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.
Icecast is awesome definitely add that too.
If not for XBMC would not make sense to have a HTPC in my living room.
Congratulations.
Thanks guys
Thanks for the Great release! Im using xbmc sinse i got my asrock ion 330 (first gen). But there is one little thing that is really a fun brake. W-Lan configuration. I am really thankful for a great xbmc release, but a GUI for W-Lan config would be the cherry on my sundae!
Thanks… for the release. Its going to be my Christmas present…I have been waiting for it for a long time.
Great work guys!
I’ve been using xbmc alot and it’s a wonderful application.
You have all done great! Merry x-mas to you all!!!
Gracias por el aporte.
You rocks!
Congratulations :)
Thanks guys! Keep up the great work!
Thank you guys! Excellent work!
EN: In what version to wait automatic playing of video of files?
RU: В какой версии ждать автоматическое проигрывание видео файлов ?
Great News! Thanks a million you guys!
THE BEST APP EVER!!! I can’t thank you guys enough!!!!
you are awesome, guys!
did u count 11 skins wrong or am i not getting all the skins available.
Gracias, XBMC the best.
I have been following XBMC since the days of XBMP :) LOVE dharma… I use it exclusively for my entertainment purposes..
EN: Thank you!
RO: Mulțumesc!
@thefreedom
EN: 0_О
RU: Сам понял что спросил?
This is an excellent product embracing the spirit of free software..keep the good work gentlemen…
Congratulations guys!
I’m impressed with your work!
Fantastic work guys, although the update did seem to break my Microsoft remote!
You’re joking, right? It’s my birthday in 10 days – could you not have waited until then? Okay – me neither :)
Well done, guys. Looking forward to giving it a spin.
Congrats to all devs, time to celebrate! :-)
Thanks for all of your hard work, it’s greatly appreciated.
Cheers to the XBMC-Team!
You´re hard work should be honoured with a medal :-)
Following the development process was a pleasure…
Thanks you so much guys for these hours spending time on XBMC.
So let´s enjoy Dharma and hopefully soon get back to Eden.
best wishes,
mad-max
Have you problems with the Live version?
I have try to burn it on CD and make et LiveUSB : Failed :(
How about a simple recently played list on future roadmap? I can’t get a playlist to work to mimic this proper, the sort order is locked into name or movie date etc, not when played. And then how do you add playlists to home screen? Life is tough without such a rudimentary feature. Otherwise, fantastic work.
Ya, thanks, how to enable connecting to windows shares (after live essentials update)? I still cannot connect. The trick with libsmbclient did not work here. Don’t know why…. Anyone?
@Ego
No official iOS remote in the works, the collect3 one is very good though!
Thanks a lot, very nice gift for Christmas. Greetings from Poland.
Thanks so much! Dharma and it’s addon system have gotten me to where I’m really happy; now I just update the big RC / final releases instead of trying every SVN, because I’m so content.
Sweet!
One question, will the remote driver for Asrock 330 work by default now??
Come faccio a cambiare il numero di secondi di skip associati alle frecce destra e sinistra? Uso XBMC per OSX
Kudos to all the hard work by the developers, and for getting out the final Dharma release before the new year. I don`t know what I would do without XBMC. Major props guys!
@tibex
Sorry for the italian…
I’m using XBMC for OSX, is there a way to change the amount of “skipping” associated to right and left arrows?
This is great. Wonderful. Thanks folks. Keep it up.
@tibex
Have you checked the advancedsettings.xml? http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Advancedsettings.xml#.3Cvideo.3E
Nice, thanks for the release. Hopefully, the bug in the PM3.HD skin which makes it impossible to change anything in the audio/subtitle menu while watching a video is now fixed.
@tibex Yes, look in the wiki under advancedsettings.xml
Whenever I see XBMC on my desktop get erect. Thanks.
Good evening,
I am a _complete_ newbie, but is it possible to run XBMC on a Boxee?
I am trying to use Boxee as HTPC (not as streaming TV) with external HDDs connected, so is it able to play 1080p .mkv movies? DVDs with subtitles? Which file format does it recognize? I have my disk formatted as NTFS.
Thank you
Thanks for the brilliant release, this has so many great additions to it, the hardware acceleration has helped out tremendously with low spec hardware. Looking at your plans for version 11 especially PVR support I can see it removing even more of the clutter under my tv, XBMC will be unbeatable.
@Lucy
If you mean the boxee box the answer is no, doubtful it will ever really.
Really this is great stuff you made for this release. I and the whole Internet think you are making the best media center application. Thanks for this release.
@Anonymous
Same thing i was thinking. But no that has to be a mistype.
It’s nice, smooth and full of functionality as always. But unfortunately the lack of support for mythtv-backend .24 renders it almost completely unusable for me. I wish you all the best anyway. Bye.
HELL YES !!!
Could not await this day :D
Yes, xbmc is a great piece of software!
Thanks a lot for your hard work guys, XBMC is the best independent software i’ve used