smitopher 19 Posted June 8, 2014 Posted June 8, 2014 I'm sad to report that the AppleTV does not have the power to run xbmb3c. I have installed Gotham 13.1 on my friends AppleTV and was apparently able to run in a stable manner. After installing XBMB3C plug-in, XBMC became unstable with frequent and random crashes. Uninstalling XBMB3C returned XBMC to stable operation. In testing in my home, I ran on a Ivy Bridge i5 with 8 gig of ram so the box never was stressed. Any suggestions on an optimum setup to get XBMB3C running stably on an AppleTV?
smitopher 19 Posted June 9, 2014 Author Posted June 9, 2014 Need logs when it crashes. xnappo http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=221679
im85288 1493 Posted June 9, 2014 Posted June 9, 2014 Getting a bad gateway when trying to view those logs...in general though I'd say an Apple TV is way underpowered.
Spaceboy 2573 Posted June 9, 2014 Posted June 9, 2014 More so than a raspberry pi? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
im85288 1493 Posted June 9, 2014 Posted June 9, 2014 Yes from what I understand worse than a PI...which is going to be really bad Some info I seen on this: ATV2 cons (most important to me) that Pi can do:* No 1080 output (only 720)* No CEC* "Stuck" at 50/60Hz and no automatic switch/sync of refresh rate (and no 24Hz)* No 3D "support" (of course it works manually)* After Frodo final some 1080p videos do not play well (probably audio engine and DTS without passthrough).* Cannot connect media or peripherals directlyATV2 pros (not as important to me though):* WiFi out of the box (works perfectly well for me, some people have problem with atv2 and wifi for HD content but not me. Use 5Gz router though).* AirPlay with DRM content works, not through xbmc though* AirPlay mirroring For something really cheap and low powered I'd recommend a Roku as the fact this addon is programmed in Python will always leave it struggling on low powered devices
xnappo 1611 Posted June 9, 2014 Posted June 9, 2014 Not so sure about that. The ATV2 has a 1ghz Cortex A8 vs the Pi's 700MHz ARM11. Not only is there a clock speed difference, but the CortexA8 has significant architectural improvements over the ARM11. Most of the ATV2 problems are due to the video processing - I think the Python crunching will be a lot faster. That said - we are not going to spend a lot of time on it - it is a dead, locked platform XIOS would be my 'cheap' recommendation - though still stuck on Frodo. For only $60 more you can build a nice NUC though - which will run circles around XIOS. xnappo 1
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