Hi Graeme, On 08/21/2012 05:12 AM, Graeme Russ wrote: >> 2) >> I have a Mele A2000 >> (http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/04/04/mele-a2000-android-2-3-media-player-powered-by-allwinner-a10/) > > This looks promising at ~ AU$100 with USB, SD/MMC, VGA, HDMI, SATA, > Ethernet, WiFi, Sound w/ Optical Out > >> which fancier in the Android department (JB4.1 available) and have Linux >> images, but needs extra dongle for serial. Could "just about" be a >> mediaplayer for locally attached media (maybe) but once you add network play >> and a greater selection of codecs, it moves into "not ready to be a full >> mediaplayer". > > How far off would it be? If I put a really trimmed down Linux xmbc, do > you think it could handle it? > >> Also not in mainline u-boot, but the u-boot available is less hacky. > > I've seen some comments on a few review sites mentioning U-Boot > >> Neither run XBMC enough to be useful. > > Oh :( - just how far off do you think?
See Jorgen's mail on this. I also followed this XBMC thread closely, as I'm looking for a low-power ARM box to replace my Atom based HTPC running XBMC. Fortunately I waited with buying an AllWinner device. My interest is now also moving to AMLogic now (see below). >> The general "mood" of the embedded dev community seems to be, to me, to move >> away from these Companies, as the promised source releases has not been >> sufficient. The current interest seems to be AM.logic's dualcore board. >> (http://ao2.it/en/blog/2012/08/10/amlogic-aml8726-mx-linux-kernel-code-released) > > Seems to be more tablet oriented - can't find any 'media players' based on > this There seem to be plenty. Check here for an overview: http://www.j1nx.nl/xbmc-amlogic-8726-m-pivos-xios-an-initial-investigation/ Cheers, Stefan _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
