XBMC 12 Frodo - Beta 3
Hot on the heels of Beta 2, we are excited to release Beta 3. This release includes a number of fixes as we work to resolve issues that have cropped up since Beta 2 and also attempt to isolate some issues that still exist. For a quick run down of some of the big ones:
- Users of Android 4.2 should now be able to install and run XBMC for Android.
- The upgrade path of Windows users has been a little tricky. Users may upgrade to beta and discover the audio no longer works. This is due to a bit of trickiness with the AudioEngine upgrade. For Audiophiles to get the most out of AE, we recommend that you check out the AE Wiki entry.
- For those Windows users who find themselves without sound, the simple fix is to go to System->system->Audio Output and switch WASAPI to DirectSound. Users doing a clean install of XBMC for Windows Beta 3 should have no problem.
- PVR Addons have been included with XBMC for Windows, matching up with most other ports.
- We are still only partially complete on translations for numerous languages, including Romanian, Japanese, Estonian, Bosnian, Serbian, Hindi, and more. If you feel comfortable with one of these languages, but don’t know how to help, feel free to visit our forum thread that explains how to help translate XBMC using Transifex. UPDATE: Additionally, Transifex is used for translations for addons and skins, so you are always welcome to go back to a more complete language and help with any unfinished addons.
Finally, we’ve begun compiling a list of some of the more frequently asked questions about the transition from XBMC 11 Eden to XBMC 12 Frodo. If you haven’t made the switch yet, or just want to read about what other people are running into, please visit the XBMC 12 Frodo FAQ.
Conclusion
But enough of all that. Now is the time to get to downloading.
Let us know what you think of the changes in the comments below, or, if you like, via the donation button at the top of the page.
And if you have any problems, don’t hesitate to post about them in our forums and report verified bugs in Trac.
I’m more excited for this Frodo then the one in The Hobbit in a week
I just downloaded Beta 3, but the download link is set to beta 2. So I copied and pasted the link address in to my address bar and changed the 2 into a 3 and then hit enter and beta 3 downloaded.
Saw the image of the Nexus 7 in my RSS feeds and was briefly excited that hardware decoding was somehow implemented. But I should’ve know better ;).
@purewitz
If my previous post was confusing, here is what i did visually.
I turned:
http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/win32/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_beta2.exe
Into:
http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/win32/xbmc-12.0-Frodo_beta3.exe
@NineT9 There is no “Frodo” in “The Hobbit” ;)
Damn still not playimg properly on my tab 2 7″ but it is improving with each beta :-)
The beta 3 osx 64 bit package gives an error, package damaged
Downloaded android beta 3. First impression: works perfect on my Nexus 7. However, still some testing to do. Will try library mode first.
Are these still ignored if placed in advancedsettings.xml?
viewstates
locale
services
skinsettings
Keep frogetting anything in brackets gets deleted.
Are these still ignored if placed in advancedsettings.xml?
i want support for a10 allwinner :( i have HACKBERRY :( is possible?
I installed beta 2 on my brand new out of the box nexus 7 and all i get are the ’sorry xbmc has stopped working’.
It works on my stock samsung gnex running android 4.1… but the video and audio are choppy to the point where its unwatchable.
XBMC is truly amazing project! Thank you all.
Same issues from 1st 12 beta..scrapes for thumbs are blank…fanart fine though..
You guys rock. Thanks so much for all your hard work on this release, it is truly great and turns lots of things that were rough edges last year into shiny diamonds :-)
It works perfect in my N7 with Android 4.2.1. I´ve only tried movies and music but so far it looks great.
Thanks! I hope to get the final version soon. :-)
@purewitz
Yup, just a caching error. Hitting refresh on the download page should also fix it.
@walt
Could you try downloading again? I downloaded it last night and having it running right now without issue.
There is a lot of AMLogic AML8726 based devices with Android becoming available from China these days.
So any chance official XBMC for Android builds with AMLPlayer bundled from Team-XBMC will come soon?
Still not working on Mele A2000(A10 Allwinners), XBMC stopped working
On my eb1012 (nvidia ion computer) Beta1 works flawlessly, but in both Beta2 and Beta3 when playing 720p .mkv’s there is no audio and the video stutters horribly. SD-videos work fine, with audio and no stuttering video.
I’m gonna try a clean install and see if it helps.
The best just keeps on getting better. Glad I moved over from MediaPortal :D
Any reason why the PVR MythTV addon is not available in Android? Great to see XBMC working in my Galaxy Nexus Android 4.2.
Blu-Ray menu’s work under Mac OS X 10.8! Wahoooo!
@Stefan
I have the same problem. No sound and terrible video stutter.
Nice, but unfortunately this beta3 release breaks audio. The proposed fix (direct sound option) does not work for me. So it’s back to Eden again for a while…
Anyone having stuttering/sound issues should check the sound settings and make sure the output matches what you have, I noticed mine changed from 5.1 to 7.0 and bad stuttering, changed back to 5.1, all gone.
What is PVR???
Disappointed, still have the small font issue, fixed by hitting enter at the very first screen after boot. No audio on my asrock 330 ion via hdmi, xbmcbuntu desktop still has small font issue.
Seems to get stuck during install updating file 37 of 109, why am I having to update 109 files for a brand new install?
Can not see what it is updating either having the large font makes the detail box too small to see anything in it, no way to resize either.
@Devin
Worked fine after av clean install for me. And after adding my video library again, and syncing with traktr everything was perfect :-)
Hi
Works great on nexus 7
I stand corrected, I let the install complete completely, it took 2 hours to download additional stuff, I think thetvdb may be having issues as I keep getting a time out error, on my mac it is working fine oddly.
Path substitution in beta3 (running on linux) is broken, worked fine in beta2, rolled back to beta2
Beta 3 is not stable – keeps crashing on Snow Leopard MBP. Horribly slow.
XBMCbuntu is truly an amazing piece of software and I am a very happy user.
If I were to suggest a thing it would be either a working guide to fixing (HDMI) sound in chromium when logged in to the windowmanager or preferably that it would work from the beginning.
I do log in and use the desktop from time to time and would be very happy if the sound would be working.
That said, so far the path with the new sound engine seems to be a major improvement, the lack of straight forward working audio have been the single biggest thing to create irritation in xbmc through every version so far…
Other than that: I can just bring my hands together, stand up and clap them – Keep up the brilliant work and may XBMC continue to be the obvious mediacenter to choose.
I really appreciate all the effort of the XBMC team and am amazed by the new features and enhancements since I first replaced my popcorn hour with an XBMC setup several years ago. I know it’s not final yet, but I am having trouble with livetv through mythtv – specifically whenever I stop a recording it freezes XBMC (windows 7 setup – mythtv running version 0.26 on mythbuntu) – just want to make sure that I am not the only one. Can’t wait to see what the future holds for XBMC.
installed Beta 3 after a fresh Win7 and it’s almost perfect!
Still got the True Full screen bug with 30 fps material…
Great stuff!!
My 2 cents on Frodo beta 2 and Beta 3 is that Network and errorcontroll is much better then Eden where i have had stalls and freezes , with that said my showstoppers is stuttering video from avi’s, from tuxbox connection (dreambox 500) , from mediaportal client, so i rolled back to eden (margo-eden-pvr4) to get system to work and keep wife happy
mythtv pvr addon not working with beta 3 (XBMC_MythTV_cmyth_win32.dll not included in installer)
@Dams
i forgot to mention i was running on windows
@Dams
You can install it yourself from a zip file located at http://www.dotnetdevelopers.net/XBMC/xbmcpvr.html – that’s what I did – however, I still have a situation where whenever I stop playback of a recording it locks up XBMC and I have to kill the program so it is not fully working yet
Installed Frodo Beta 2 on my AMD Fusion. It was fine for a day or two and it just froze while playing a video.
Log shows “CDVDMessageQueue(audio)::Get – asked for new data packet, with nothing available” at the end.
Hello.
A lot of us are only asking one important thing. Hardware decoding for chipsets like rk3066 or galaxy s3 !!!! Thanks
Still choppy on galaxy tab 2 7″. I suspect it will be fixed in future releases.
XBMC on my acer A700 is working well although real TV HD streaming is still not OK. Annoying is the fact that tvheadend PVR addon cause it to fail to exit if tvheadend server is not up.
@PizzaCat
Same here.
I checked the forms for maybe 20 mins and couldn’t find where to post bugs (maybe you guys could include a link or start a thread for each new beta, for noobs like me)… But in the Android Beta3 apk, you can not change the weather location or add a new one. At least not on my Nook Tablet. Everything else so far works fine, amazing job!
Changed mine to WASPI in audio settings now working fine@Stefan