Why (and on what) would you like to see XBMC on a newer game-console HW platform?

[MaxStein]

i just spotted a comment where the ps3 could have been better and it occured to me that if xbmc (psmc ) were to move to ps3 then as i only have my xbox for xbmc then i'd follow then to ps3...

what would you guys do?
which consoles would you buy just for xbmc?

[Solo0815]

i voted for ps3. i think the ps3 is "easier" to hack cause of linux-distro on the hdd i like the case of the ps3 more than that of the 360.
but if xbmc would run on a 360 then i´d buy one ...

[t029248]

i wrote it before in this forum, i wish xbmc could run on bare metal... or a minimal linux! xbmc is much better and user friendly then mythtv….

i’m a very :bowdown: xbmc user…

[gaogao]

xbmc on linux? it would be killer!
imagine a stripped-down distro booting in seconds from write-protected media, multitask (true web server, etc), built-in support for usb, tv and whatnot...

[t029248]

Originally Posted by (gaogao @ april 02 2006,10:37)

xbmc on linux? it would be killer!
imagine a stripped-down distro booting in seconds from write-protected media, multitask (true web server, etc), built-in support for usb, tv and whatnot...

yes that’s what i mean the best of two worlds. the xbmc application and the flexibility of a fully functional pc and not the crippled xbox hardware!

xbmc is great i’m using it for two years now and i couldn’t imagine not to use it anymore! though xbmc is great, it’s lacking tv support and it’s limited in cpu power, i think we honestly need to look forward towards the future evolution of xbmc. at least we should be allowed to dream and discuss this issue; (without being bumped with the line, that the current developers are not interested!) i understand that xbmc is an xbox application if we are talking about different hardware xbmc wouldn’t be a xbox application anymore, it would becomes a media center application!

of course there is already a good media center alternative for xbmc with tv support. this alternative media portal is great but unfortunately it’s running on window. i personally think windows is not a good os for a htpc application! i like the media portal software al lot but i don’t want a “windows os” on my tv.
one of the problems with windows is that sometimes it decides suddenly to be busy with something unknown for an unknown amount of time, these unknown operations could happen during a important recording / event or other moments when it’s not convenient!
( i don’t want to restart windows during the worldcup final, and windows seems to look for those kind of moments to fail on me )
and sometimes windows falls into some kind of a coma state, it’s showing some brain activity, its giving you hope it wakes up again, but after too much time being wasted you realize that a reboot is the only solution. besides that, windows degrades over time and needs a reinstallation and total reconfiguration too often, and it’s not free, you need to pay windows tax uhhh have a license!

imho linux is much more reliable / stable as an media center os, it could become the back / front-end of a future open source media center. currently the media portal community is discussing what to do after the release of version 0.2 final http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=14175 many people prefer fe / be and or iptv support. i wish it could be forked and ported too linux. maybe i’m wrong about this (not being a dev) but if mp is running on the .net framework shouldn’t it run on linux with mono as well!??

well i’m simply curious how others think about this subject! what’s going to be the future of xbmc!?

[cubicgarden]

i would love to see xbmc on the new intel macminis.

am i right in saying the intel mac would be much easier to work towards than the ps3 because its still a x86 processor. the ps3 and xbox 360 seem to be tricky because of the cells and g5 (power pc) cpu's?

[Kaspers]

360 of course .

[ashlar]

i would follow xbmc to any console... i was looking into media portal ('cause now you can install it on a mac mini with dual core processor, and that would be enough to play back 1080p stuff) but i quickly discovered that mp is still lacking stuff when compared to xbmc (namely, what's with no milkdrop support... ).

[drakethegreat]

personally i would prefer the xbox 360 because its out now and i own it. of course that is a partial view since i own it, but the ps3 is worth looking into.

the reality is that if xbmc is ported to linux then if free60 project actually gets linux running on the 360 then both the 360 and ps3 would be capable of running xbmc.

yet that is a big if on getting linux on the 360. its amazing that microsoft is so reluctant because they haven't considered how many original xboxes sold just because of the ability to run 3rd party software.

considering that gates founded microsoft and windows on the idea that all this hardware would need a piece of software that was universal, why hasn't he considered this on consoles? he seems to be following the apple thinking of lets lock people in and make them only what we produce.

he has failed to see in the console market what he saw in the personal computer market. quite funny actually.

[LaTropa64]

Originally Posted by (t029248 @ april 02 2006,05:50)

though xbmc is great, it’s lacking tv support and it’s limited in cpu power

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i would love to see xbmc move into the realm of being able to run on any linux machine. i barely use my xbox anymore for games and as hd starts to take a stronger hold on me i feel i'm going to have to dump my xbox as my main home theater application soon. i really don't want to though because nothing else out there compares. i even run a mythbox but can't stand it's frontend so i use the xbmcmythtv to watch all my recorded shows (it's not good for live tv but otherwise is great).

i might have to look into media portal. the pm3 skin looks nice on it.