Dharma Beta 4
October 29th, 2010
Well, beta 3 had a few regressions. So rather than moving along to rc1, we decided to throw out one last (we hope!) beta. There a few things to take note of:
- Live now contains an Audio Mixer. You’ll find it in the Programs section. Non-Live users (Linux and OSX) may install it from the add-ons browser. This replaces the previous scripts that attempted to set volume levels. As a result, volumes may be low or muted by default, but now you can adjust them with your remote.
- After installing a skin from the add-on browser, you’ll now be prompted to switch to it. It just makes sense.
- Don’t you hate it when programs add a shiny new feature and force you to use it, even if you absolutely hate it? We do too! If you don’t want to be notified about add-ons at all, now you can disable notifications completely. Just go to the add-on browser options and turn them off.
- Ubuntu Maverick packages are now ready for testing.
Strings have been frozen for a while already, but we decided it was important enough to get those settings in for Dharma. So translators please take notice.
This late in the release cycle, we are hoping that beta4 is relatively boring. If all goes well, we’ll push out an RC1 soon.
Visit the mirrors for the latest files.
is it possible to boot apple tv with live xbmc using pen drive?
Hi, I got the same problem as Capricorn, “unable to connect to remote server”. I tried it on windows 7 and having also problems with live beta 4 live on my Zotac ion 330, the drivers aren’t working out of the box :O
Besides that, this release is looking good man. XBMC is the real deal on HTPC.
Fixed by a fresh install.
is there a version i can download and install on fedora-13-lxde-live ?
@thefreedom
vote for that
I booted the live CD on an AT5IONT-I motherboard and HDMI audio worked out of the box for the first time. Very nice!!
Oh no, I’ve only just set everything up.
I installed Dharma Beta 4 on my Shuttle XS35GT with Windows 7 32bit OS and it works very well – Beta 3 had some freeze issues on the same system with the same drivers installed.
Regards,
Jon
Hi…
Since Beta3 XBMC Live restart (not the OS just XBMC) that is when I am runing any Plugin… when I stop any Video…. Any Idea…
Thanks
Windows update just installed Windows Live Essentials which is known to block SMB access. After I uninstalled it XBMC was able to connect to my PC to stream videos
Hi! Ever since i updated to beta 4 i noticed some subtle stuttering both of video and audio. Anyone else has this problem?
Using Zotac IONITX-A-B — the audio is not working. Was working on Beta 3.
@enrique
I would check Add/Remove Programs for “Windows Live Sign-in Assistant” as that has been know to cause problems in the past. Experienced it myself and it was a PITA to track down. Luckily a random google result brought it to my attention, but it is not something you would think to cause problems. A new version of Windows Live Essentials 2011 just came out, and it is possible that Windows automatically updated/installed it without your knowledge, and by default sign-in assistant gets installed.
Seems pretty good to me. The only major bug I know about is the audio bug. After that, it’s more bugfree that I have seen xbmc in official releases in a long time. Good work!
@Razvan
Nevermind. I fixed it by uninstaling and instaling xbmc again.
@forcedalias2
Same here
I had the same problem with a ionitex-f-e, I had to use Putty to run alsamixer and enable the s/pdif output and increase the volume levels.
Like many here, I’m getting intermittent stuttering during playback (as well as sluggish response from input devices). This seems to be due to the fact that the xbmc.bin process (I’m running live) is taking about 50% of the CPU while idling. In Camelot, it hovers around 4%. This can be easily seen by ssh-ing in and running top.
I’m sure you geniuses already know this, but I thought I’d chime in and add my $0.02.
I’m loving this program! Especially with the iPhone app ;)
On a less positive note :(
It seems that mkv playback has not improved
Subtitles have no end time in mkv playback.
XBMC sometimes freezes
Hi, does the DXVA acceleration work on Intel G45 chipsets?