Using xbian xbmc binaries on raspbian

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With "xbian" you mean "XBMC" bundled with Xbian? Theoretically there is no reason why it should not.

But: you have to evaluate, how much from the desired "functinalities" you see as XBMC is related to Xbian system. Then libraries, scripts (cec / lirc / upstart / external media mounts / etc).

chroot will make your xbian run within raspbian, but not xbmc. There are issues accessing VHCIQ system from within chroot.

What does it mean "very" customized? Recently as part of Beta2 preparation, we tuned the Xbian's install packages to be very clean and correct about dependencies and I was able finally to install Xbian packages over minimal raspbian install.

I installed net boot cd to sd card, then xbians package deb's over with apt. So you could do it this way (just a warning, xbian will install upstart, what is not still distro setup for debian/raspbian).