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XBMC4STB project by Vu+


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In September 2011 Vu+ Day in Amsterdam it was first publicly announced that the next-generation Vu+ DVB satellite receivers to be released publicly in the end of 2012 will be ARM-powered and use XBMC Media Center (now renamed to Kodi Entertainment System) software for its main GUI, a OpenEmbedded-based development-project that they call “XBMC4STB” (XBMC for Set-Top-Boxes), with beta releases of both the software and new hardware said to be made available to XBMC developers before they will be release to the public.[4]

It took however two more years before a native source port of XBMC was available to use on the newer Vu+ (VuPlus) based set-top box models which are SoloSe, Solo2, and Duo2, (and no XBMC will not be made available for older Vu+ set-top boxes due to hardware limitations with missing OpenGL graphics acceleration).[5]

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PrismCube by Marusys
Another set-top box hardware also using this XBMC4STB software fork of XBMC/Kodi is PrismCube, which is also produced by Vu+’s parent company, Marusys. Unlike Vu+, PrismCube is an ARM-architecture based DVB-S2 Twin-Tuner high-definition DVR/PVR that is only running native XBMC as its main media center GUI interface on-top of Linux for embedded systems.[6][7] Released in October 2013, this first hardware model is marketed as “PrismCube Ruby” in Europe, North Africa, and Middle East, and it is also sold under different brand names such as “Kasys Prismcube Ruby”, “AB IPBox Prismcube Ruby”, and “Openbox Prismcube Ruby”.[8]

PrismCube Ruby firmware image is based on OpenEmbedded-Linux, and uses Marusys’s own PVR backend software that integrated itself into XBMC’s GUI, so currently the PVR front-end GUI functions and features on PrismCube are not part of native XBMC core code, though they use the same skin texture elements to achieve some what similar look and feel interface, a ported fork which Marusys calls “XBMC4STB” (XBMC for Set-Top-Boxes), which is the same name that Vu+ have given to their XBMC port too.[9][10][11] Third-party firmware images for PrismCube Ruby is also being developed by the Black Hole Team, a team of independent developers of long popular community driven firmware images for Vu+-based set top-boxes.[12][13]

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Read more:

http://www.cnx-software.com/2015/01/17/ ... -xbmckodi/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vu%2B#XBMC ... t_by_Vu.2B" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://github.com/oe-alliance/oe-allia ... cipes-xbmc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=213084" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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how to run XBMC step wise method
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saad wrote:how to run XBMC step wise method
Already available in Black hole images current released

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What is E2BMC:
E2BMC is a combination of KODI/XBMC and Enigma2.
It use the sources from http://github.com/xbmc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and http://sourceforge.net/projects/openpli/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It combines the two platforms so that you have a XBMC box which have excellent DVB support
At start the manufactures can use freely the sources.

After the manufacturers are settled, the next step will been a public release, so that everyone can get involved.E2BMC demands support of OPENGL and decent drivers support which run with no restriction XBMC and Enigma2. The chip architecture is irrelevant Most common chipsets for E2BMC are based on MIPSEL, ARM and SH4.

E2BMC supplies two kind of build environment.The “Standard” version is stable and compatible with most available plugins.The “Experimental” version is a version with the latest development.
Please note: The experimental version can have compatible issues with some plugins.
We recommend therefor to use the standard version.
History of E2BMC: Due the fact the chipsets get more advanced, it was time to upgrade enigma2 to a complete new level.

Enigma2 was always been seen as a DVB player and not as an entertainment center. The entertainment part in enigma2 was poor compared to other media en entertainment player.
In 2011 the develop start, first idea was to upgrade enigma2 with a OPENGL layer.
This will improve the graphics enormously and the first step for interactive GUI/OSD skin.
This project was middle 2012 ready, however we were not happy.
We still had the issue that’s it’s a DVB player and not a DVB entertainment player.

for more detail read
http://www.e2bmc.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Aliraza63 wrote: VU+ UNO-4K (Paradise Build)
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