XBMC for android has finally launched

irishchris

http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/12/02/xbmc-12-frodo-beta-2-now-with-android/


xbmc 12 has launched with a fully working beta for android.


works great here on my samsung sIII and would be ideal for tablet

full details here and available through the download tab

M.J.M.C

Excellent thanks

EDIT:
Just installed it on my HTC Desire HD

Mother of XBMC

The_B_Man

Pretty cool.
I might actually try this on my Blackberry Playbook later tonight. I highly doubt it'll work but I'll see what happens.

reni10

Does this mean that XBMC will now fully work on something like the MK802 Android TV?

PrzemoF

I'm really impressed! Tested on Galaxy S2 - works as good as on a laptop. Smooth experience!

Atomic Pineapple

Really nice! Is there a way I can wirelessly hook this up to play from my device on my TV?

BeanFlicker

Nice spot OP, working well on my Sony S.

neacy69

Will try with my touchpad cm9 later tonight?


kinda off topic: Whats this about using the XBOX360 controller with it?

Gran Hermano

No support for Jelly Bean yet?

EGriff

neacy69 wrote: »

kinda off topic: Whats this about using the XBOX360 controller with it?

I think they were talking about the PC version when they mentioned the 360 controller.

PogMoThoin

Gran Hermano wrote: »

No support for Jelly Bean yet?

It does, it's just the latest version not working. It works fine on my SGS3 with 4.1.2 but not on my Nexus 7 with 4.2.1.

Gran Hermano

PogMoThoin wrote: »

It does, it's just the latest version not working. It works fine on my SGS3 with 4.1.2 but not on my Nexus 7 with 4.2.1.

Cheers, but it's devices with 4.2.1 I'm hoping to put it on.

madmoe

Hey guys,
Tempted to try this on my Nexus 10 but what does it actually do?

All the best,
M

Bluefoam

Does it work without root?

PogMoThoin

madmoe wrote: »

Hey guys,
Tempted to try this on my Nexus 10 but what does it actually do?

All the best,
M

It's an amazing media player that works on many playforms, Windows, Linux, Mac, Apple TV and now Android. It's main feature is customisability
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBMC
http://leetstreet.net/blog/2010/11/xbox-media-centre/

It won't work on the Nexus until the next version.

Shaque attack

This is all very new to me so I went and did a bit of reading up on it on their site.

Would I be right in saying that you esentially can use this as a way of streaming media to your tv? If so is there instructions on how to use it for that?

I have a desire HD and I see above someone has installed it on theirs so I'm just curious as to the advantage to having it on a mobile device as opposed to say a laptop or pc.

Thanks in advance!

Krusty_Clown

neacy69 wrote: »

kinda off topic: Whats this about using the XBOX360 controller with it?

Seems to be aimed at the PC version of XBMC, however, the wired XBOX controller works really well with Android (needless to say you need a USB port), so there's a chance they have included this support in the Android version of XBMC. Not sure why you'd want to use a wired Xbox controller to control your media experience, but there you have it. I can check if this support is included on the Android platform this evening.

neacy69

Shaque attack wrote: »

This is all very new to me so I went and did a bit of reading up on it on their site.

Would I be right in saying that you esentially can use this as a way of streaming media to your tv? If so is there instructions on how to use it for that?

I have a desire HD and I see above someone has installed it on theirs so I'm just curious as to the advantage to having it on a mobile device as opposed to say a laptop or pc.

Thanks in advance!

I think the main advantage would be to stream content from a storage to your tablet or phone or other android device (MK802 etc)

irishchris

Bluefoam wrote: »

Does it work without root?

Yes works perfect without rooting your phone

BMF Plint

Works perfect on 4.2.x. Heres a link to help you all out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813089

madmoe

PogMoThoin wrote: »

It's an amazing media player that works on many playforms, Windows, Linux, Mac, Apple TV and now Android. It's main feature is customisability
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBMC
http://leetstreet.net/blog/2010/11/xbox-media-centre/

It won't work on the Nexus until the next version.

That is a pity :-(

BMF Plint

madmoe wrote: »

That is a pity :-(

the link i provided has a working version

neacy69

Installed this on my HP Touchpad last night and I am very impressed so far.

The interface is very good and easy to use. I have only used it to stream online content so far and the quality was very good and easy to set-up for "1channel" and "project free tv"

I havent set it up for using local files just yet but I need to get my home setup sorted before i look into that...I might even find that old laptop i have in the attic... to set up xbmc on it for the living room

Gran Hermano

Just installed this on Nexus 10, seriously impressed - even with SD streaming.
I've been using it on an ATV2 for over a year and it is great to have it on a tablet.

madmoe

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Just installed this on Nexus 10, seriously impressed - even with SD streaming.
I've been using it on an ATV2 for over a year and it is great to have it on a tablet.

Keeps crashing on my Nexus 10?? Any tips on getting it working??

PogMoThoin

madmoe wrote: »

Keeps crashing on my Nexus 10?? Any tips on getting it working??

A link to the latest nightly version has already been posted in this thread, use that

Bluefoam

working on transformer prime, can anyone recommend add ons, i have filmon as i live abroad,,, any with irish channels?

long_b

neacy69 wrote: »

Installed this on my HP Touchpad last night and I am very impressed so far.

The interface is very good and easy to use. I have only used it to stream online content so far and the quality was very good and easy to set-up for "1channel" and "project free tv"

I havent set it up for using local files just yet but I need to get my home setup sorted before i look into that...I might even find that old laptop i have in the attic... to set up xbmc on it for the living room

Does nothing but crash on mine -CM9 ?

Do-more

Bluefoam wrote: »

working on transformer prime, can anyone recommend add ons, i have filmon as i live abroad,,, any with irish channels?

I don't think there is any way to get the Irish channels for free without an Irish IP, I think the cheapest way is to use a smart dns service which supports AerTv such as unblockus which will cost you US$5 a month. There is an AerTv addon for XBMC but I don't know if it works with the Android version, can anyone confirm?

Patsy fyre

Can't see any uses for this app whatsoever.

Gran Hermano

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Can't see any uses for this app whatsoever.

I think it's the best app I've ever installed on a tablet.

Patsy fyre

Gran Hermano wrote: »

I think it's the best app I've ever installed on a tablet.

Well, I can't figure out what it does that other apps don't do.
Can anyone explain it to me?

Gran Hermano

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Well, I can't figure out what it does that other apps don't do.
Can anyone explain it to me?

Sean Sherlock says we cant

However a google on XBMC repositories should reveal all.

neacy69

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Sean Sherlock says we cant

However a google on XBMC repositories should reveal all.

or XBMC hub

brock92

Navi-x and SportsDevil are good:D

PogMoThoin

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Can't see any uses for this app whatsoever.

It has many uses, it's a fully functional media player that plays all media formats. Great for organising your media with thumbnails and fan art. Handy for streaming content from your pc/media server. Check out XBMC on your pc, it's the best media player out there, plenty of plugins and addons and it's completely free. I have a custom built PC under my TV running it.

With this you can stream to mobile devices anywhere in your house. Also know that Android isn't just phones. With this you will be able to use it as a cheap media player with an Android on a stick connected to your TV's costing next to nothing. It will make my custom PC complete overkill

BeanFlicker

Lads did yee use cyberduck to install from zip file yea?

Also, any chance we can add a list off add-ons and links for them?

Cheers

madmoe

PogMoThoin wrote: »

It has many uses, it's a fully functional media player that plays all media formats. Great for organising your media with thumbnails and fan art. Handy for streaming content from your pc/media server. Check out XBMC on your pc, it's the best media player out there, plenty of plugins and addons and it's completely free. I have a custom built PC under my TV running it.

With this you can stream to mobile devices anywhere in your house. Also know that Android isn't just phones. With this you will be able to use it as a cheap media player with an Android on a stick connected to your TV's costing next to nothing. It will make my custom PC complete overkill

So once I get it running on my Nexus 10 do I also need to have the PC version running on my PC to stream to the tablet?

Thanks,
M

PogMoThoin

madmoe wrote: »

So once I get it running on my Nexus 10 do I also need to have the PC version running on my PC to stream to the tablet?

Thanks,
M

No, you don;t need anything running. You just share the directory your media is in on your pc. It's as simple as select the directory, right click, share.

madmoe

PogMoThoin wrote: »

No, you don;t need anything running. You just share the directory your media is in on your pc. It's as simple as select the directory, right click, share.

Great, even better! And then I just browse to that directory from the tablet I assume?

Thanks,
M

PogMoThoin

madmoe wrote: »

Great, even better! And then I just browse to that directory from the tablet I assume?

Thanks,
M

Yes, once, you show xbmc the directory and it scans the directory once and adds the files to a library with thumbnails and fan art. Give it a go on your pc

Patsy fyre

Is spotify on this? Can find it!

madmoe

long_b wrote: »

Does nothing but crash on mine -CM9 ?

Same here, both on my nexus 10 and my galaxy note 2??

long_b

madmoe wrote: »

Same here, both on my nexus 10 and my galaxy note 2??

Fixed it on the TP by clearing the Dalvik cache (thingamajig), reinstalling the latest version and rebooting.

projectgtr

madmoe wrote: »

Same here, both on my nexus 10 and my galaxy note 2??

i thought they said 4.2 wasn't supported till beta 3

aN.Droid

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Is spotify on this? Can find it!

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=125147


You will need to install it from the zip.

Here is the addon: https://github.com/downloads/mazkolain/spotimc/script.audio.spotimc-1.0-beta3.zip

Here is how you can install it via zip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqp3_x8Fwb4

Gran Hermano

Just noticed FilmOn is available on XBMC. Never spotted it before when setting up.
Works great and means I can use the tablet for watching all UK TV.

HD content is also streaming great from usual 'web sources' and looks stunning on
Nexus 10.

I love this app.

cherryghost

Been in closed alpha for this, mainly on my Xperia Arc, works perfectly on my Xperia S but it seems a bit laggy on the Nexus 7 for some reason.

Otherwise, it's my primary source of getting my entertainment :P

Shaque attack

Ok, so I've got xbmc installed on my laptop and my desire hd. I've set my videos folder on my laptop to share. What do I do next to be able to access them from xbmc on my desire or is that possible?

Thanks for the info so far guys looks like a pretty sweet app

PogMoThoin

Shaque attack wrote: »

Ok, so I've got xbmc installed on my laptop and my desire hd. I've set my videos folder on my laptop to share. What do I do next to be able to access them from xbmc on my desire or is that possible?

Thanks for the info so far guys looks like a pretty sweet app

Videos--> files --> add videos browse and add the source as a Windows network SMB.

Also note, sharing from Windows works better with a password on the user account, there can be issues trying to connect to shares when the user account automatically logs in.

Shaque attack

Cheers, I'll give that a go so.