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.
WOW , Thanks guys …. Going to buy a small pc just for this version :)
XBMC has 0wn3d since the xbox1 days … and it keeps getting better!!!
Thank you kindly for this everyone involved, it amazes me that this is 100% free, and yet I stupidly have paid money for software not even half as good as this in the past year. I am sticking to XBMC and will be donating once installed!
Thanks to all involved !
WooHoo! Thanks guys. It’s been a long road. A wonderful application that I’ve been using for two plus years just got better.
Win.
Thanks Devs! This release is fantastic, you’ve outdone yourselves. Again.
So glad this is finally out the door!
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Thanks Team XBMC and everyone who contributed to Dharma!
Thank you guys! I’m a big fan of XBMC and it only gets better and better!
Thank you Team XBMC! kant wait to give it a try! I love XBMC!
Great work! Merry x-mas to you all!
Sweet! I know it’s taken a long time to exit the pre release phase but I think it was worth it. Dharma is solid and the addon system is a very welcome addition. Congrats!
Good Job Devs!!!!! Addon System Rocks!
Great job!
Thank you very much for all the hard work a lot of people have put into this. I have enjoyed it since my xbox1 many years ago.
congratulations this look and amazing release
thanks so much for this app i been using xbmc since the begining and everyday is even better
AWESOME! Many thanks to all the Dev’s and testers.
I’m excited to get it up and running, best HTPC interface ever!
Nice job guys. Was loving the beta…what a nice surprise to see this released today. :)
Hell yeah, I was waiting for the final version to install LIVE on my Acer Revo. Awesome!!
\o/ Finally! :) Great job everyone! Looking forward to upgrade my htpc:s.
Thank you for this fantastic gem.
Just in time for Christmas. I am upgrading my HTPC right NOW!
Sweet!!! Just waiting on a blackberry curve remote… haha I can’t even type that without breaking out in laughter. iPhone/iPod remote is awesome. Thanks for your work!!
Superb. Painless upgrade too, so far. The new addons approach is just great.
Thank you!! Should we install this over RC2, or is RC2 the same code?
Great Work!
Very much appreciated!!!
Congrats! Thanks for all your hard work. I’ve been an XBMC’er since the XBOX days, and you guys never cease to amaze.
Awesome! Thank you to all involved.
awesome! thanks for all your hard work team xbmc.
Magnificent job by all. You deserve to be proud!
@Johnny
Johnny: I deliberately left the TRAC link out of the post because TRAC can’t handle the load.
Link removed from your post. No hard feelings, ok? :)
Thank you for the release it updated fine on ubuntu minimal 10.10. HD trailers still buffer alot but the imdb scraper now uses sd trailers if you tell it to!
Excellent work guys, congratulations to you all, and thanks again for all your hard work. XBMC has because invaluable must-have software for my living room now! :-)
Wow what a great job again by you guys. greatings from germany and i just donated a littlebit… keep up the awesome work
Thank you very much team XBMC!!!. Once again you give me wonderful gift in christmas present :)..
Great work guys, and excellent timing, right before xmass.
awesome! thanks for all your hard work team xbmc.
Thanks to all of you, especially for the work that we can’t see — a dev who cares about dev process is a long-lived dev to be sure.
Awesome work!
btw did this patch make it in to the final release? http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/10207
Thank you all very much, i really like what you are doing. Keep on the great work!
Yay! My Shuttle XS35GT just arrived yesterday. Perfect timing! Thank you team. XBMC 10 looks amazing and 11 already has so much great stuff planned.
Thx for your hard work and that you spend so much time for the best XBMC I´ve ever seen. XBMC is the Highlight in my Living Room. ENJOY THE SUCCESS and merry christmas to all especially to the Team of XBMC
Thank you for all your work, all your effort and all your energy. I love XBMC, my wife and kids love it, and we couldn’t imagine our TV without XBMC at all. It plays such a central part in our daily life that we do not watch normal TV anymore but rely only on XBMC. Keep up this good work, please!
Wow, perfect timing! I’m planning a fresh install on my next day off and I was hoping this would be out before then.
Thanks a lot for all your hard work on this. It’s much appreciated and well done!
Cheers and thanks!
daemox
Great job on the new release, team xbmc! I’m eargerly looking forward to the new development process, the end of the Dharma feature-freeze, and the cultivating of organic code crazes as only open source software can do.
Early, frequent releases are a great idea if done right. I understand that naming XBMC after sacred cities begs for monolithic releases, but just because Rome wasn’t built in a day doesn’t mean “XBMC Rome” has to be a thousand years off!
Oh man, this is a very happy day!!!!! Huge fan of XBMC! Much Appreciated on all the hard work put into 10.0. THANKS!!!!!
Big cheers to the awesomesssst media player on earth! this is it right here. no competition! :)
Awesome work peeps!
Maybe I missed the news, but did you guys release an iOS XBMC remote? I have the Android one that was posted about a while back, but I just did an App Store search for an iOS one and didn’t see anything new. Is there a port of the Android one coming, or are you guys referring to the collect3 one?
Great release guys, really appreciate the DXVA support. Running it on my Nvidia ION system, plays 1080p video without a hitch. Glad to move away from Boxee finally.
Thank you so much for such a brilliant product. Have loved it since I decided to bust open my old xbox like 6 years ago. One small question though…. after installing (Live) to my 2 ion based little HTPCs (ZBOX HD-ND02-U and an Aspire Revo AR3610-U9022) I see that the final release only includes the 195.xxx nvidia driver. Why is this? Are the 260+ ones still just way too buggy? Thanks again! Off to donate…
So does VAAPI work for ATI in XBMC live ?