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I bought an android box off ebay I've installed xbmc from here with plug-ins but it is very jerky and unwatchable, I'm on fibre broadband and don't get the problem with the PC version, any advice would be appreciated
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Someone suggested using the xaf version would that make a difference? The box doesn't come with xbmc on it,, I downloaded it from here.
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Not all android boxes have the correct hardware, so which did you buy? And which Xbmc version did you download and install?
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its a designer habitat android 4.0os says on box 3D graphics engine I installed 12.2 xbmc from this site
thanks
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Thanks for the link, but it's exactly the same, don't know if the box is crap or what,
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I wonder why people buy something without even investigating first.
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(2013-05-22, 19:32)MW35 Wrote: (2013-05-22, 18:17)Martijn Wrote: I wonder why people buy something without even investigating first.
Well to be honest mate as I got XBMC running on my PC without any problems, and on my Samsung Galaxy tablet, I thought being an android box it would work, I'm going to send it back and get a different box.
Unfortunately, Android is a whole other monster when it comes to hardware video decoding. Early on, Google didn't set out to standardize an API for hardware video decoding, so just about every chip manufacturer just kind of did their own thing. It's slowly getting better, and our own efforts to providing "universal support" is coming along, but it's still quite a mess out in Android world. At least for open source programs. Closed source programs have a bit more flexibility and can sign agreements with the various chip makers, but such agreements are normally not compatible with open source, a requirement for XBMC.
