[Discuss] XBMC ported to Android

[tmetro+blu at gmail.com (Tom Metro)]

There Might Finally Be A Reason To Buy A Google TV
http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/16/with-xbmc-ported-to-android-there-might-finally-be-a-reason-to-buy-a-google-tv/

  ...with the launch of the famed Xbox Media Center on Android, Google
  might have a chance in the battle for living rooms. ... This could be
  big.
  [...]
  Google TV needs a killer app like XBMC.

  XBMC is nearly 10 years old and it's by far the most mature media
  streaming solution. XBMC circa 2005 was better than many of today's
  options. But XMBC was never available on its own Boxee Box-like
  device.

  It's entirely possible that I'm a bit too bullish on XBMC for Android.
  There is a still a lot of work to be done on the project. The XBMC
  Android port currently lacks the hardware decoding ability, and
  instead leans on software to playback video. This makes it difficult
  to playback 1080p videos wrapped in MKV containers. But if the
  original Xbox had enough computing horsepower, then modern devices
  shouldn't have any trouble once the software is properly compiled.

  As it sits right now, XBMC doesn't run on Google TV. I tried running
  it on both the Logitech Revue and first generation Sony Internet TV.

(Sort of irrelevant as both of those are obsolete. The Review is also
discontinued. As previously mentioned there is plenty of off-brand
ARM-based set-top-box hardware available, most of which will likely
support the XBMC port.)

 -Tom

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