2013-01-15, 18:31
Hi,
I'm something of a newb with xbmc (but have a general sysadmin / *nix kernel background, so I'm somewhat technical). I'm a current SageTV user, but it is a dying ecosystem. My eventual goal is to replace my SageTV extender with a small Android box running Xbmc. To get used to xbmc on android, I've been playing with it on my wife's Nexus 7. I mostly care about playing back US "HD" over the air recordings.
Last night, I installed xbmc-12.0-Frodo_rc3-armeabi-v7a.apk on a Nexus 7 running android 4.2. I was able to access my linux SageTV server via samba, and play some of the recordings. Transcoded (mpeg4 / AVC L3.0, AAC audio, 960x540 29.97fps, 2.5Mb/s) kids recordings seemed to work fine. Mpeg2 was a mixed bag. My 720p recordings (Mpeg-PS, mpeg2 720p/59.94, 14Mb/s) sort of played, but my terrible wireless network could not keep up, so there were repeated buffering pauses. (I've been mostly a wired guy, and have just ordered a new router to hopefully solve the wireless issue.) However, the most troubling issue I had was with 1080i (Mpeg-PS, Mpeg2 720p/29.97, 12Mb/s). Xbmc would play the audio, but not the video. Is this a known issue or limit with the Nexus 7? Am I even running the best build for the Nexus 7?
Thanks,
Drew
I'm something of a newb with xbmc (but have a general sysadmin / *nix kernel background, so I'm somewhat technical). I'm a current SageTV user, but it is a dying ecosystem. My eventual goal is to replace my SageTV extender with a small Android box running Xbmc. To get used to xbmc on android, I've been playing with it on my wife's Nexus 7. I mostly care about playing back US "HD" over the air recordings.
Last night, I installed xbmc-12.0-Frodo_rc3-armeabi-v7a.apk on a Nexus 7 running android 4.2. I was able to access my linux SageTV server via samba, and play some of the recordings. Transcoded (mpeg4 / AVC L3.0, AAC audio, 960x540 29.97fps, 2.5Mb/s) kids recordings seemed to work fine. Mpeg2 was a mixed bag. My 720p recordings (Mpeg-PS, mpeg2 720p/59.94, 14Mb/s) sort of played, but my terrible wireless network could not keep up, so there were repeated buffering pauses. (I've been mostly a wired guy, and have just ordered a new router to hopefully solve the wireless issue.) However, the most troubling issue I had was with 1080i (Mpeg-PS, Mpeg2 720p/29.97, 12Mb/s). Xbmc would play the audio, but not the video. Is this a known issue or limit with the Nexus 7? Am I even running the best build for the Nexus 7?
Thanks,
Drew