XBMC on ps3?

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01-30-2012, 05:52 PM
sel2killa

XBMC on ps3?

for those of you who have used xbmc, you would know what it has evolved into over the years. from its beginnings as a media center on xbox to the full-fledged media center for windows/mac/linux platforms, what it has to offer in terms of audio & video entertainment is staggering. i recently acquired an apple tv2 and prompty jailbroke it to take advantage of its hardware - xbmc is one of the programs. truly an amazing little device once it's been jailbroken!

my question is simple: will xbmc ever be ported to the ps3? the ps3 would become a TRUE media center if it had it!
01-30-2012, 06:21 PM
Decius X

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Originally Posted by sel2killa

for those of you who have used xbmc, you would know what it has evolved into over the years. from its beginnings as a media center on xbox to the full-fledged media center for windows/mac/linux platforms, what it has to offer in terms of audio & video entertainment is staggering. i recently acquired an apple tv2 and prompty jailbroke it to take advantage of its hardware - xbmc is one of the programs. truly an amazing little device once it's been jailbroken!

my question is simple: will xbmc ever be ported to the ps3? the ps3 would become a TRUE media center if it had it!

The main thing holding back this excellent or, 'soon to be excellent' HTPC is the lack of 3D Acceleration in Linux. Until someone creates an "RSX Driver" that the Operating system can actually utilize we won't see the codecs required to be able to play the Medias we would want too - ie MKV's natively without the need to re-convert.

The PS3 Can already run XBMC It's just the lack of patch work on the developers side to be able to utilize the PS3's hardware for the best optimal performance.

What comes close to getting XBMC to work on the PS3 side of things is the help of Graf_Chokolo's Linux 2.6x Kernel which unlocks partial access to the RSX with things like RAM Swap between the GPU/CPU(256MB->512MB (Shared). XBMC has no problems on low powered chips/hardware, but sadly we need a VERY skilled developer to write up an RSX Driver usable in Linux.
01-30-2012, 06:27 PM
sel2killa

showtime can already play mkv (which is essentially an mp4 in a different container). xbmc would pretty much be an add-on or plugin to showtime, since the foundation for its playback is already in-place. all xbmc does is points to a specified location where streaming playback can occur. once showtime can accomplish that, xbmc should be easy!
01-30-2012, 06:29 PM
Decius X

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Originally Posted by sel2killa

showtime can already play mkv (which is essentially an mp4 in a different container). xbmc would pretty much be an add-on or plugin to showtime, since the foundation for its playback is already in-place

I knew you were going to say this, but Showtime can't play the other Codec's XBMC is known to support thanks to its backend and support with developers. I don't think showtime uses the greatest plugin, by the way I'll probably be dead before they ever release an RSX Driver for Linux ,so keep dreaming either way (Y)

AND LAWL, Using Linux over top of the PS3 would be the smartest route, not Showtime w/ XBMC over a Limited OS that is the XMB Sigh........

WHY DID I REGISTER TO REPLY TO YOUR FAILPOST?!

" all xbmc does is points to a specified location where streaming playback can occur. once showtime can accomplish that, xbmc should be easy!"

FACEPALM, Mods you can delete my account^ That sums up how much the population knows about this scene. Good riddens -.-

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Supported file/container formats: Audio-CD (CDDA) playback for normal Audio CDs (including CD-TEXT support) SVCD and VCD (Video CD / CDXA) video, (SVCD/VCD menus are not supported yet) DVD-Video directly from Xbox DVD-ROM drive, Harddisk-drive or network Blu-ray directory (partial), longest video only, no menus, requires libbluray, linux only MPEG, MPG, M2V formats (inc. 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MSZH/ZLIB Compressed-Header containers) Sorenson v1/v3 (SVQ1/SVQ3) QuickTime video Apple Graphics (SMC) video Apple QuickDraw (qdrw) video decoder On2 Technologies VP3 (VP3.x), VP4 (VP4.x), VP5 (VP5.x), and VP6 (VP6.2) AVS (Audio Video Standard) video codec Intel Indeo 2 (Indeo2) and 3.1/3.2 (Indeo3) video decoder NuppelVideo (NUV) VIVO 1.0 and 2.0 (VIV) Fraps FPS1 video decoder Snow video decoder DV50 (DVCPRO50) video decoder, and DV100 (DVCPRO HD) video decoder ITU H.261 video Creative Labs YUV (CYUV) video Supermac Cinepak (CVID) video ASUS V1 (ASV1) and ASUS V2 (ASV2) video Smacker video decoder Motion Pixels video decoder BFI video decoder AMV video decoder Interplay C93 video decoder Zip Blocks Motion Video decoder Duck TrueMotion 2 video decoder Delphine Software .cin video decoder Bethsoft VID video decoder QPEG video decoder Miro VideoXL (VIXL) video decoder Winnov WNV1 video decoder LOCO video decoder TechSmith Camtasia (TSCC) video decoder IBM Ultimotion (ULTI) video decoder Autodesk Animator Studio Codec (AASC) video decoder Autodesk FLI and FLC Animation Supported audio codecs: CDDA (Audio-CD) playback WAV/WAVE (WAVEform) and PCM audio format AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) audio MPEG layer I, II, and III (inluding MP2 and MP3) audio [1] OGG (Ogg Vorbis audio codec) WMA - Windows Media Audio v1 and v2 (WMA1 / WMA2 / DivX Audio v1/v2) [1] WMA - Windows Media Audio 9 (WMA9) [1] WMA Pro Audio Codec (Windows Media Audio 9 Professional)[1] RealNetworks RealAudio codecs: 1.0 (14.4), 2.0 (28.8), SIPRO, COOK, COOKER, DNET and ATRAC3 AC3 2.0 or 5.1 and Dolby Digital EX 6.1 or 7.1 audio in video (AC3 digital cable S/PDIF pass-through) Dolby Digital AC3 and AC3-WAV/AC3-CDDA 2.0 and 5.1 audio in video software decoded to stereo analog-out Dolby Digital Plus (a.k.a. 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01-30-2012, 06:47 PM
sel2killa

what a troll? i never claimed to be a developer on the ps3, so dont flame me, dick. if i ever decided to use my free time to develop on the ps3, i'm sure i'd take the precautions to learn everything i needed. showtime is a development IN-PROCESS, so it's just evolving. using xbmc to point showtime to streamable urls (once showtime can do this) is not too far fetched....

and yes, i agree you dont belong on this forum, douche
01-30-2012, 06:49 PM
bitsbubba

what I find funny is everybody asking for an XBMC port when we have Showtime, so I am gonna ask for a WiiMC port
01-30-2012, 06:55 PM
sel2killa

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Originally Posted by bitsbubba

what I find funny is everybody asking for an XBMC (X Box Media Center) port when we have Showtime, so I am gonna ask for a WiiMC port

have you played with it tho, bitsbubba? i tinkered with it a little bit on my pc a few years ago, and then again more recently on an apple tv2... it's not at all xbox-related. i think the name just stuck because it has its roots on the original xbox. i just figured that since it's established already (xbmc), and it's gnu (free), why not incorp it into something existing (showtime)? i guess you could just take the parts you need from xbmc and write it into showtime directly, but the quick-and-dirty method would be to just use the existing interface. btw, the WiiMC just plain sucks!
01-30-2012, 07:00 PM
bitsbubba

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Originally Posted by sel2killa

btw, the WiiMC just plain sucks!

yes true but it does stream YouTube allot better than Showtime lol