEG-TS) in MediaPortal?, as the Xbox hardware should be able to decode that and upconvert it to a 720p display via the GPU without dropping any frames (possible even be able to upconvert it to 1080i in most cases)

 

[cowpie]

very cool, I'm trying to install it now to see how well it works with the Mediaportal xbmc plugin

 

[colincliff]

sorry to revive an old thread but has anyone got a tv-engine client working on xbmc. Would mean i could get rid of my standalone pvr