XBMC 12 Frodo - Release Candidate 3
We would like to take this time to announce the third release candidate for XBMC 12. Features for XBMC 12 include:
- HD audio support, including DTS-MA and Dolby True-HD, via the new XBMC AudioEngine
- Live TV and PVR support
- h.264 10bit (aka Hi10P) video software decoding for anime
- 64bit support in OSX to match the 64bit support in Linux
- Improved image support, allowing the database to accomodate numerous additional image types
- Support for the Raspberry PI
- Initial support for the Android platform
- Improved Airplay support across all platforms, including Airplay audio in XBMC for Windows to match the other platforms
- Improved controller support in Windows and Linux
- Advanced Filtering in the library
- Advanced UPnP sharing
- Translations now powered by Transifex
At this point, XBMC 12 is entirely feature complete. All changes from this point forward will exclusively include fixes for replicable bugs necessary to reach final release.
Fixes between RC2 and RC3 are entirely stability fixes. For the full list, visit our Github milestones for RC3. As always, please do not report bugs or other issues in Github. If you need to report a verified bug, feel free to use Trac.
A quick note for Linux users, PVR addons have now been made a separate install from XBMC and can be found in the same PPA as XBMC. Each addon will be labeled “xbmc-pvr-[plugin-name].”
To get this release candidate, please visit our download page.
Let us know what you think of this release candidate in the comments below, or, if you like, via the donation button at the top of the page.
If you have any problems read the Frodo FAQ and don’t hesitate to post about them in our forums and report verified bugs in Trac.
@Edz; you want to update xbmc every time a pvr *add-on* is updated? you don’t do that for utub, why should you do it for pvr *add-ons*?
eventually they will be installable from inside xbmc like anything else. splitting them off is the first step.
Hi guys,
is it possible to add support of installed codecs of a windows machine instead of using the internal XBMC codecs?
I would use CoreAVC in XBMC, cause it has a much better image quality than the h264 codec from XBMC.
Maybe in the next version?
This would be great :-)
@nedscott
It’s even better to use NFS:
:)
Backlight dims while playing videos.
@spiff – Ah that makes more sense, sorry may have just been me getting confused as to the nature of the split and how it would impact the add-ons system. Loading them via an apt-get was fine for me just thinking about the confusion for a user who is just trying to plug and play with xbmcbuntu but, then again, they wont be running a release candidate!!
Thanks again for the clarification
Switched over to XMBC, first time user. Fricking great software! Coming from Plex 9.5 on Mac OS Lion, Mac Mini 2009, dvd->hdmi, optical audio out, Harmony 650. Everything just works, and works smooth as butter.
Really like Back Row skin with the simplified/small menu, backgrounds customized to a folder of great movie stills I have.
For some reason, my music library keeps fluctuating. I add all the music and then some disappear. I have almost 400 albums (which were all there previously) and now I only have 46. I’m in the process of adding them back and it seems to be adding them, but it is a little odd.