XBMC 9.04 'Babylon' released, ready for download

May 6th, 2009 Team XBMC

XBMC Media Center 9.04 (codename: Babylon) final is now released. Versions for Apple TV, Mac OS X (Tiger, Leopard. Intel-x86, PowerPC), Windows (XP, Vista), Linux (Ubuntu PPA), Xbox, and a bootable Live CD/USB distribution (XBMC Live) of this free cross-platform media center software are available and are ready for download, (as usual the full source code is also available in our SVN repository under the GPL open source license).

Among the many new features in XBMC 9.04 is PPC (PowerPC) support for Mac OS X, VDPAU (NVIDIA GPU Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding for Linux), updated Codecs, new Karaoke features, more Media Info Scrapers, improved FanArt support, and of course enhancements to the XBMC Skinning Framework making it even more flexible and powerful. For the full list of what is new in this version of XBMC please see the 9.04 milestone on trac.

Team-XBMC would like to especially thank everyone who submitted patches and helped hunt bugs.

XBMC Community Forum discussion: XBMC 9.04 ‘Babylon’ released, ready for download

  1. Howard
    May 6th, 2009 at 18:33 | #1

    Great work guys :)

  2. May 6th, 2009 at 18:44 | #2

    Thank You (:

  3. Anonymous
    May 6th, 2009 at 18:57 | #3

    merci

  4. May 6th, 2009 at 19:03 | #4

    Digg it: http://digg.com/software/XBMC_9_04_Babylon_released_ready_for_download

    Here is a copy of the official press-release announcement if you want to help us spread this news:
    http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfrtrw74_2ds4jnkg4

    and here is a link to the news post on xbmc.org home page if you want to comment on it there:
    http://xbmc.org/blog/2009/05/06/xbmc-904-babylon-released-ready-for-download/

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  5. bob rooney
    May 6th, 2009 at 19:17 | #5

    superb job as always

  6. RabbiDreed
    May 6th, 2009 at 19:24 | #6

    You guys deserve great credit. A great product born out of passion. That an Open Source piece of software is best in class in the market is a magnificent achievement. I look forward to many years of continued innovation! Well done!

  7. Junior
    May 6th, 2009 at 20:05 | #7

    Thanks! Great work!

  8. May 6th, 2009 at 20:15 | #8

    Awesome just gets better

  9. rwparris2
  10. May 6th, 2009 at 22:23 | #10

    Just perfect guys keep it up!!

  11. korpenkraxar
    May 6th, 2009 at 22:28 | #11

    Thanx! XBMC is truly a killer app, to bad it runs on all major platforms ;-)

  12. Towelie
    May 6th, 2009 at 23:11 | #12

    There is something wrong with the fast forwarding, or when you press the arrow buttons to skip forward. The video becomes totally messed up if you skip forward..

  13. Anand
    May 7th, 2009 at 02:33 | #13

    Congrats on this great release! I installed the RC a few days ago and been very happy with it. It’s resolved all of the bugs I’d been struggling with in 8.10. I’m downloading the final version now.

  14. Briggs
    May 7th, 2009 at 03:17 | #14

    I know this is a completely ridiculous question for the release comments, but what is the wallpaper from, used on the right image?

  15. Wizard1969
    May 7th, 2009 at 04:25 | #15

    You guys ROCK! Thanks.

  16. Anonymous
  17. May 7th, 2009 at 07:44 | #17

    congrat!.. xbmc now is my favorite player :)

  18. dynamix
    May 7th, 2009 at 08:03 | #18

    Congrats on reaching another milestone! XBMC is a wonderfull piece of software!

  19. Andreu
    May 7th, 2009 at 12:16 | #19

    For when DVB-T support???? it’s the only thing I miss, otherwise would be perfect!!!! (well, blu-ray and hd-dvd support would be nice too :D :D :D)

    Great job… keep this way

  20. Kym Phillpotts
    May 7th, 2009 at 13:42 | #20

    Thanks for your awesome gift to the community. In my opinion XBMC is the best in the market…

    … hmm, might be time to donate

  21. Per
    May 7th, 2009 at 14:55 | #21

    Thanks for your amazing work. It is greatly appreciated. I love XBMC!!!

  22. YM
    May 7th, 2009 at 17:34 | #22

    Thanks so much for all the work that goes into this app!

    Have been running a dedicated xbmc-htpc for almost a year now, and only had a few issues with Atlantis, those seem to fixed in this one, sweet! :)

    Just waiting for the unified pvr, then it´s perfect.

  23. chuuey
    May 7th, 2009 at 21:56 | #23

    thanks a lot guys, keep it up!

  24. Ralph
    May 8th, 2009 at 03:46 | #24

    Excellent Job guys! Thanks so much for your dedication to this project. I will always support you!

  25. May 8th, 2009 at 06:32 | #25

    awesome work guys

  26. May 8th, 2009 at 07:27 | #26

    Donde puedo conseguir los binarios para Xbox?
    No los encuentro por ningun lado.

    Where I can get the binary ones for Xbox?
    I don’t find them for any side.

    GRACIAS !!!

  27. Carlo
    May 8th, 2009 at 09:33 | #27

    Thanks XBMC Team: you are THE BEST!
    Carlo

  28. May 8th, 2009 at 12:11 | #28

    I’ve donated in the past, and they worth it! It’s a great software, in fact, xbmc it’s the best non-HD player in the market and it’s for free

  29. Paul
    May 9th, 2009 at 00:43 | #29

    Its the best HD player in the market too! playing 720p/1080p quite happily thanks :)

    and thanks to those who made this product great!!! blu-ray/hd-dvd support next pls ;)

  30. May 9th, 2009 at 21:49 | #30

    Thank you for your great work. It is the best MC software out there

  31. ah…
    May 10th, 2009 at 14:24 | #31

    I got 2 machines. (Celeron 2.8ghz Geforce fx5200) (AMD3200+ Ati 9600pro). On one of them it wouldnt even start. just crash directly. On the other one the video formats is weird just top left is “normal” and the rest is smooth out. I got some screenshots. I want the Beta1 release again. Because it worked.

  32. McBoy
    May 11th, 2009 at 11:51 | #32

    Fantastic Job, keep up the great work

  33. Zyn
    May 11th, 2009 at 13:40 | #33

    Nice job!!

    Question: When can i run it on my XBOX 360?
    XBMC have PPC CPU support, so I’ll glad if it’s work on my XBOX 360… ;)

    thanx!

  34. May 12th, 2009 at 15:15 | #34

    Well I was talking about XBOX 1, it can play 720p/1080p at 1 fps, more or less :)

  35. Roy Pounds
    May 13th, 2009 at 02:09 | #35

    I know this has been ask before. But just so I know how it is going I will ask again. When will we be able to run .exe files in xbmc. I don’t care if xbmc will run the .exe file. Just that I can set it up to start the .exe file. I am runing windows vista 32bit and I would like to run xbmc from bootup of vista. Which I know how to setup. But I can’t get xbmc to stat programs like nero or emulators or the web or any .exe files. If xbmc could start the program and just sit in the background till the program is closed I could use this program for all my apps. Any info would be great. Thank you I will be checking back here over the next five days for any help.

  36. May 13th, 2009 at 07:56 | #36

    @Zyn: We’ll most likely see XBMC running under LINUX on the Xbox360 very soon.

  37. marius
    May 13th, 2009 at 11:40 | #37

    hello. i have an apple tv which is dying to run xbmc for me. but i have pc’s running either xp or vista. when will the download be available to me? thanks alot
    marius

  38. Anonymous
    May 14th, 2009 at 20:38 | #38

    HAI! I just downloaded this. I turned on my TV and I still see Dan Rather. How do I upload him off?

  39. May 18th, 2009 at 01:25 | #39

    I Have four things to say one is that Xbmc is the best MC out and thats final. That it allows to play almost every container out there. so for this it gets 5 out of 5 Stars. the secont one is that every time a movie/clip/ep/ is forwarded/rewinded or you jump 15/30/1minutes it out syncs and then syncs again this can be quite annoying!….(Not on the Old XBOX) The third is that it loses frames every time a movie/clip/ep/ is played. this being Xbox/Pc/And live-cd dont have the other Hardweres to test. On old Xbox forwarded/rewinds checks Fine(Old Xbox runs mpleyer. New Xbmc [Not Xbox] uses its on DVD player). The Fouth and last Vob-Subs arent quite there yet Most the time they dont even show [Not on Xbox]. Till This is Fixed im Not switching the Old XBOX For an HTPC i only miss HD content till then My Best Combination is Xbox/Xbmc Allways……… Keep the good work!!!!!!!!!

  40. SDixon
    May 18th, 2009 at 09:07 | #40

    Excellent software. U

  41. SDixon
    May 18th, 2009 at 09:08 | #41

    Excellent software. Unfortunately I was looking forward to being able to play HD DVR-MS files especially as XBMC supports VDPAU but they crash XBMC every time. Otherwise a really good App.

  42. Rich
    May 22nd, 2009 at 06:56 | #42

    Thanks. This system is great. I’m in process of take a Credit Card so I can donate. Keep this great job.

  43. May 22nd, 2009 at 16:53 | #43

    Thank you guys, I have installed XBMC on many computers that belong to friends and family and they are extremely happy with it. Once again thank you and keep up the great work!!! :P

  44. Fletch
    May 31st, 2009 at 23:39 | #44

    Tried it but, went back to 1-16 XBMC Pimped edition because it plays all of my .mp4’s where as Babylon will play DVD’s. MP4’s are more important to me than DVD’s.

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