The difference between SPMC and XBMC

[Prometheus]

Hello OUYAForum members, this thread was created in order to clarify any doubts between the differences between SPMC and XBMC.

XBMC, which is available in the store, and SPMC were created by the same developer, Koying. After XBMC has gone through trouble with the audio license (AC3/DTS), which will most likely never be resolved, the store version was updated to the 12.3.3 version which disables ac3/dts decoding capabilites.

You can sideload the 12.3.2 version which still has the AC3/DTS decoder and was the best stopgap solution for some time.

Koying, the developer, decided to fork XBMC for OUYA to a new branch called SPMC. SPMC continues to recieve features and gets bug fixes. The SPMC version number continues after XBMC for OUYA, which starts at 12.3.4 and now updated to 12.4. There's no point in keeping the store version anymore because there were some major fixes in SPMC, especially in 12.4 regarding playback which plagued all previous versions.

Credits goes to oldpoem for having the information.

[Mookdog]

U got a URL to the new SPMC version

[Schizophretard]

I have a question. If OUYA doesn't have the license to use it then how does Koying have it for SPMC? Is it a license that allows for non-commercial use and a royalty if used for profit or something?

[Prometheus]

U got a URL to the new SPMC version

I removed the link

I have a question. If OUYA doesn't have the license to use it then how does Koying have it for SPMC? Is it a license that allows for non-commercial use and a royalty if used for profit or something?

I wish I had an answer for you but I'm about as clueless as you are. Maybe someone else can answer it for us.

[Eldon.McGuinness]

The license issue has more to do with distribution than anything else. OUYA needs a license to distribute software that can decode AC3/DTS via their store, think of it as bundling. Developers can make what they like, the reason Gotham and SPMC do have decoding, and if you decide to install it not much can be done about it and it is not an official OUYA app so no blowback on OUYA.

[oldpoem]

From my interpretation , it could be right or wrong. Decoding device needs a license for internal decoding. Passthrough doesn't require a license, since it's just data.

If OUYA doesn't obtain license, they as device manufacturer can't advertise the product as capable of decoding certain codecs. And can't provide software or howto to make it happens themselves.

But if you install 3rd party software. It's like install Free Codecs / Media Player on Windows. Microsoft or PC maker doesn't need to pay those license though.

[Eldon.McGuinness]

From my interpretation , it could be right or wrong. Decoding device needs a license for internal decoding. Passthrough doesn't require a license, since it's just data.

If OUYA doesn't obtain license, they as device manufacturer can't advertise the product as capable of decoding certain codecs. And can't provide software or howto to make it happens themselves.

But if you install 3rd party software. It's like install Free Codecs / Media Player on Windows. Microsoft or PC maker doesn't need to pay those license though.

I don't think that speaks to his question as to why Koying is not facing the same issue, just to further clarify, as I said above, developers are not bound by the same requirement, in the case of DTS/AC3, since he is not the hardware maker/distributor . This is why he can make it and not have to worry about being DMCA'd or the like.

[Schizophretard]

The license issue has more to do with distribution than anything else. OUYA needs a license to distribute software that can decode AC3/DTS via their store, think of it as bundling. Developers can make what they like, the reason Gotham and SPMC do have decoding, and if you decide to install it not much can be done about it and it is not an official OUYA app so no blowback on OUYA.

What is the license? I tried looking it up but couldn't find it.

[amix]

I would gladly have paid for a codec package. Just like RasberryPi have a MPEG2 product, if memory serves me rightly, and Archos, who offer a MPEG2 license for their Android devices in their online store. If they can do it...?!

[IanLuvsMunkys]

I've just got SPMC now and tried the 1channel add on which isn't working anymore in the UK (apparently the Nazi government we have has blocked a load of sites) so just wondering if Koying's developing a workaround for this, anyone know?