Linux support and its impact on XBMC for the XIOS DS?

[ckitching]

Will the firmware flash on other similar hardware? I am in the UK and can't find the xios DS! e.g. the Sumvision Nano 1 Slim+?
Are we able to bitsream AC-3/DTS/Dolby True HD/DTS Master HD?

I wouldn't be surprised if the firmware flashed onto similar hardware. People have been cross flashing the various rebadged Geniatech TV boxes for some time now. I wouldn't count on the bitstream AC-3/DTS/etc feature, though. It seems this Amlogic CPU these things use have efuses for programming licenses. So if you don't have the right efuses set (and you won't unless your vendor licensed and burned those efuses), you won't have the feature.

[aasoror]

I wouldn't be surprised if the firmware flashed onto similar hardware. People have been cross flashing the various rebadged Geniatech TV boxes for some time now.

Or give credit where credit is due and buy Pivos hardware (they are out to make money at the end of the day), chances are support would be willing to send the box to UK for the same (if not less) than price of the "Nano 1 Slim" on amazon.uk.

[emveepee]

Or give credit where credit is due and buy Pivos hardware (they are out to make money at the end of the day), chances are support would be willing to send the box to UK for the same (if not less) than price of the "Nano 1 Slim" on amazon.uk.

I will be extremely pleased to continue to support Pivos and give you my money, I probably buy 3 or 4 extenders a year, your support of XBMC and support on the forums is the most exciting thing to happen for a long time. Please, please provide us with your flavour of the ATV 1200/1600 quickly.

Martin

[ckitching]

Or give credit where credit is due and buy Pivos hardware

Oh, of course. It's certainly why I bought a couple of them. I only meant to point out that the only way to be sure you get the features Pivos is advertising with their XBMC supported port is to run it on their hardware. It may work on similar hardware, but you're gambling even if the specs otherwise look identical.

Please, please provide us with your flavour of the ATV 1200/1600 quickly.

That's pretty much what I'm hoping for, too. The XIOS DS is nice and has plenty of video decoding horsepower, but it doesn't quite seem to have the CPU/GPU horsepower to have a silky smooth 60Hz Android UI at 1080p. Having a second core and extra memory available to handle some of background tasks would be nice, too.

[aasoror]

Having a second core and extra memory available to handle some of background tasks would be nice, too.

patience is a virtue

[ckitching]

patience is a virtue

I never claimed to be virtuous.

[lyme]

Please let it include bluetooth support.

[aasoror]

Are we able to bitsream AC-3/DTS/Dolby True HD/DTS Master HD?

As of now:
DD/DTS : passthrough.
DTS MA: core passthrough.
DD TrueHD: stereo downmix.

[luckyknight]

Thanks!

Looks like something is on the horizon... Personally my requirements are at least dual core, 1gb ram, IR receiver, AC-3/DTS passthrough, preferably in black (white does not go with my other hardware) running XBMC on Linux (hardware accelerated).

I would buy 2 now.

[KaZoom]

Will this version support the volume up/down buttons on the remote?

I spent quite a while trying to get sound working on the Android version, only to discover that the volume doesn't work (yet) - sadly, XBMC doesn't crank up the volume when it start, so if you were running, say, angry birds in mute, and you start xbmc, you get no sound. Worse, the volume buttons appear to work in XBMC, as the slider pops up and scrolls volume properly on screen, but not a peep from the speakers.

On that note, I haven't found a link that itemizes XBMC functions and whether they work or not - there must be one, or the devs would be duplicating efforts.

Suggestions?