Topic '[Updated] [Free] XBMC Media Player 12.0 'Frodo' released' in forum 'Software' - dslreports.com

Re: [Updated] [Free] XBMC Media Player 12.0 'Frodo' released

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:44:07 EDT

gbm97 posted : Thanks for the link.
Was expecting just another media player...but got way more.

I like the Vista Media Centre which XBMC is kinda like when started up...only XBMC functions.

Works well on my setup.

Re: [Updated] [Free] XBMC Media Player 12.0 'Frodo' released

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:37:37 EDT

darcilicious posted :

said by mmainprize:

But for a full HTPC with tuner , XBMC is good and flexible once you get it setup and working.

The XBMC crew has definitely made some progress in the past year or so fur PVR/tuners. However, I invested in SageTV years ago and some awesome SageTV users wrote a Plex Server scanning agent so that SageTV recordings show up in Plex -- and for PVRs, there's nothing that compares to SageTV :D
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Re: [Updated] [Free] XBMC Media Player 12.0 'Frodo' released

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:46:54 EDT

mmainprize posted : darcilicious
I agree, I use Plex and love it. You can also install it on some TV's like my Samsung's. Works great.

But for a full HTPC with tuner , XBMC is good and flexible once you get it setup and working.

Re: [Updated] [Free] XBMC Media Player 12.0 'Frodo' released

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:22:15 EDT

sbconslt posted : From what I read, it's not a defect in XBMC so much as a defect in an old audio driver. I didn't expend a lot of effort on it because I'm replacing that machine soon anyway, and hopefully the gain issues disappear with it. Anyway don't hold off just because of my report.
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Re: [Updated] [Free] XBMC Media Player 12.0 'Frodo' released

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:17:06 EDT

Babar posted :

said by sbconslt:

- The new audio engine is causing abnormally low gain on my analog audio out that I have not figured out how to circumvent

Thanks for sharing that. I'm using analog audio as well.

I'm going to wait and see how things shake out here over the next couple of weeks before giving it a try.
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Re: [Updated] [Free] XBMC Media Player 12.0 'Frodo' released

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:18:18 EDT

darcilicious posted : Software media streamers like this do best with local content (DVD rips, etc). Many plugins to get at online streaming are "hacks" of various sorts and/or suffer from their own popularity.

If you're looking for a lot of online access, get a Roku (and maybe install Plex Media Server instead for local content -- there's a Roku channel for Plex, for example, so you can the best of both worlds).
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Re: [Updated] [Free] XBMC Media Player 12.0 'Frodo' released

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:28:47 EDT

anon posted : XBMC is great when you can gat what you wanna watch. Too many times you get error messages instead if the show(s) you want to watch. I gave up on it. Just don't enjoy staring at error messages.

Re: [Updated] [Free] XBMC Media Player 12.0 'Frodo' released

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:33:35 EDT

sbconslt posted : I upgraded from Eden. Impressions:

- It's faster, startup and shutdown particularly

- The new audio engine is causing abnormally low gain on my analog audio out that I have not figured out how to circumvent
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Re: [Updated] [Free] XBMC Media Player 12.0 'Frodo' released

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:33:16 EDT

chachazz posted : Thanks darcilicious ; heading over to get it.
Great Media Center software and the artwork is cool too..

Re: [Updated] [Free] XBMC Media Player 12.0 'Frodo' released

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:13:42 EDT

Babar posted : Thanks!

I'm a tiny bit nervous about upgrading, since Eden is working so well for me.

I might wait a bit... :p
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[Updated] [Free] XBMC Media Player 12.0 'Frodo' released

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:03:23 EDT

darcilicious posted : Everyone at Team XBMC is proud and excited to announce the long awaited XBMC 12 “Frodo.” Features for XBMC 12 include:

HD audio support, including DTS-MA and Dolby True-HD, via the new XBMC AudioEngine (OSX/iOS not yet available)
Live TV and PVR support
h.264 10bit (aka Hi10P) video software decoding for anime
64bit support in OSX to match the 64bit support in Linux
Improved image support, allowing the database to accomodate numerous additional image types and more interesting and complex skins
Support for the Raspberry PI
Initial support for the Android platform
Improved AirPlay support across all platforms, including AirPlay audio in XBMC for Windows to match the other platforms
Improved controller support in Windows and Linux
Advanced Filtering in the library
Video library tags to complement movie sets
Advanced UPnP sharing
Default video languages now match the language being used by XBMC
Translations now powered by Transifex

»xbmc.org/
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