http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/ Engadget Comments for XBMC caught running on Compal's Jax10 MID http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/Dec 29th 2008 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/Dec 29th 2008 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/
It is cool to see it on a small device though. I'm really hoping for an ARM port one of these days.]]>Dec 29th 2008 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/Dec 29th 2008 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/
Looks amazing, though. I ]]>Dec 29th 2008 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/I love XBMC]]>Dec 29th 2008 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/
This could be awesome, but really all I wan't is a portable media player that can do Xvid/DivX, MKV, and a few other video formats I don't need the damn kitchen sink, but come on.

Archos would be kicken in teeth if they would allow some open development. Iphone shmiphone gimme lots of storage. ]]>Dec 29th 2008 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/I suddenly got the urge of buying a MID !]]>Dec 29th 2008 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/Dec 29th 2008 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/Dec 29th 2008 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/Dec 29th 2008 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/
One thing I'll give you: The original XBMC was written with the Xbox controller in mind, and with one of those in hand everything 'just works' as it should. A selects, B goes back, triggers scroll through menus etc, etc. Still, if it takes you more than an hour to configure XBMC, you really should consider a new hobby IMHO.]]>Dec 29th 2008 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/
Listen, I bought an AppleTV, plugged it in, it too my crack-addicted head through a couple of quick steps, and boom - I was browsing pictures, downloading movies, listening to tunes, whatever.

XBMC - once you find a compatible flash drive to install it with, you are presented with -no- working items. You have to add everything, and you better hope you know how to do crack-addicted things like SMB, file sharing, opening firewalls, blah blah blah. Maybe your "full featured" statement is your disclaimer, perhaps arguing something like AppleTV isn't full-featured. But with XBMC, you gotta work pretty damn hard to browse bad content on Hulu. Thanks, I'll pass.

Wait! It's open-source though! As I said, don't equate open-source with cool, good, and easy everytime.

]]>Dec 29th 2008 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/
For people that want more, and want to enjoy the media they already have (downloaded, ripped, whatever), there are applications like XBMC. Nobody that uses XBMC can even imagine using the ATV as an alternative. Obviously it's more complicated than the ATV's, because it does way more things. Most importantly, the point you're missing is that XBMC is user driven, not driven by a business model like the ATV.

"..crack-addicted things like SMB, file sharing, opening firewalls.."

SMB and file sharing are the same thing FYI. Yes, if you want to share files from another computer, it won't magically read your mind and make it happen, there is definitely some action needed on your end (just like you've to enable media sharing in iTunes and select the albums in iPhoto that you want to share, not including the process of keying in a bunch of numbers to pair the instance of iTunes with the Apple TV). Regarding firewalls, unless you're sharing from outside your own network, something not common at all, you won't have to configure anything. Your firewall is obviously badly misconfigured if you can't share files on your own local network.


"But with XBMC, you gotta work pretty damn hard to browse bad content on Hulu"

Yeah nobody uses XBMC just for Hulu. Especially since it takes hardly a dozen keystrokes and a few clicks in a browser.]]>Dec 29th 2008 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/Dec 29th 2008 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/Dec 29th 2008 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/Dec 29th 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/Dec 29th 2008 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/Dec 29th 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/xmbc-caught-running-on-compals-jax10-mid/
Hah, what about video, does it support MKV & MP4 videos or do you think that video will suffer from lack of sufficient cpu power? Still, it looks awesome on a hand held :D!!]]>Dec 30th 2008 4:37AM