Ubuntu TV / XBMC Panda Board

by | Jul 31, 2012 | Green IT | 2 comments

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq_WaOLjdyQ

 

Ubuntu TV or XBMC on the Panda board with only minor errors but absolutely complete hardware acceleration.

 

Download:

 

 

Follow the installation instructions:

 

Either http://omappedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Pre-built_Binaries_Guide

or https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/OmapDesktopInstall

 

There is even a tool for Windows:

 

http://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer

 

or for our Linux Cracks simply:

 

- unzip (gunzip)

- sudo dd bs=4M if=ti-panda-x11-base-precise_linarotv-xbmc_20120729-5.img of=/dev/sdX

 

after starting and transferring to SD

- sudo apt-get install ubuntu-omap4-extras-multimedia

 

If you don't have a Panda board yet, you can buy one with all the accessories here at a reasonable price:

 

2 Comments

  1. Michael
    Michael on July 7, 2013 at 9:34 pm

    What kind of SD card or hard disk do you have connected? I have found that it is quite slow with the SD card.

    Reply
    • Marcel Kiesslich
      Marcel Kiesslich on July 8, 2013 at 4:06 pm

      Hello Michael,

      I had an SD card from SANDISK Class 10 connected to the Pandaboard. For better performance, I would advise you to use an SSD or HDD connected via USB. An eMMC solution (flash memory solution that fits into the MMC slot) is not available for the Pandaboard out of the box (http://www.omappedia.com/wiki/Embedded_MMC(eMMC)_boot).

      Greetings Marcel

      Reply

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