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Recommend an Android Box that runs XBMC - [No copyrighted material]

iba

Guys/Girls,

Would be graetful for recommendations for an Android box that runs XBMC.

Would be grateful to know things like which firmware is best, which processor i.e. quad core or dual core

Any other info. that you boardies think is imporatnt would also be appreciated.

Regards

Iba

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Big Nelly

branners69 wrote: »

Will using acestream on an eMMC device not shorten the life span of the device?

I seen this before, they say as Minix etc is eMMC it will start to create dead spots quicker on the eMMC. Option is to try and point acestream to external storage but this will cause performance issues I would guess and I haven't seen how you can do this

user2011

shrapnel222

Big Nelly wrote: »

I seen the doc on how to link in Acestream but does it make much difference? I have 120MB link with X8-H and still can have some issues buffering on HD but I found this to be the server was getting hammered...

probably not, but most flash streams etc are 175-350kbps, but the acestream ones are over 1000 so quality wise they are excellent, and seem to buffer less than say Sopcast. i seem to recall that acestream uses p2p technology so can source from multiple sites and therefore lessens the impact on the original server (could be way off though as am not a big tecchie).

Heraldoffreeent

mikeyjames9 wrote: »

my sports is fine on 3megabit on xbmc
,every channel and event going

you don't need superfast BB

there's an add-on to adjust the buffering
-xunity maintenance

The Xunity maintenance works, also setting the Cache to 0 can alleviate the problem, there's a few videos on Youtube outlining how to do this.

Big Nelly

shrapnel222 wrote: »

it's an add on. Basically streams usually show up as flash, veetle, sopcast, etc. Now certain streams come up as acestream. If you have the acestream player installed, you can use it to watch that particular stream

I seen the doc on how to link in Acestream but does it make much difference? I have 120MB link with X8-H and still can have some issues buffering on HD but I found this to be the server was getting hammered...

branners69

shrapnel222 wrote: »

more importantly (for me anyway)...it's worth setting up Acestream to watch them on, as the quality of the streams are excellent.

Will using acestream on an eMMC device not shorten the life span of the device?

shrapnel222

k123456 wrote: »

Hi is Acestream an XMBC addon, or is it a website, you browse to

Thx

it's an add on. Basically streams usually show up as flash, veetle, sopcast, etc. Now certain streams come up as acestream. If you have the acestream player installed, you can use it to watch that particular stream

threein99

mikeyjames9 wrote: »

my sports is fine on 3megabit on xbmc
,every channel and event going

you don't need superfast BB

there's an add-on to adjust the buffering
-xunity maintenance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0kMgBZF6J8

Is that the fix for this ?

k123456

shrapnel222 wrote: »

more importantly (for me anyway), regardless of where you source your streams, it's worth setting up Acestream to watch them on, as the quality of the streams are excellent.

you don't need superfast BB. I used to have 10Mb and that was enough most of the time.

Hi is Acestream an XMBC addon, or is it a website, you browse to

Thx

Big Nelly

Rochey18 wrote: »

I was also curious as to why the price difference between the m8 and 8x-h.

The x8-H has 16GB memory, also there is a hardware decoder installed on it....check on minix website for more details.....

http://www.minix.com.hk/Products/MINIX-NEO-X8-H.html

http://www.minix.com.hk/Products/MINIX-NEO-X8.html

shrapnel222

cullenswood wrote: »

How do you watch your sport on XBMC? I never get a great reception. What broadband speed do you have?

Cheers

mikeyjames9 wrote: »

my sports is fine on 3megabit on xbmc
,every channel and event going

you don't need superfast BB

there's an add-on to adjust the buffering
-xunity maintenance

more importantly (for me anyway), regardless of where you source your streams, it's worth setting up Acestream to watch them on, as the quality of the streams are excellent.

you don't need superfast BB. I used to have 10Mb and that was enough most of the time.

mikeyjames9

cullenswood wrote: »

How do you watch your sport on XBMC? I never get a great reception. What broadband speed do you have?

Cheers

my sports is fine on 3megabit on xbmc
,every channel and event going

you don't need superfast BB

there's an add-on to adjust the buffering
-xunity maintenance

threein99

shrapnel222 wrote: »

it's my first android box so can't compare, but what's the issue with sport? i stream HD sport with no issues at all (other than a slight pixellation during slow mos)

Can you pm me what you use to stream sports?

stryker mcqueen

Karen23 wrote: »

So we ended up dumping this one we got from A Happy Deal. Brought it to a shop and they said the motherboard was shot, tried to send it back and An Post wouldn't accept it. They said customs would destroy it so we ended up buying this http://www.ebay.ie/itm/281373182325?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649.

Arrived yesterday, so far so good.

this box good for sport ? my main use will be sky sports , like the look of this one ,

Thanks

cullenswood

shrapnel222 wrote: »

it's my first android box so can't compare, but what's the issue with sport? i stream HD sport with no issues at all (other than a slight pixellation during slow mos)

How do you watch your sport on XBMC? I never get a great reception. What broadband speed do you have?

Cheers

JoeyJJ

love to know them too remi10 if you wouldn't mind, cheers..

reni10

You probably not allowed to mention those apps here so I have sent you a PM Rochey18...

Justin10

Main thing I would use it for is the use of two popular apps one for sport and movies.

shrapnel222

threein99 wrote: »

It's great for TV and movies, not so great for sports

it's my first android box so can't compare, but what's the issue with sport? i stream HD sport with no issues at all (other than a slight pixellation during slow mos)

threein99

Rochey18 wrote: »

Anyone have expereince with the M8 Box?

Finally making the leap and getting a box.

It's great for TV and movies, not so great for sports

shrapnel222

Rochey18 wrote: »

Anyone have expereince with the M8 Box?

Finally making the leap and getting a box.

Have had it now for 2-3 months and can't fault it tbh.

massy086

Rochey18 wrote: »

I was going to get the MX2 but the M8 seems a much better deal.
I was also curious as to why the price difference between the m8 and 8x-h.

It's brand name imho we had it with the pivo.s boxs.but the sum vision nano.s were half the price and the very same box .same as the 510b

Justin10

massy086 wrote: »

im hopping to buy one from ebay.co.uk next week and then flash it with linux.they are a great box for the money.and tbh i cant see why there is such a price difference from the m8 and the 8x-h

I was going to get the MX2 but the M8 seems a much better deal.
I was also curious as to why the price difference between the m8 and 8x-h.

massy086

Rochey18 wrote: »

Anyone have expereince with the M8 Box?

Finally making the leap and getting a box.

im hopping to buy one from ebay.co.uk next week and then flash it with linux.they are a great box for the money.and tbh i cant see why there is such a price difference from the m8 and the 8x-h

Justin10

Anyone have expereince with the M8 Box?

Finally making the leap and getting a box.

mikeyjames9

on BEYOND XBMC is there no services option in system??

i want to get yatse working on it

thanks

Big Nelly

Hey, just wondering is anyone here running Wasser Firmware or Xbmc? I have flashed my old T-R42 with Wasser Firmware 1.0.4 to bring up to Kitkat. Firmware link below. This includes Wasser Xbmc version 1.2.

I think someone posted on here ages ago about running it on a K-R42......

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?9593-UPDATE-T-R42-wasser-firmware-Kikat-Android-4-4-2&highlight=istream

Allyall

JoeyJJ wrote: »

Did I buy a dud box?
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/MXII-AML8726MX-Cortex-A9-Android-4-2-TV-BOX-Amlogic-MX-1G-8G-XBMC-Bluetooth-327764.html

There is no switch in the av socket to boot and the local update app while is finds the rom it reboots and does nothing.

Nope, not a Dud box, a different box. Never saw that one before. But it has similar hardware
That doesn't mean that MX2 ROMs will work with it unfortunately (It doesn't mean they won't, either.). There may be more info in the Geekbuying forums.

newballsplease wrote: »

What do you mean by flashed it with open-elec linux ?

This is Openelec ported to the MX2 - http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?15453-Openelec-port-amlogic-tvbox-that-works-on-8726MX-M6-gbox-mx2-%28by-codesnake-user-of-matricom%29

This is Openelec

http://openelec.tv/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb0emO4aplA

newballsplease

massy086 wrote: »

I got an mx2 the other day and straight away flashed it with open-elec linux.and tbh I have a few box's like nano 2 and ouya and the mx2 is by far the smoothest and most stable

What do you mean by flashed it with open-elec linux ?

JoeyJJ

Allyall wrote: »

There are tons of benefits to rooting, E.G. blocking adverts or creating a full backup..
Rooting gives you full access (Like Administrator Rights on Windows) to your device, that you wouldn't normally have.

This ROM is Pre-Rooted, and installs an XBMC for the MX2.

If that direct Link doesn't work, install from HERE, and make sure to click the correct download link.

Extract it to an SD card and install it.

Did I buy a dud box?
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/MXII-AML8726MX-Cortex-A9-Android-4-2-TV-BOX-Amlogic-MX-1G-8G-XBMC-Bluetooth-327764.html

There is no switch in the av socket to boot and the local update app while is finds the rom it reboots and does nothing.