Re: Any experience with cubox-i?
Just wanted to thank everyone for your opinions. I also talked to a friend who owns an Apple TV and saw it in operation (the one which can't be hacked, he uses DNS forwarding tricks to make it talk to his storage. Don't ask - it's stuff that he accumulated over years) and he also thinks that the Cubox looks good for my needs. Cheers, --Amos On 15 January 2014 04:38, Udi Finkelstein linux...@udif.com wrote: If you want to follow the state of Linux and XBMC on ARM, you can take a look at this thread: http://www.hometheater.co.il/vt168648.XBMC-on-Linux-for-Arm-Devices.html Udi On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 7:18 PM, geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/13/2014 3:00 PM, Amos Shapira wrote: The attraction I see in Cubox is the ability to run standard Linux on it. Isn't it better than android-only on some hardware from China? The Cubox seems to be the same general hardware with less ports. What I don't understand is why they are pushing the $100 unit, when for $30 more you get twice the cores and twice the RAM. I don't know what the other units run, the one I pointed to did not officially support Linux, it does not mean it won't run on it. I was a victim of feature creep, I started out with a direct from China Chromecast (without the brand name) and ended up with an Arm based PC. As for Android, what bothers me about it is that unless you root the device you can't add device drivers (which may not be an issue to you, it turns out not to be one to me), and the UI for some things sucks. If you look back to the how to play videos link I posted, it works, but my wife would never use such a thing. A simple App which would list files on a file server, where you could tap to play them, with all the setup hidden would be right for her. I also have not found a player that can fast forward within MP4 files. :-( Or in plain English, I would be a lot happier if XMBC worked on my tablet, or someone copied the Apple TV player as an Android App. As far as running bit torrent, the thing that I have found that affects download rates the most is latency. If you have a fast multicore X86 (or X64) processor, a wired ethernet connection and a fast upload speed, you get a lot faster downloads, even if your slower CPU is not heavily loaded. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ Jerusalem Israel. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il -- [image: View my profile on LinkedIn] http://www.linkedin.com/in/gliderflyer ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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Please let us know your experience with it after you get it! I'm currently using the a raspberry pi with XBian as a media box and I start to get tired of both its slow speed and of the fact that the file system of the SD-card gets corrupted once every other week. Regards, Dov On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Amos Shapira amos.shap...@gmail.comwrote: Just wanted to thank everyone for your opinions. I also talked to a friend who owns an Apple TV and saw it in operation (the one which can't be hacked, he uses DNS forwarding tricks to make it talk to his storage. Don't ask - it's stuff that he accumulated over years) and he also thinks that the Cubox looks good for my needs. Cheers, --Amos On 15 January 2014 04:38, Udi Finkelstein linux...@udif.com wrote: If you want to follow the state of Linux and XBMC on ARM, you can take a look at this thread: http://www.hometheater.co.il/vt168648.XBMC-on-Linux-for-Arm-Devices.html Udi On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 7:18 PM, geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/13/2014 3:00 PM, Amos Shapira wrote: The attraction I see in Cubox is the ability to run standard Linux on it. Isn't it better than android-only on some hardware from China? The Cubox seems to be the same general hardware with less ports. What I don't understand is why they are pushing the $100 unit, when for $30 more you get twice the cores and twice the RAM. I don't know what the other units run, the one I pointed to did not officially support Linux, it does not mean it won't run on it. I was a victim of feature creep, I started out with a direct from China Chromecast (without the brand name) and ended up with an Arm based PC. As for Android, what bothers me about it is that unless you root the device you can't add device drivers (which may not be an issue to you, it turns out not to be one to me), and the UI for some things sucks. If you look back to the how to play videos link I posted, it works, but my wife would never use such a thing. A simple App which would list files on a file server, where you could tap to play them, with all the setup hidden would be right for her. I also have not found a player that can fast forward within MP4 files. :-( Or in plain English, I would be a lot happier if XMBC worked on my tablet, or someone copied the Apple TV player as an Android App. As far as running bit torrent, the thing that I have found that affects download rates the most is latency. If you have a fast multicore X86 (or X64) processor, a wired ethernet connection and a fast upload speed, you get a lot faster downloads, even if your slower CPU is not heavily loaded. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ Jerusalem Israel. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il -- [image: View my profile on LinkedIn] http://www.linkedin.com/in/gliderflyer ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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On 1/13/2014 3:00 PM, Amos Shapira wrote: The attraction I see in Cubox is the ability to run standard Linux on it. Isn't it better than android-only on some hardware from China? The Cubox seems to be the same general hardware with less ports. What I don't understand is why they are pushing the $100 unit, when for $30 more you get twice the cores and twice the RAM. I don't know what the other units run, the one I pointed to did not officially support Linux, it does not mean it won't run on it. I was a victim of feature creep, I started out with a direct from China Chromecast (without the brand name) and ended up with an Arm based PC. As for Android, what bothers me about it is that unless you root the device you can't add device drivers (which may not be an issue to you, it turns out not to be one to me), and the UI for some things sucks. If you look back to the how to play videos link I posted, it works, but my wife would never use such a thing. A simple App which would list files on a file server, where you could tap to play them, with all the setup hidden would be right for her. I also have not found a player that can fast forward within MP4 files. :-( Or in plain English, I would be a lot happier if XMBC worked on my tablet, or someone copied the Apple TV player as an Android App. As far as running bit torrent, the thing that I have found that affects download rates the most is latency. If you have a fast multicore X86 (or X64) processor, a wired ethernet connection and a fast upload speed, you get a lot faster downloads, even if your slower CPU is not heavily loaded. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ Jerusalem Israel. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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On 1/14/2014 7:23 PM, E.S. Rosenberg wrote: x86-64 (amd64) and x64 (ia-64) aren't the same... I guess that's a hazzard of using Windows. It's commonly referred to as X86 (32 bit) and X64 (64 bit for the amd64 and compatible Intel processors). Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ Jerusalem Israel. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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If you want to follow the state of Linux and XBMC on ARM, you can take a look at this thread: http://www.hometheater.co.il/vt168648.XBMC-on-Linux-for-Arm-Devices.html Udi On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 7:18 PM, geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/13/2014 3:00 PM, Amos Shapira wrote: The attraction I see in Cubox is the ability to run standard Linux on it. Isn't it better than android-only on some hardware from China? The Cubox seems to be the same general hardware with less ports. What I don't understand is why they are pushing the $100 unit, when for $30 more you get twice the cores and twice the RAM. I don't know what the other units run, the one I pointed to did not officially support Linux, it does not mean it won't run on it. I was a victim of feature creep, I started out with a direct from China Chromecast (without the brand name) and ended up with an Arm based PC. As for Android, what bothers me about it is that unless you root the device you can't add device drivers (which may not be an issue to you, it turns out not to be one to me), and the UI for some things sucks. If you look back to the how to play videos link I posted, it works, but my wife would never use such a thing. A simple App which would list files on a file server, where you could tap to play them, with all the setup hidden would be right for her. I also have not found a player that can fast forward within MP4 files. :-( Or in plain English, I would be a lot happier if XMBC worked on my tablet, or someone copied the Apple TV player as an Android App. As far as running bit torrent, the thing that I have found that affects download rates the most is latency. If you have a fast multicore X86 (or X64) processor, a wired ethernet connection and a fast upload speed, you get a lot faster downloads, even if your slower CPU is not heavily loaded. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ Jerusalem Israel. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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On 13 January 2014 00:06, Moish mo...@mln.co.il wrote: Their product seems solid. Have you considered Apple TV? It's only 109 AUD down under :) Currently works for ios 6.1. What's the advantage of buying a locked-in hardware and having to jail-break it? It has a single-core A5 (I'm looking at the 3rd generation specs) vs. 4-core i.MX6 Quad. I guess if it can run anything but iOS then it'll require extra work compared to pre-loaded debian/ubuntu/whatever for the CuBOX. So again - what's the advantage of Apple TV hardware over the Cubox? Is the Apple TV more power efficient? Does it have more useful ports? (I couldn't find full specs to compare, seems they both have one HDMI port and support roughly the same kind of other inputs and outputs)? rPi? I looked up rpi and the closest I found was the raspberry pi site with this quick-start-guide: http://www.raspberrypi.org/quick-start-guide i.e. as far as I get it, I'll still have to find many parts around it. While it really sounds like fun to play with the rPi, i don't have time for this and am looking for something that I can can mostly plug, perhaps configure some software on, then use it. I have 2 jb atv almost 2 years now, currently running xbmc v12.3 without a hiccup. Software selection is a bit scant I'll use rPI as servers for other apps. How did you get the hardware around the rPi? Thanks for your response. --Amos ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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On 13 January 2014 04:33, geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.comwrote: Forgot to send to the list, with some additional information. Original Message Subject: Re: Any experience with cubox-i? Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 15:50:47 +0200 From: geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com geoffreymendel...@gmail.com To: Amos Shapira amos.shap...@gmail.com amos.shap...@gmail.com On 1/12/2014 12:59 PM, Amos Shapira wrote: Hi, After moving to a new rented unit I found that it's going to be a bit (or very) tricky to get my aging desktop (which I mainly use for Bittorent and storage server these days) connected to the ADSL modem using wired Ethernet. Instead, I though that I might get myself some media-centre computer - it'll be either so small that I can still keep it close to the modem/router/wifi point or it'll suport wifi so I can put it somewhere else in the unit. It'll also hopefully be power efficient so I could afford to keep it turned on 24x7 (both for economic and environmental concerns). But I don't feel like running around designing my own hardware, order it then build it myself, so I searched a bit for linux media center hardware and the top results all point to http://cubox-i.com/ , which after reading a couple of reviews turned out to be based in Israel. I'm considering getting myself the CuBox-i4Pro, and perhaps do it while I visit Israel next Passovah (not sure yet). Everything I read about this unit so far is just 100% positive. Does anyone here have experience with it, the service? hardware quality? Cost of shipping in Israel? Is pick-up from their offices an option etc? What about one of those Chinese Android tablets without a screen? Google To clarify - I don't currently have a TV and am more interested in a home server to enable me to run Bittorent client 24x7, very occasionally serve media to my laptop and tablet over WiFi and perhaps offer backup storage space. If/when I buy a TV I'd consider buying the Google Chromecast to send the media to. Now - what's the advantage of buying those Chinese Tablets for a couple of years over the cubox, which seems to be a more open platform? The cubox can run both Android and multiple Linux distributions. sells one dedicated to streaming videos using various US based services, and there are many of them on eBay. Google calls theirs the Chromecast. I don't know if it would be worth buying one for use outside of the US, but as I said, there are plenty of them out there. I read an article from one of the US financial websites complaining that they sell for very little money in China and come preloaded with so many pirate movies that they have become the latest media in video purchase and rental. You plug them into your HDMI port (which powers it) and it connects to the outside world via wifi. I don't remember how they connect to remote controls, but they do. added: I was looking around eBay and found some nice looking devices. They run a fixed version of Android (no updates promised) so I guess they are good for a year or two. For around $100 US, you can get a quad core CPU, HDMI output, wifi, USB, ethernet and even a place to insert a laptop SATA drive directly. It also comes with a remote control. I also found this page: http://apcmag.com/how-to-stream-video-to-an-android-device.htm Following the instructions I was able to watch videos on my various computers (e.g. Linux file servers, Windows workstations) on my Chinese android tablet. It has an annoying Android interface, not a smooth UI, like AppleTV or XBMC, but it worked. I lack the HDMI mini or micro cable to connect my tablet to my TV, but it should work there too. XBMC does not run on my tablet as it lacks the necessary video hardware, but if it did, it would be a lot easier to use than my WD LIVE streamer. So what's the advantage of this Chinese Tablet? It's limited to old Android (I found them on eBay too now, they all list Android 4.2 or 4.0), can it run a Bittorent client properly? No HDMI cable etc. So why? Thanks for your response. --Amos ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:38:13PM +1100, Amos Shapira wrote: How did you get the hardware around the rPi? And software: you need to pay extra for a codec license. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il || a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il || best tzaf...@debian.org|| friend ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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On 1/13/2014 1:45 PM, Amos Shapira wrote: So what's the advantage of this Chinese Tablet? It's limited to old Android (I found them on eBay too now, they all list Android 4.2 or 4.0), can it run a Bittorent client properly? No HDMI cable etc. So why? It's not really a tablet, it has no screen. The screen is your monitor/TV connected via an HDMI port (obviously you looked at a different device than I did). It identifies as a tablet, so that's why I called it that. A link would help: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Android-4-2-SATA-HDD-Media-Player-HD-TV-Quad-Core-Bluetooth-DLNA-WiFi-Streamer-5-/151207460031?pt=US_Internet_Media_Streamershash=item2334aabcbf https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.utorrent.clienthl=en The main reasons is that it cost $100 (US) for the unit, and it includes a quad core ARM chip. This will give you enough CPU power to run BitTorrent, watch TV shows, etc and not run up the electrical bill that a real computer would. If you download to a USB memory stick instead of a disk drive, it will be silent. As for Android being old, the current divide is Android 4 (any version). Older versions than 4 won't run modern Apps. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ Jerusalem Israel. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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On 13/01/2014 13:22, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:38:13PM +1100, Amos Shapira wrote: How did you get the hardware around the rPi? And software: you need to pay extra for a codec license. Although xbmc runs happily on rPi (the model with hdmi gcard), I'm going to use it for pure fos services. I have not idea about codec support. see xbmx.org -- Moish ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 02:00:50PM +0200, geoffrey mendelson wrote: On 1/13/2014 1:45 PM, Amos Shapira wrote: So what's the advantage of this Chinese Tablet? It's limited to old Android (I found them on eBay too now, they all list Android 4.2 or 4.0), can it run a Bittorent client properly? No HDMI cable etc. So why? It's not really a tablet, it has no screen. The screen is your monitor/TV connected via an HDMI port (obviously you looked at a different device than I did). It identifies as a tablet, so that's why I called it that. A link would help: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Android-4-2-SATA-HDD-Media-Player-HD-TV-Quad-Core-Bluetooth-DLNA-WiFi-Streamer-5-/151207460031?pt=US_Internet_Media_Streamershash=item2334aabcbf It has SATA support. As it happens I believe that this happens to be a good sign: IIRC of the cheapo chipsets, only 2 have them, and both have a pretty good community support. This specific device is based on Allwinner A31. Unlike previous Allwinner chips which use the Mali GPU, this one uses PowerVR. If you hope to have free drivers for the GPU, this may not be the best for you. See also below regarding community support. The more proprietary drivers, the more difficult it is to have community support. Here is a similar item from the store of someone who is one of the developers involved: http://store.r0ck.me/products/mele-m5-tv-box (sold out, right now) That model comes with a dual Cortex A7, that is: a less powerful CPU (but it also means: requires much less power) The main reasons is that it cost $100 (US) for the unit, and it includes a quad core ARM chip. This will give you enough CPU power to run BitTorrent, watch TV shows, etc and not run up the electrical bill that a real computer would. If you download to a USB memory stick instead of a disk drive, it will be silent. I'm not really sure how much the CPU is really needed there (also: CPU as opposed to GPU). As for Android being old, the current divide is Android 4 (any version). Older versions than 4 won't run modern Apps. I have no idea about newer versions, but from an initial glance over the wiki, there's at least some work done to get newer versions working. I guess they will be reasonably well community supported. http://linux-sunxi.org/Category:Android -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il || a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il || best tzaf...@debian.org|| friend ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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On 13 January 2014 23:00, geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.comwrote: On 1/13/2014 1:45 PM, Amos Shapira wrote: So what's the advantage of this Chinese Tablet? It's limited to old Android (I found them on eBay too now, they all list Android 4.2 or 4.0), can it run a Bittorent client properly? No HDMI cable etc. So why? It's not really a tablet, it has no screen. The screen is your monitor/TV connected via an HDMI port (obviously you looked at a different device than I did). It identifies as a tablet, so that's why I called it that. A link would help: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Android-4-2-SATA-HDD-Media-Player-HD-TV-Quad-Core- Bluetooth-DLNA-WiFi-Streamer-5-/151207460031?pt=US_ Internet_Media_Streamershash=item2334aabcbf https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.utorrent.clienthl=en The main reasons is that it cost $100 (US) for the unit, and it includes a quad core ARM chip. This will give you enough CPU power to run BitTorrent, watch TV shows, etc and not run up the electrical bill that a real computer would. If you download to a USB memory stick instead of a disk drive, it will be silent. Wouldn't I get the same power benefits with the Cubox? Silent drive can be achieved with a $200 multi-GB eternal SSD drive. As for Android being old, the current divide is Android 4 (any version). Older versions than 4 won't run modern Apps. I've been using Android for the past 5 years. There is a big lag between latest releses and back-porting to none-standard hardware (that's why I bought the Nexus 5 and intend to stick to Nexus hardware for phones/tablet). The attraction I see in Cubox is the ability to run standard Linux on it. Isn't it better than android-only on some hardware from China? ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Amos Shapira amos.shap...@gmail.comwrote:
Everything I read about this unit so far is just 100% positive. Does
anyone here have experience with it, the service? hardware quality?
I ordered some CuBox-i4-Pro units and am waiting for them to be delivered.
Cost of shipping in Israel? Is pick-up from their offices an option etc?
Shipping in Israel is free (just you'll see VAT added instead).
They have offices in Yokneam, but ship from Tefen.
Not sure pick-up is an option.
As for media center, you might want to take a look at RasPlex (PlexApp for
RaspberriPi)... We'll see how it runs on the CuBox...
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Re: Any experience with cubox-i?
On 13/01/2014 13:38, Amos Shapira wrote: On 13 January 2014 00:06, Moish mo...@mln.co.il wrote: Their product seems solid. Have you considered Apple TV? It's only 109 AUD down under :) Currently works for ios 6.1. What's the advantage of buying a locked-in hardware and having to jail-break it? It has a single-core A5 (I'm looking at the 3rd generation specs) vs. 4-core i.MX6 Quad. I guess if it can run anything but iOS then it'll require extra work compared to pre-loaded debian/ubuntu/whatever for the CuBOX. So again - what's the advantage of Apple TV hardware over the Cubox? Is the Apple TV more power efficient? Does it have more useful ports? (I couldn't find full specs to compare, seems they both have one HDMI port and support roughly the same kind of other inputs and outputs)? rPi? I looked up "rpi" and the closest I found was the raspberry pi site with this quick-start-guide: http://www.raspberrypi.org/quick-start-guide i.e. as far as I get it, I'll still have to find many parts around it. While it really sounds like fun to play with the rPi, i don't have time for this and am looking for something that I can can mostly plug, perhaps configure some software on, then use it. I have 2 jb atv almost 2 years now, currently running xbmc v12.3 without a hiccup. Software selection is a bit scant I'll use rPI as servers for other apps. How did you get the hardware around the rPi? Thanks for your response. --Amos Core Shmor, it just works :) Installation was a breeze (inc jb), periodical "apt-get update" and good s/w support, although never needed it. I'm not h/w expert. I just gave my 2 cents and 'roo prices :) BTW atv2+ has nand 8gb storage and there's an implementaion of lighttpd. rPi - it's a hobby. Absolutely :) You can't really use it unless you're willing to rely on mem cards and usb disks. You'll need to buy a box,memory cards, micro usb cable and power supply, 11n usb stick. Usb disks infamous (un)reliabilty (mem cards are even worse) hold me back until I'll decide how to handle h/w failures. Cubox's specs are fantastic, somewhat expensive. You must rely on mem cards and usb disks though. Since you're a linux expert, you'd buy a Cubox :) but consider also an atv (find a version that can be JB or just wait for while). Cubox will most probably run xbmc oob, but atv is the one which will work eventually and continue to do so for a long time :) PS check xbmc hardware wiki http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Supported_hardware -- Moish ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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On 12/01/2014 12:59, Amos Shapira wrote: Hi, After moving to a new rented unit I found that it's going to be a bit (or very) tricky to get my aging desktop (which I mainly use for Bittorent and "storage server" these days) connected to the ADSL modem using wired Ethernet. Instead, I though that I might get myself some media-centre computer - it'll be either so small that I can still keep it close to the modem/router/wifi point or it'll suport wifi so I can put it somewhere else in the unit. It'll also hopefully be power efficient so I could afford to keep it turned on 24x7 (both for economic and environmental concerns). But I don't feel like running around designing my own hardware, order it then build it myself, so I searched a bit for "linux media center hardware" and the top results all point to http://cubox-i.com/, which after reading a couple of reviews turned out to be based in Israel. I'm considering getting myself the CuBox-i4Pro, and perhaps do it while I visit Israel next Passovah (not sure yet). Everything I read about this unit so far is just 100% positive. Does anyone here have experience with it, the service? hardware quality? Cost of shipping in Israel? Is pick-up from their offices an option etc? Cheers, --Amos ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il Their product seems solid. Have you considered Apple TV? It's only 109 AUD down under :) Currently works for ios 6.1. rPi? I have 2 jb atv almost 2 years now, currently running xbmc v12.3 without a hiccup. Software selection is a bit scant I'll use rPI as servers for other apps. -- Moish ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Fwd: Re: Any experience with cubox-i?
Forgot to send to the list, with some additional information. Original Message Subject:Re: Any experience with cubox-i? Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 15:50:47 +0200 From: geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com To: Amos Shapira amos.shap...@gmail.com On 1/12/2014 12:59 PM, Amos Shapira wrote: Hi, After moving to a new rented unit I found that it's going to be a bit (or very) tricky to get my aging desktop (which I mainly use for Bittorent and storage server these days) connected to the ADSL modem using wired Ethernet. Instead, I though that I might get myself some media-centre computer - it'll be either so small that I can still keep it close to the modem/router/wifi point or it'll suport wifi so I can put it somewhere else in the unit. It'll also hopefully be power efficient so I could afford to keep it turned on 24x7 (both for economic and environmental concerns). But I don't feel like running around designing my own hardware, order it then build it myself, so I searched a bit for linux media center hardware and the top results all point to http://cubox-i.com/, which after reading a couple of reviews turned out to be based in Israel. I'm considering getting myself the CuBox-i4Pro, and perhaps do it while I visit Israel next Passovah (not sure yet). Everything I read about this unit so far is just 100% positive. Does anyone here have experience with it, the service? hardware quality? Cost of shipping in Israel? Is pick-up from their offices an option etc? What about one of those Chinese Android tablets without a screen? Google sells one dedicated to streaming videos using various US based services, and there are many of them on eBay. Google calls theirs the Chromecast. I don't know if it would be worth buying one for use outside of the US, but as I said, there are plenty of them out there. I read an article from one of the US financial websites complaining that they sell for very little money in China and come preloaded with so many pirate movies that they have become the latest media in video purchase and rental. You plug them into your HDMI port (which powers it) and it connects to the outside world via wifi. I don't remember how they connect to remote controls, but they do. added: I was looking around eBay and found some nice looking devices. They run a fixed version of Android (no updates promised) so I guess they are good for a year or two. For around $100 US, you can get a quad core CPU, HDMI output, wifi, USB, ethernet and even a place to insert a laptop SATA drive directly. It also comes with a remote control. I also found this page: http://apcmag.com/how-to-stream-video-to-an-android-device.htm Following the instructions I was able to watch videos on my various computers (e.g. Linux file servers, Windows workstations) on my Chinese android tablet. It has an annoying Android interface, not a smooth UI, like AppleTV or XBMC, but it worked. I lack the HDMI mini or micro cable to connect my tablet to my TV, but it should work there too. XBMC does not run on my tablet as it lacks the necessary video hardware, but if it did, it would be a lot easier to use than my WD LIVE streamer. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ Jerusalem Israel. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
