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This is a list of Android hardware devices that uses a SoC ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System-on-a-chip System on a Chip], which embeds CPU, GPU, VPU, etc. on a single integrated circuit, (also sometimes refereed to as as "chipsets" in this context), that will both run the XBMC application's GUI-engine as well as its hardware video decoding capabilities.  
This is a list of Android SoC's (System on a Chip, which is the CPU, GPU, VPU, etc. Also known as "chipsets".) that will playback common video codecs smoothly using XBMC. For most HD videos, hardware video decoding is necessary for smooth video playback. While some devices might be able to do SD and even some 720 content using software video decoding, hardware video decoding is considered essential for most Android devices.  
 
For most high definition videos (in 720p, 1080p or higher resolution), hardware video decoding via an integrated VPU (Video Processor Unit) circuit dedicated for video decoding is necessary for smooth video playback on these low-power embedded systems. While many newer SoC based devices are able to playback most standard definition videos and might to some extent also be able to decode some 720p and 1080p resolution video content using solely raw CPU power vua software video decoding, it is really only real hardware video decoding on a VPU that is purposely designed to decode high definition videos that is considered essential for most Android hardware devices.
 
Some SoC manufacturers out there do claim that a few of their very latest chipsets does have such a powerful GPU (Graphics Processor Unit) with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPGPU CPGPU] capability that they are able to utilize optimized software decoders written for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCL OpenCL] that can off-load some or most of the video decoding processing to the GPU for some codecs, like example the HEVC / H.265 codec<ref name="HEVC / H.265">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding)] a new video compression codec that follows the H.265 standard, it is an up and coming format which is not yet common, but is seen as the successor to H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC (Advanced Video Coding)</ref>, but understand there is however no guarantee that XBMC will ever be able to utilize such software decoders, as such codecs are usually rely on proprietary code, cost money in royalties to use, or are closed source so might not compatible with XBMC's GPL license.


==Basic requirements==
==Basic requirements==

Revision as of 05:35, 25 February 2014

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This is a list of Android SoC's (System on a Chip, which is the CPU, GPU, VPU, etc. Also known as "chipsets".) that will playback common video codecs smoothly using XBMC. For most HD videos, hardware video decoding is necessary for smooth video playback. While some devices might be able to do SD and even some 720 content using software video decoding, hardware video decoding is considered essential for most Android devices.

Basic requirements

See also: Supported hardware
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  • Kodi v17 and later requires Android 5.0 or higher.
  • x86 (Intel) or a NEON-compatible ARM-processor, (for example: Nvidia Tegra 3 and newer are fully supported by Kodi, while Tegra 2 and older are not).
  • The main aim for the Android port of Kodi is to foremost target media-players/set-top-boxes/sticks that connect to a large screen television and uses a standard remote control as its main interface device, (that is the same market as for HTPC).

How do I know what chipset I have?

These are some good websites for looking up the SoC (System on a Chip) chipset used in your Android hardware device:

Also a referense you can compare different SoC (System on a Chip) chipset specifications on system-on-a-chip.findthebest.com

Compatible chipsets

Note: Please only list devices that are able to play at least one of the three "video decoding" columns in Full HD (1080)

A Yes mark indicates the device should be able to play those codecs at least 1080p.
Chip
manufacturer		 Chipset Examples Hardware video decoding Notes
H.264 & other common codecs [1] MPEG-2 VC-1 / WMV 9
Allwinner A31 / A31s VidOn.me AV200, Justop Quadro, Mele A1000G, Mele M8, Mele M9, Measy B4K, Measy U4K Yes ? ?
AMLogic AML8726-M1 / AML8726-M3 Pivos XIOS DS (older hardware uses AML8726-M1 and newer AML8726-M3), G-Box Midnight, JynxBox M1 Yes Yes Yes
AMLogic AML8726-M6 / AML8726-MX GameStick (by PlayJam), Geniatech ATV1220/ATV520, MyGica TV420/TV500, G-Box Midnight MX2, JynxBox Android M6 Yes Yes Yes
AMLogic M801 / M802 (AML8726-M8) Geniatech ATV1800 ? ? ?
Freescale i.MX6 Wandboard, Utilite, Udoo, Matrix TBS2910, CuBox-i Yes Yes Yes [2]
MediaTek MTK6589T Yes ? ?
Nvidia Tegra 3 OUYA Yes SD and some 720 SD
Nvidia Tegra 4 Nvidia Shield Yes Yes
(CPU)		 ?
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Nexus 7 (2013) Yes ? ?
Rockchip RK3066 Imito MX1/MX2, Minix NeoG4/X5, MK808/802, Ugoos UG802/UG007 Yes ? SD [3]
Rockchip RK3188 Tronsmart T428/MK908, CS968, CR11s, J22, GM282, LT88, T-R42, CS919-II, K-R24, CS918, MK888, Jesurun DX05, Minix X7, MK802IV, MK809III, MK902, Ugoos UG007B Yes Yes
(CPU)		 ? [3]
Samsung Exynos 3110 Yes ? ?
Samsung Exynos 4210 Yes ? ?
Samsung Exynos 4212 Yes ? ?
Samsung Exynos 4412 ODROID-U2/U3/XU Yes Yes
(CPU)		 Yes
(CPU)
Texas Instruments OMAP4430 Yes ? ?

Avoid officially unsupported chipsets

Until further notice it is recommended that non-developers avoid hardware platforms that are not yet supported in XBMC mainline. Official support for chipsets that are not yet support today might be added at a later date, though there are no guarantees that they will all be developed for mainline.

Example:

  • Allwinner A1x (A10/A10s/A13) and A2x (A20/A23) because its VPU is not yet supported in XBMC mainline, so you need to use third-party builds which are not officially supported, and those builds not recommended for mainstream use by non-developers.[4]
  • Freescale i.MX6 because its VPU is not yet supported in XBMC mainline, so you need to use third-party builds which are not officially supported, and those builds not recommended for mainstream use by non-developers.[5]
  • TeleChips TCC893x (TCC8930/TCC8933/TCC8935) because its VPU is not yet supported in XBMC mainline, so you need to use third-party builds which are not officially supported, and those builds not recommended for mainstream use by non-developers.[6]

ARM SoCs without NEON support

Team XBMC had to limit itself to officially only support SoCs which feature support for NEON instruction set (ARM's general-purpose SIMD engine) or the overall experience of XBMC is deemed to be too slow without those extra optimizations.

Examples:

  • Nvidia Tegra 1 and Tegra 2 SoCs CPUs lack support for NEON instruction set which XBMC mainline requires so will officially never be supported by Team-XBMC at xbmc.org or its community.

Notes

  1. ↑ Sych as WebM (VP8/VP9), Xiph Theora (VP3/Ogg), On2 TrueMotion VP6, and RealVideo/RMVB (RV 8/9/10)
  2. ↑ Freescale i.MX6 VPU is not yet supported in XBMC mainline, so you need to use third-party builds which are not officially supported, and those builds not recommended for mainstream use by non-developers
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Some devices might need an updated firmware from the hardware manufacturer for smooth 1080p playback. [1]
  4. ↑ http://www.cnx-software.com/2013/12/20/xbmc-arm-news-allwinner-a20-a31-apk-released-10-discount-on-ouya-console/ VidOn.me AV100 features Allwinner A20 SoC and manufacturer claims XBMC support with their own builds
  5. ↑ http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=161793 XBMC is being ported to Freescale i.MX6 SoC series
  6. ↑ http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/01/20/telechips-tcc893x-dual-core-arm-cortex-a9-cortex-m3-socs-tcc8930-tcc8933-tcc8935/ Mele X1000 and Hotach HTV003 features TCC8935 SoC and manufacturer claims XBMC support with their own builds
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