View Full Version : XBMC hits feature freeze for 9.04
jmarshall
2009-03-26, 04:58
Over the weekend, the VDPAU branch was merged into the main trunk, signalling the time for another feature freeze to give devs and users a chance to focus on fixing bugs ready for the next major stable release, 9.04.
As predicted by many, the codename for this next release is Babylon. New in 9.04 is the VDPAU code (hardware decoding of h264 and VC1 on recent nvidia GPUs on Linux) worked on by motd2k, and the path cleanup work (XBMC will no longer steal all those drive letters on Windows), in addition to all the usual improvements that you've come accustomed to expecting.
We'll need help to get things nice and stable for release. This means taking time to test things thoroughly, helping developers reproduce problems, identifying any holes in the current documentation and so on.
Let the bug-bashing begin!
natethomas
2009-03-26, 05:48
I had such high hopes for Buffy. Babylon is pretty good too, though.
ccMatrix
2009-03-26, 06:16
Will there be a dedicated beta build for testing?
rwparris2
2009-03-26, 06:24
I had such high hopes for Buffy. Babylon is pretty good too, though.
Buffy is kind of a bad name for a media player, if you think about it :;):
GrandAnse
2009-03-26, 22:33
Let the bug-bashing begin!
When will you release a alpha- or beta release for testing ?
midgetspy
2009-03-26, 23:54
As predicted by many, the codename for this next release is Babylon. New in 9.04 is the VDPAU code (hardware decoding of h264 and VC1 on recent nvidia GPUs on Linux) worked on by motd2k, and the path cleanup work (XBMC will no longer steal all those drive letters on Windows), in addition to all the usual improvements that you've come accustomed to expecting.
So anything that's not in the trunk right now won't be in Babylon, right? What does that mean for things that are bugs that might require a new "feature" to fix (library doesn't update when you edit nfos, 24Hz audio is out of synch, videos ending early, etc)?
althekiller
2009-03-27, 00:38
We interpret the term "feature" pretty loosely. So long as a patch fixes more than it breaks, it has a good chance at making it in.
jmarshall
2009-03-27, 01:13
Indeed - all of those sound like bugs. Hopefully we'll be able to organise some builds for those who don't wish to search the forums for them shortly.
I have posted this issue before also but now that new release is scheduled it is important to fix this well known feature. None of the latest SVN release support .strm files. Strm files no longer work on these releases whereas it works on atlantis. Somebody needs to look into this urgently.
Thanks
Did you file a trac ticket? Without one, nobody is going to look into it. Make sure you attach your full debug log when you create it.
There are several tickets regarding this issue.
This one for ex: http://xbmc.org/trac/ticket/4522
No need to report it.
TheUni
hikaricore
2009-04-03, 23:14
Will the longstanding issue with sub/idx subtitles completely locking up xbmc on Linux be fixed?
At the very least could you disable sub/idx support if it's not fixed so that srt and embedded subtitles can be active without fear? ^_^
Assuming that hardware decoding will eventually make its way to Windows builds, where do I find info on what Nvidia hardware I'll need? I ask since I was thinking of upgrading from onboard video to fanless video card, and am wondering what I should buy. ???
Nazgulled
2009-04-07, 03:43
Assuming that hardware decoding will eventually make its way to Windows builds, where do I find info on what Nvidia hardware I'll need? I ask since I was thinking of upgrading from onboard video to fanless video card, and am wondering what I should buy. ???
I wouldn't get my hopes high for a Windows hardware decoding version. Unless a developer willing to implement that falls from the sky, I don't see it happening in the near future.
Assuming that hardware decoding will eventually make its way to Windows builds, where do I find info on what Nvidia hardware I'll need? I ask since I was thinking of upgrading from onboard video to fanless video card, and am wondering what I should buy. ???I suggest you give a look here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUDA#Supported_GPUs) and here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PureVideo#Table_of_PureVideo_.28HD.29_GPUs) and stay with a card supporting CUDA and PureVideo 2 or PureVideo 3. That would give you the best chance of hardware decoding working if, in the future, somebody decides to try and implement it for XBMC.
Thanks for the info guys, maybe I'll have to think about the linux version. Although I'm scared about driver support not being familiar with linux. What about the LIVE stand alone version? Is that not based on Linux?