XBMC 11.0 - Eden
It’s been over a year in the works and today we are excited to announce that XBMC 11.0 is finally ready and available for download. You can find XBMC 11.0 here.
XBMC 11.0 Milestones include Addon Rollbacks, vast improvements in Confluence (the default skin), massive speed increases via features like Dirty-region rendering and the new JPEG decoder, a simpler, better library, movie set scraping, additional protocol handling, better networking support, better handling of unencrypted BluRay content and structures, adjustable display refresh rate in OSX (to match the already available feature in Windows and Linux), AirPlay support, an upgraded weather service with geoip lookup, and much, much more. Check out the highlights in the summarized changelog.
The new Confluence
In addition to our many software improvements, we’ve increased our reach in the realm of hardware support since Dharma was released. Eden marks the first in-sync stable release for the Apple TV2, iPad, and other iOS devices. We’ve vastly improved the method by which we handle input, including heavily upgrading JSON-RPC support, making remote control support much, MUCH simpler in Windows, and enabling unique methods of device communication with hardware. And now even AMD devices are supported for GPU video decoding in Linux to some extent, thanks to the inclusion of VAAPI.
Beyond XBMC 11 for Windows, Linux, OSX, and iOS, we are also happy to announce XBMCbuntu Final.
XBMCbuntu is very similar to past versions of XBMC Live. By default, the user boots directly into XBMC, and if he/she chooses, he or she will never see the underlying OS. However, unlike Live, XBMCbuntu is now built upon a full LXDE desktop environment, which has a web browser (Chromium) with a fully updated (and updatable) version of Flash built-in and a GUI package manager ready to install and update all of the normal Ubuntu programs a typical Linux user might use. The user may now toggle between XBMC, which auto-starts, and a normal desktop if he or she chooses. And, perhaps most exciting for many users, XBMC will now be upgradeable, both from command line and from the GUI package manager, without fear of crashing the XBMC experience.
Naturally, those users who do not want to see the desktop will never need to. When you boot your computer, you will be booted directly into the XBMC homescreen, just as you are right now. The only clear difference is the new power underneath the hood. Those users who have already installed the Beta version of XBMCbuntu can upgrade to final using the apt-get upgrade commands.
There are truly an incredible number of updates and improvements between Dharma and Eden. But don’t take our word for it. Download XBMC 11.0 Eden now.
I read page 1 of website.
I still don’t know what it actually is…
other than faster and more features …
does it churn butter ?
clean window sills ?
a new car ?
like most tech websites, lots of hype, I’m still in dark.
@Walt
Might want to check out that big “ABOUT” link at the top of the page that leads to “What is XBMC?”
just keeps getting better. shh told tell anyone, but it makes me feel a bit mushy inside.. :D
thanks everyone for all your hard work and dedication..
@Walt Seriously dude, spend one second googling it. Are you 85?
To answer Walt’s comment in a gentle tone, the “About” button has a nice “What is XBMC?” choice containing a descriptive page and has the important bits… This first page is announcing the glory of the Gold status of version 11. Let it be what it is and enjoy. The developers worked tirelessly to get this out and they deserve a round of applause and our thanks.
Good New!
XMBC is my favorite media center!!!
Bring back Project Mayhem III!
@Walt
So between the big picture of the theater, with the words “pictures” “video” and “music” in it and the words “movie set scraping” and “handling of unencrypted BluRay content” in the text you REALLY couldn’t figure out that it’s an htpc system?
How about the great big ABOUT button on the upper left of the page, was that too obvious for you?
Perhaps you are just one of the very very few that shouldn’t actually be using a computer.
Just in time for my fresh build!
Thanks Dev team!
Guys,
Can I use this on an Android platform? like on iMX53 or OMAPs?
Nice work! Have been lpoking forward to this release. You’ve really outdone yourselves this time guys! Congratulations on a truly awesome piece of software.
congrats!
Has CEC Support been added to this build?
Try the About Page… @Walt
woot! good job team-xbmc. :)
Wonderful with a new release, but thinking about reverting already!
Biggest problem … it’s locked up 3 times in 1 hour now … last time was when I hit “Play” on a video. It didn’t start playing, and after a few keypresses, I see the main menu bar, with all the video UI sitting just above it.
Another huge problem is the “audio track selection” logic that has been changed.
Now, XBMC tries to intelligently pick the best audio track … only it’s not very intelligent.
I have a ton of files with a 5.1 AAC track first, followed by foreign language AC3 tracks … and now it always defaults to play the AC3 track!
It ignores the fact that the AAC track has the same number of channels, and it completely ignores the language tag in the tracks (MP4).
@Uxorious
Make a post in the XBMC support forums and we’ll figure out what’s going wrong.
Thanks for this! Time to upgrade :) will go for the XBMCbuntu release, exited!
@Walt
If you havent experienced XBMC you are indeed in the dark :)
Aaaaawesome!
Oh and somebody explain Walt. I need to catch a plane :)
Thank you for your fantastic work. Congratulations!
Yes Nedscott – thanks for the reply. I run apt-get update as usual and get a 404 error when downloading some packages and then the write error. Already jailbroken running beta 3.
@nedscott
FANTASTIC! Thanks to all developers for their hard work!
Now i’m waiting for this: http://www.scintilla.utwente.nl/~marcelg/xbmc/prebuild.html ;-P
The new build freezes after about 30 seconds and I have to restart. Any ideas?
Lady and gents developers: thank you for your hard work. XBMC was and, with this release, will continue to be the best media player available. Keep it up!
can I use chromium on ATV2 ?
Thanks for your great media center. That’s a pleasure to use it every day on windows, linux, and ipad. Beautiful, useful, fast, …
Thank you again.
And now, an official TV addon for XBMC master ? :) With IPTV please and rtsp support :)
Raphaël
A french user
Fantastic work as always been with XBMC since the Xbox and XBMP.
Don’t use Linux much but recently put XBMCbuntu on my media center as I think the experience is best. Just to check what are the exact steps for an upgrade is it just sudo apt-get upgrade? Not scared of the command line just don’t know the steps or is using the package manager easier.
Awesome – Thanks to everyone who made this possible
I’m blown away! It’s a revelation! :D
I’m still having issue with unicode char tho. It’s still displayed as boxes. Any clues?
I need a replacement for Boxee (for windows). Last time I tried XBMC, it didn’t have much in the way of online content. 99.9% of what I watch is web based like ABC.COM, Netflix, etc. Does this integrate those nicely yet along with a search/guide for content? I don’t see this mentioned at all in XBMC>About
That’s what I did pete but it’s only taken me to a March 17th build. Was originally on whatever release XBMCBuntu RC3 was.
Yes. However the XBMC version of pulse-eight should have more support (eg AVR support).
Yeah finally!! XBMC is just the best media center :)
Thats nice to have, but whenever I install any Eden release, my movie library disappears. I had to get back to dharma.
Is there any way to preserve my movie library while upgrading to Eden?
Has anyone else noticed the 24p (24Hz) playback mode is broken in the release version? Which was fine in the RC1 & RC2.
very nice. Thank you all so much.
Poor Walt, maybe some day he will notice the “about” menu.
I’ve just migrated from the previous stable version with … no problem.
Just great improvements !
Congratulations to all the team !
@Walt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmN1eHirBPk
I’ve read the comments and reviews attentively. Can’t wait to install it.
On that note, does anyone know when Eden will be available in the RPM Fusion repo?
Bless Walts cotton socks!
A big thank you to Team XBMC for this long awaited release.. looking forward to things to come..
Q. Does XBMC sell merchandise i.e. t-shirts, mugs etc? If not, PM me to discuss.
Congrats !!!
Try running through the instructions on the XBMC Wiki to see if all the dependency repos get added. If you still have problems, post to the XBMC iOS support forums and we’ll figure it out.
It should be preserved automatically. Post a message on the XBMC support forums and we’ll figure out why it’s not working for ya.
PM3.HD was updated for Eden. It’s in the official add-on repo under Skins.
thanks thanks thanks
re: What is the product ?
I’ve spent years using linux and other apps.
Developers can get really removed from the reality
of their products. I don’t spend a lot of time in “media”.
I do other stuff. So if you’re interested in marketing only to
guys that already have 4 media players on their boxes,
have at it !
I no longer visit web pages of most tech product sites.
I can’t afford to take the time and play “which 10 clicks can
get me the info I need”. Or how far on this 30 page long
front page do I have to scroll to find something.
I go and ask people what they’re using and why. And I ignore
all but the product sites troubleshooting web pages.
Good writing/design demands that the product description be placed
first so that the consumer is wanting to know more. The front page
doesn’t do that for me, and every “about” page has something different
or nothing.
There are two or three paragraphs in the “about” that should be
first and foremost on the front page, FOLLOWED by the new product
announcement/revision/upgrade. Or headlined in maybe a 2nd-column
at the top. So, yes, the “about” has good
information — in the wrong place.
Could I assume you are competing with, say, mplayer and vlc player ?
Or did I miss some other aspect of the product ? (I setup a NAT
and stream anything between my various linux boxes…)
I’m certainly glad that so many people are excited about the
product, and the capabilities. The pictures are nice, although for
me the theatre could be an opera house. The top green image could be
TV sets. If first set in context, their purpose would be clear.
But, ya’ll are young, ( am I wrong here ??) and the comment will
be ignored.
I understand. And I salute the new product release. I know the feeling
of new product out the door !
Congrats… ( you’ll note I separate the product from the web page ).
Download link to Windows version doesn’t work! :(
Yep… A +1 on the release.
Thank you all for the diligence and dedication it takes to do this,coming from a LONG time user, from back in the XBOX days.
However, now as a Win7 64 user, I must ask: “What the hell, man !!?!?”
The new directory structure threw me for a loop there….
Why the choice to go with c:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\XBMC ?
Is that a nod to ancient history or something, by including XBMC in the Windows NT subdirectory?
Inquiring minds…
Other than that, thanks VERY much !!!
(… I just loaded BluRay capability via MakeMKV and the BluRay Plugin. Nice!)
@Walt from the About page:
1) XBMC won awards
2) software media player
3) available for Linux, OSX, and Windows
4) Created by more then 50 programmers for free in 30 languages
5) perfect companion for your HTPC that supports remote controls
6) plays media like a multimedia jukebox.
7) It is difficult to put into words all that XBMC can do
It is just a media player… like MPlayer.. but with a different name…