Yeah, my xmas present Roku just went in the Amazon return pile and this got ordered... BTW my wife is mad at all of you for giving me ANOTHER project idea.
Seems like a perfect platform...
Oh I have been searching and waiting for a client with those kind of specs I love rasplex but felt it has always lacked processing power and RAM + gigabit NIC is a plus even though it only supports 470 mbps. Can’t wait to get one and try it out.
I also found this board/ box http://www.buydvb.net/mini-pc-c-26/matrix-arm-mini-pc-p-97.html
Really similar specs as the cubox pro and includes eMMC storage (possibly faster?) maybe this could be a port option as well?
I think rasplex with the right hardware is the ultimate plex solution that has been missing!
Thanks for all the hard work with rasplex
I have a cubox-i2 and cubox-i2ultra and im ordering a cubox-i1 … If you need beta tester
We always need beta testers :)
Still waiting for my i4-pro shipping notice though, starts to make a while ....
Has anyone received a shipping confirmation for the orders promised to be shipped by Jan 30 (already delayed from the original date of Dec 31) ?
OpenELEC now supports Cubox-i. Good news for Rasplex!
Rasplex on a Cubox-i seems to be the silver bullet we've all been waiting for. I hope it comes to fruition.
OpenELEC now supports Cubox-i. Good news for Rasplex!
Rasplex on a Cubox-i seems to be the silver bullet we've all been waiting for. I hope it comes to fruition.
That my be your opinion, and you are quite entitled to it. This section of the forum is for Rasplex, i.e. Raspberry Pi version of Plex.
Suggest that you ask for a new category in the Plex Forums for CuPlex, or whatever it may be named, and debate it there.
Regards
That my be your opinion, and you are quite entitled to it. This section of the forum is for Rasplex, i.e. Raspberry Pi version of Plex.
Suggest that you ask for a new category in the Plex Forums for CuPlex, or whatever it may be named, and debate it there.
Regards
Did you miss the first page of this thread where Hamel himself said he thinks they'll support the Cubox-i, he was excited the thread existed, and where Cubox-i support is listed as a top priority on the Rasplex website? Given all that, OpenELEC now officially developing for the Cubox-i is good news.
Rasplex on the Pi is a great choice (personally I think it's currently the best choice for a low-cost PHT client). The Cubox-i is a little beefier, for not much more money, hence my "silver bullet" comment.
Has anyone received a shipping confirmation for the orders promised to be shipped by Jan 30 (already delayed from the original date of Dec 31) ?
Hello,
No update information so far.However, order #2444 has been shipped ( mine is #2500) so I guess it's getting closer :)
Not sure cubox is all that exciting to me. Computers are a greyscale, and beefy expensive ones exist already. Pi is interesting because its tiny and cheap. Cubox 1 is roughly a Pi, with nearly 2x cost, and it goes up from there. I know there are more expensive, more powerful computers, its just not that novel to find a new spot in between.
I guess Id be interested in it if I thought a 2, 2ultra or even a 4 could run full up, non-ported PHT. Anyone have from-the-hip speculation regarding that one? 64bit 2g ram and a quad core sounds sufficient-ish to me.
We'll figure out soon on that one. my i4 is still on his way.
An interesting fact about cubox is the form factor and also that despite the slightly high price as of now of new ARM Quad core chips, they will probably be available pretty soon in higher quantities and thus at a lower price.
Right now that kind of chip is available for quite high end phones, but im pretty confident that they should be pretty cheap in a near future.
As a side note, even though i have worked quite a bunch on improving performance on RasPlex, a slightly higher CPU and especially a multicore once would help a lot, because xbmc / plex basecode is highly mutilthreaded.
Additionnally here is a slight picture of the average memory usage :
- Openelec memory footprint is roughly 200Megs (although its one of the smallest OS available)
- Then Rasplex executable itself uses roughly 20 megs
- Then we manipulate and use FullHD images in RGBA mode (1920x1080x 4 bytes per piexels) = 8 megs per fullhd image in memory.
- Then Rpi uses shared video memory and the proper video memory allocation is around 200 megs.
Thats an overall pretty big memory footprint and hard to manage. Thus more mory would really imporve perf and overall stability.
This is one of the reason why 256 megs Pi are experiencing more issues atm than 512M, and technically i dont believe that 256 megs Pi will be able to run fullhd rasplex without too much issues for this reasons.
Anyways, pretty excited to see what multicore chip + 1-2gb ram could give perfwise :)
Love the RPi as we do, it's primary goal in life was to be an educational tool. Anything else that came from that is a bonus, as it doesn't exactly set the world on fire with its specs, and its form-factor doesn't exactly lend itself to anything remotely approaching livingroom elegance.
So if you're going to whinge about the "high cost" of a CuBox-i, please make sure you compare apples with apples first. For the purpose of being a genuine media player (i.e. a bare-board RPi slung with its ethernet cable over the TV *doesn't* count except in the minds of unmarried ubergeeks), a RPi has to have all this stuff added to it:
- case (few if any RPi cases are attractive in a livingroom setting &/or pass the W.A.F. requirements, and having plastic injection moulds made is expensive & has to be amortised over the initial thousands of CuBox sales. the RPi Foundation had no such costs, it's a bare board)
- USB wifi
- IR receiver
- USB hub (sometimes), & a separately powered one at that (sometimes)
This can easily push the cost of a Rasplex setup close to that of a CuBox-i2Ultra, and still not look remotely like something that most people want sitting in front of their TV. I started lookig at RasPlex a few weeks ago for the family home of some friends of mine, who I managed to sell on the idea of getting all their media centralised with Plex. They have a mofo projector + several TVs around the house, so I've been looking at the PHT hardware options. Hats off the Dale & all the people who've got PHT working on the RPi, but based on the RPi it'll never be for mainstream users. CuBox is an entirely different proposition, and exactly what I'm looking for - can't wait to see it working!
Not sure I agree techydude. RPi needs an sdcard - $5-$10. You should get the B model anyway, so wifi is pointless as I think most folks have cat5 in all rooms these days. Sure, I guess some dont, but I wouldnt lump that in there as a must have. IR? naw, just use your phone as a remote (its running plex after all). Case? why, its behind the TV with all the other wires and junk.
So, looking at $40-$50, and the bottom CuBox is about the same specs at $65. Personally, I dont see the point in getting anything under the i2U for a media center because you are again trying to make a lean, integrated solution like you have to with the RPi. It seems like a huge loss in capability with a LOT of added time for both devs and user setup. in other words, running 20 miles to save a really small cost. I dont see the advantage over using an RPi with an existing solution. If your going to get the CuBox, IMO, go with one of the bigger two, put a stock Debian or something on it, official PHT which allows for PVR support, and be done with it.
The goal here (for me at least) is to get a fully functional media center for my TVs. At this point in time that means PHT since PVR support is not in the server. PHT means a box at each TV, which means either a big expensive computer, or a good CuBox since these integrated RPi solutions (and presumably the low end CuBox versions) dont want to enable both plex and PVR support at the same time. This is based on the assumption that a larger CuBox will support official PHT and the PVR plugins, still waiting to hear back on that. Either way, though, I dont see the wisdom in adapting rasPlex for CuBox, as the low end ones are essentially overpriced RPis, and the higher end ones can run PHT actual. Rasplex is nice, but in it's own place.
Hello,
No update information so far.However, order #2444 has been shipped ( mine is #2500) so I guess it's getting closer :)
Hi,
I just received the shipping confirmation for my order (#2500, CuBox-i2Ultra)!!!
Just to let you know that they shipped my order ( # is in the 2980's) for the 4-core model.
Cubox 1 is roughly a Pi, with nearly 2x cost, and it goes up from there.
Eh, barebone Pi costs at least $40 in america, and roughly $50 with case and wifi from amazon. So cubox starting at $55 already in a case and a little more processing power doesnt seem bad at all; Although if you already own a Pi it wouldn't be worth it to get an i1, but its definitely a good alternative.
I'd definitely be willing to get an i4 for my room when a stable version of plex runs on it, considering most "media players" cost $100+ but don't handle as many codecs as plex can.
I also think the cubox is a great middle point for people who want a machine with more power than the Pi but without having to build a HTPC with similar specs for $300+. This would've been great for my theater room if I didn't already build a PC for it...
Raspberry pi is verry good and its a pioneer in his category i own 1
I own also 2 cubox-i and i have to say its the perfect htpc for me
Cubox-i + plexbmc = my ultimate media center device
My Cubox-i 2 arrived this morning. Can’t wait to install Rasplex on it!.!
If its working fine, scream it out and i am going to order instantly :D
Ordered my Cubox-i2 Ultra this morning..can't wait to receive it and have plex running on it!
