It’s been a LONG time coming. Too long. But here it is. XBMC 10.0 “Dharma” is ready for consumption. Those who have been following development know that add-ons are the main focus of this release. In the past, in order to find a new skin, you would have to dig through the forums, find a link, and hope it worked. Ditto for plugins, scrapers, etc. Those days are over. All of these things are now available within XBMC, no need to put down the remote to find new content or change the look of your HTPC. Just head to the “add-ons” section in the system menu. At the time of this writing, there are 11 different skins available, all with distinct looks and personalities. But we didn’t stop there. Want to watch your favorite youtube videos? Listen to some web radio or podcasts? Install a web interface to control your living-room experience, or even one to manage your media? It’s all available in the new add-ons system. Even before the final release, we have seen an average of 50,000 add-on downloads per day. It’s time for you to see what many others have discovered! And remember, the best part is that the add-ons are very much alive. New ones are being added every day, and current ones are continuously updated.
XBMC 10.0
But that’s just the beginning of Dharma. We have improved the entire experience. As always, we strive to play all of the current media formats available, including the new WebM/VP8 codec that is the latest buzz. Hardware acceleration has been added in windows (Vista or 7) via DXVA2, CrystalHD has been added for all platforms (best supported in OSX and Linux), VDPAU support has been improved in Linux, and VAAPI support has been added for the hardware that supports it in Linux. There are far too many improvements to list here, so check out the
changelog for a full list. For those of you who would like to see what XBMC is all about without disturbing your current system, give XBMC Live a shot. It’s a bootable LiveCD that boots directly into XBMC, and even provides a nice graphical installer (check in “Programs”). If your htpc doesn’t have a cdrom, check out
UNetbootin to create a bootable flash drive. And don’t forget to check out the iPhone and Android XBMC remotes, they’re the perfect companion to your mediacenter. We have spent almost a year on Dharma and we hope that you enjoy using it as much as we enjoyed creating it. XBMC continues to be a great example of open-source software and community-based development. Maybe we’ll find some time to kick back in our media rooms for a few days and enjoy the experience… or maybe we’ll just get to work on Eden. Note that the skins in the Skins Gallery page has not yet been updated to match the newly available skins. Look for a website revamp that includes a live add-ons browser in the near future.
Update: Shoutcast support via the addon was broken at the last minute (yesterday!) by a change made by AOL. See
here,
here, and
here. We have mailed them asking for an exception, but if they wouldn’t do it for VLC, they aren’t likely to do it for us either. We are looking into
other options.
@human potato But thanks for trying anyway.
wow thanks for the fantastic release! Installed it yesterday on my revo and it works like a charm :-)
the happiest day of my life, your media center is decades more advanced than any commercial attempt. I went here and suggest all the people show their appreciation too http://xbmc.org/contribute/donate/
Advice Pls !!
I installed XBMC on my first gen ATV/ Intel Mac fed, in 2009, and blocked all ATV updates since. Never have had a problem.
Fantastic system and kudos to developers !!!!
Now I’m interested in Dharma…. do I have update the first gen ATV to 3.2 – I have no idea what version it’s running.
Also I am a firm believer in “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it ”
I am not that tech savvy so would greatly appreciate advice
thank you in advance
Screw AOL!
Icecast rulez!
Greet software! Kicked MythTV from my maschine.
XBMC 10.0 is great Software.
1. Hardware acceleration on my windows HTPC
2. ADD ONS!!! trying skins without searching is amazing
thanks.
Oh yeah, and a dead silent ION330 with buttery smooth 720p H264 is amazing.
A quick-and-dirty add-on to replace the dead SHOUTCast with Icecast:
http://bilbo.online.bg/~assen/plugin.audio.icecast-0.0.1.tar.gz
More info on it on the forum:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=671099
Thanks for the new xbox live. I have had the time to check it out a bit further on my Asrock ION 330HT-BD. Generally very nice update, it is, but few challenges remain for an Ubuntu-newbie. In order of severity:
(1) Audio/sound: the sound of the menu is off, but more importantly there is no sound for the videos. My Asrock is directly connected to my TV via HDMI. I have went the alsamixer route and the audio mixer route as well, but this only works for the current session. After rebooting, I have to enable the audio all over again. Is there a simple (ubuntu-newbie-friendly) solution?
(2) Internet brower: I now the option via Launcher and Firefox, but manuals to set it up differ, are generally complex, and there is no perfect solution, it appears. For a newbie, can you help me out with a simple set up method?
(3) Uitzending Gemist (for Dutch comrads): the Rieter zip works fine, but is anyone able to stream, for example, Net5 and Veronica? The internet browser option (see 2) would provide a nice solution here too, but if that is not easily feasible, a simple Uitzending Gemist method would be highly appreciated.
Thanks for your help! And enjoy the holiday!
I did not try the remote (included with the Asrock) yet (because I am used to my mouse), but will this work out of the box?
Just installed this on my Ubuntu/Revo box and two words…..
KICK ASS
Love the new plugins!! I’ve never had Youtube work right before.
do we have XBMC remote standard, so 3rd party company now can concentrate creating xbmc standard remote instead of MCE
i wish also a machine XBMC box like boxee box but with size like revo
hansie….
Not, you have to install Asrock Driver…
Very well indeed, but wasapi is still missing !!!
And without wassapi is stil a bad factor for good sound :(
I just wanted to throw some kudos to the developers here, you are all amazing. To work on this for free and still come up with the absolute best solution for HTPCs is remarkable. I want to be using XBMC on my home theater systems for the rest of my life.
Congratulations.
Just want say Wow………..! this is fabulous
I just thrown all others softwares.
I am using only Xbmc for all entertainment.
The skins are awesome………………..
Hooray! Thanks for the great Christmas present!
XBMC 10 is a KILLER app! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
@Vodoo
Dharma can use wasapi exclusive with Windows Vista and 7. Make sure xbmc doesn’t run in an XP-compatibility mode (check the compatibility options in the file properties for xbmc.exe and the shortcut to xbmc).
Merry Christmas to all at the XBMC project.
Thanks for a lovely xmas present this morning! :)
Thanks a lot guys, you have done a fabulous job! it works great on my asrock(w7)!
@theuni
thanks for info, didn’t know that one. A little GUI would be nice for a perfect noob experience though.
In general, there are a lot of features hidden from most of the users not having read everything on the Wiki (which is also not that userfriendly in general, but I know, quite common for open source projects). Are there any plans for some sort of “getting started” section/wizard right within XBMC? I think this would help quite a lot of people. Something like an overview of keymappings and a short description of that feature should be sufficient for a first step. The information might even be fetched from and managed in the wiki.
Please don’t get me wrong – I love XBMC and appreciate all the work you did and do – I just wanted to point you guys on that – nothing more. But I guess you already know about that.
Just a quick note – please feel free to update this if its out of date but attempting an update in karmic resulted in no xbmc due to an ongoing PPA problem. If you have a working system under karmic probably best NOT to try to update to Dharma at the moment until this is resolved. Unless you’re willing to update ubuntu first!
As always this is my experience yours may vary and it may have been fixed by the time you read this (these guys are good) but be careful out there!!
Know it might not be the purpose of this app, but i misses a way to watch DVB-T TV in it to make it a allround app for my mediacenter…
Hey.
Will there be a xbmc based on ubuntu 10.10 instead of 10.04?
I’ve been using XBMC for a couple of years and this release is by far the best and most stable. I’m particularly impressed with the addition of Hardware Acceleration – which now plays my HD content flawlessly without skipping or tearing! My kids are so pleased with this – Well done team XBMC
Wow! I have try every player, this is the best! Very well done, thanks alot!
Wonderful, now everything work flawless on my Zotac IONITX-A!!! Thank you soooo much for your effort!!!
Awesome release, espacially the Youtube Add-On : it works perfectly ! ;)
Thanks!!!
Amazing update was worth to wait for it !!!
THANK YOU HAVE NICE HOLIDAYS !
Just installed it on my Apple TV. Works great! Big thanks to everyone involved!
An anoying bug for LCD/VFD users:
The tag from LCD.xml has no effect (turn off LCD while playing video). In Camelot 9.11, it was working great.
This is an unfixed bug, wich was already reported: http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/10254
Should not be hard to fix, however…
Brilliant job, would like to configure the weather segment to show temperature in Celsius, is it possible? May 2011 bring you all you wish for.