By Team XBMC, posted August 12, 2008 3:08 pmToday Team-XBMC have now officially hit a feature freeze in anticipation of an upcoming stable release of XBMC, codenamed ‘Atlantis’. XBMC Atlantis will be released on Linux, Mac, Windows and Xbox simultaneously in about 2 months time. You may track the development progress here.
In order to make this release as stable as possible, we will need your help in testing XBMC and reporting bugs to trac. We would also appreciate any and all assistance in making sure that the XBMC online manual and FAQ is as up-to-date as possible (both the manual and FAQ are wiki-based so just register, if you haven’t already, and request for write access). In addition, translations and updates of the language files is another area where help would be appreciated.
*UPDATE* The first Alpha version, “Alpha 3″, has been released for all platforms. We encourage all XBMC users to use this release instead of SVN builds, thoroughly test it and report all bugs.
Yours sincerely / Team-XBMC
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I’ve been building weekly from SVN and poring over the code little by little, and stand (actually, I am seated) amazed at the elegance and excellence of this project! I have several friends asking me to build set-top boxes with XBMC, and I’ll be happy to oblige when Atlantis is stable.
I’ve downloaded and will thoroughly test this release. You guys rock!
Comment by ComposerDude — August 14, 2008 @ 6:11 pm
nice job XBMC i am imprest looks very nice finaly for pc- windows, linux and mac
Comment by Sam Fisher — August 14, 2008 @ 7:56 pm
I Downloaded The PC Version And It Is One Of The Apps I’ll Be Using Alot Beings I Use
The XB. Version Already.. Peace, Keep Up The Awesome Work.. Peace, M.C.L.
Comment by TheWickedClown — August 15, 2008 @ 11:48 am
Cool
Gonna check the mac version right now!
Comment by Paul — August 16, 2008 @ 11:15 am
just want to say i’ve been using xbmc on xbox for years now and was just sayin to the girlfriend i need to find a media center program that will play 1080p was just checking my fav site xbmc.og and saw the windows version and was just beside my self installed it straight away and
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE JUST AWESOME
htpc parts and in the mail and dream htpc is in the works
THANKS GUYS
Comment by michael — August 17, 2008 @ 9:01 am
I have also been using XBMC for over 2 years now (on the xbox) and it really is the greatest looking and feature rich media center software I’ve ever used. I recently upgraded to an HDTV and was concerned i might have to give up XBMC altogether due to my need to stream hd content now.
This really is great news and I have downloaded the alpha for pc and so far it’s been running great. I just want to say that your continual updates to XBMC and the way you listen to the community and take their suggestions into consideration is what makes XBMC so great. Keep up the great work. Your efforts are appreciated.
Comment by eQUIV — August 18, 2008 @ 5:55 am
Interesting things going on. Watching a movie/TV show on a PC is just not natures way. On with hacking the set-top box! Now there are “new” set-top boxes out. I only hope there’s a back door in one of them. I’d probably already own a 360 if XBMC could load on it. Anyone taken apart a roku?
Comment by dwoody — August 18, 2008 @ 10:51 am
Im used XBMC for over 2 years on the xbox, now my friend moved out and I had to search a new solution. Tried a lot of MC’s on my XC Cube (AOpen) and didn’t get lucky with one. Then I saw that you guys released on Windows, since one week im a happy owner of a new xbmc windows media center. Thanks you guys a lot!!
Comment by matz — August 20, 2008 @ 4:10 am
For years I was experimenting with the early releases of mythtv, freevo and a few others. Then I stumbled across xbmc a few years back. I absolutely love it. It is the front end for my carpc because it is very touchscreen friendly. It is loaded onto the two xbox’s I bought just to use this software. Now it is loaded on four htpc’s distributed throughout my house for HD goodness. Nothing I have tried has ever come close to the excellence you guys have created. Keep up the good work! I can’t wait for the stable version.
Comment by Jonathon — August 21, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
Thank god this is just what I have been waiting for, I cant believe its on windows and working. Since having it on xbox for years, and recently ditching due to unsupported HD these new versions are like a dream come true. Thanks you, keep up the good work!
Comment by coalfield — August 26, 2008 @ 7:43 pm
why cant we play with codecs ?
atm im in love with this project but the quality picture that i get on mce is much better then xbmc ,
i hope to see updates of the xbmc codecs
Comment by moshelog — September 4, 2008 @ 7:11 pm
love xbmc, running it on xbox for a year you guys are the greatest, been waiting for xbmc for windows but having bad luck, two xp machines error out wont even start xbmc, runs on one vista machine but movies freeze, cant play music,dvd rom gets removed from my system.
I know it will all be fine soon.. thanks for all the hard work you have done……..
Comment by kelly — September 12, 2008 @ 12:07 am