Have tried a few of the builds, keep running into the same problem. This on my galaxy s2 with stock 2.3.6 and the latest as of yesterday neon build of xbmc from the this thread.
Installs fine, interaction is snappy enough, and I can locate and add sources from my local unraid server using smb without problem. All my DVDs are currently saved as ISO files. When I try to play any of them (have tried dozens) xbmc thinks for a few seconds then closes. I have a few DVDs saved using handbeake in mkv container with mp4, same thing it just thinks less before closing.
I was suspicious of network problem but I can add the files easily. I thought maybe problems with ISO storage on current builds but searching turned up dozens of examples of people playing these on xbmc android. Seems the s2 generally runs the neon builds as good as any other hardware.
Thoughts? Is it perhaps the 2.3.6 version of android? Been thinking of updating, possibly rooting, for a while but haven't gotten everything backed up yet. FWIW, I had the same behavior a month or so when I first tried this. Figured at that time the builds were just immature and I'd give them more time before I worried much about it. Now I suspect there is any underlying problem.