(2014-04-06, 14:38)ktrdsl23 Wrote:

(2014-04-06, 14:32)nero12 Wrote: @ktrdsl23 that would be great, also if you could link to the most stable version of xbmc for both Gotham and frodo. I can imagine this thread will past the 100 pages within a week or two.

Yup, already have done that although I don't know if there is a truly stable Gotham release yet. I cleaned up the first post a bit. Let me know if people want other info on it.

(2014-04-06, 14:40)Koying Wrote: Please update the wiki, instead: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Amazon_Fire_TV
Would be even better to just have the wiki link in post #1, to avoid duplication.

(2014-04-06, 14:32)nero12 Wrote: @ktrdsl23 that would be great, also if you could link to the most stable version of xbmc for both Gotham and frodo. I can imagine this thread will past the 100 pages within a week or two.

(2014-04-06, 14:14)Koying Wrote: Another Gotham test build, to be tested with mediacodec ON: http://mirrors.xbmc.org/test-builds/android/arm/xbmc-20140406-8ba660c-fixamcoutput-armeabi-v7a.apk
Please report the result (and provide logs, obviously).

(2014-04-06, 11:15)samukas Wrote: I've read about people replacing the FireTV remote with another one, I wonder though... Do USB remotes/keyboards work only once inside XBMC or do they work as well for the FireTV interface? 'Cause it would be a pain having the use the oficial remote to get to XBMC and then switch.

(2014-04-06, 11:51)kim1406 Wrote:

(2014-04-06, 10:58)charliebrown Wrote: so, in comparison (and i know that the xbmc isnt nearly done to be optimized for the fire tv) how much faster than the ouya can one expect this to be?

I want to know this too, as I was just a minute a way to order an Ouya, then sow the Fire.
What I like about Ouya is the capability of handling heavy skins like Aeon with good menu navigation speed, I hope Fire can do this.

(2014-04-06, 12:52)dismantler Wrote: A word about speed on this box:

It blows away any android device I've ever used. My Samsung Galaxy SII, 1rst gen Nexus 7, Gbox Midnight 2.2, do not hold a candle to this thing.

Just for an example, my single core GBOX could handle 1080p decoding (In linux, only recently in Android) at 24 fps with audio passthrough. I cannot tell you how many ROMs I've tried on that GBOX, nor how many different builds of XBMC. I've been trying to get a good Android experience out of that box for a year now, and even learned how to re-package ROMS and edit source code in APKs to get the experience I really wanted. I would say I only made it 80% of the way. I still couldn't get Netflix to work on the same build that would play 1080Pp mkvs in XBMC. No 1080p kernel either, which I would have been fine with so long as I could still play 1080p files and have Netflix. Never quite got there, although it's closer now than it ever had been. In fact, I'd say for the $50 that I paid for it, it served me well and has been my only source of entertainment for a year.

A common process for me was to install a new ROM on the GBOX, then XBMC, then wait for it to settle down before I even tried playing HD. Basically when I opened XBMC for 1rst run I'd go smoke a cigarette or do some laundry. Then come back and check to see if the CPU usage had settled down. When it got below 10% I knew it was ready to start viewing content. I still feel it's a decently fast machine for what it is, and I dare say that it's color output and clarity are almost better than fire tvs.

That being said. The Fire TV is as far from a slouch as I think you could get. While it was playing a 1080p movie with Dolby D off of Netflix I adb'd into just to see what would happen. I installed XBMC and BeyondXBMC while it was doing that, and I never even saw it miss a frame. Installing apps on the GBOX grinds it to a halt. The 1rst time setup honest to god made me drop my jaw. The load bar FLEW accross the screen in comparison. And when it loaded, the add-ons updated as fast as they would on my I5 OC'd to 4.5 Ghz. It was ready to roll in probably less than 1/10th of the time. Obviously the build needs some help to make it flawless, but do not for 1 second think this box doesn't have the balls for XBMC. The system information in XBMC was glorious after dealing with a chines box for a year: Full 1080 at 60 fps in confluence. That's what I'm talking about right there.

(2014-04-06, 16:02)dismantler Wrote: http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=167513

Crash from new build as soon as I try to play. The background menu fades as if it's going to load and then it drops back to the fire launcher.

Software multi-threaded still works fine.

Btw I noticed you said leave mediacodec on, but was I supposed to turn off libstagefright?

(2014-04-06, 14:22)ktrdsl23 Wrote: I'd like to update the first post with a link to some instructions to help people get their remote controls in order. I'll put a link to the wiki for remapping the included remote but I've also heard people are using the Flirc or are using CEC to gain functionality. Does anybody have a link to instructions on how to do either of these or if not could somebody write up some simple instructions that noobs could follow that I could link to?

Thanks.

(2014-04-06, 17:15)DiegoMejia Wrote: i know this is an xbmc forum but for those interested, looks like we have root!!



thanks jcase from xda
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51688189&postcount=105

(2014-04-06, 05:30)Netix Wrote:

(2014-04-05, 20:34)HenryFord33 Wrote:

(2014-04-05, 19:25)Netix Wrote: Anyone could give me the package dimensions & weights so I could estimate the shipping cost to Canada with reship.com ?

What price did you come up with from reship.com to ship to PQ?

To Montreal.

US Postal Service

USPS First Class International
(Estimated upto 90 Days) $15.91

USPS Priority International
(Estimated 7 - 10 Business Days) $36.03

DHL

DHL Express Worldwide
(Estimated 2 - 5 Business Days) $31.80

UPS

UPS Standard
(Estimated 7 - 10 Business Days) $26.70

Fedex

FedEx International Economy
(Estimated 5 - 7 Business Days) $46.18

FedEx International Priority
(Estimated 2 - 5 Business Days) $52.82


The only thing is I've read bad review about reship.com so I'm not sure i'm gonna go through with it.

If anyone in the US would like to make some $$ with me, I will gladly pay someone on this forum before a shady company