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XBMC 12.1 is now available
XBMC has the 12.1 version available to their users. The main winners of this update are the Mac and iOS users, almost 50% of these developments are related to Apple devices.
These are the main changes:
XBMC now supports using OSX’s default output device for audio as well as hardware decoding with Intel GPUs in OSX
XBMC no longer hogs audio for Linux and on resume audio will continue to work in Linux
Full iPhone 5 resolution is now enabled
Volume buttons on Android devices now control Android volume, rather than XBMC volume
Volume buttons on OSX devices once again control OSX volume, rather than XBMC volume
Player optimization on the Raspberry Pi, including more efficient playback, better...
MediaPortal 1.3 final version has arrived
After a few short months of waiting between the Beta and RC, the MediaPortal Media Center software is now available in its 1.3.0 final version, and changes in this new version are more consistent as we had previously been able to glimpse.
The Media Portal 1.3 now has a new Titan skin specially adapted to 1080p Full HD at 16/9. For 720p at 16/9 displays, default skins will be most suitable. We also note the full compatibility with Windows 8, and native support for Blu-ray, but still no Java menus, a system issue that the MP Team tries to correct. A new “MPAR” (MediaPortal Audio Renderer) also appeared to improve the management of codecs and can play 23.976 FPS 25 FPS videos....
Zappiti Media Center: a multimedia content management for PC.
A simple, fun and free application. As a cabinet, Zappiti Media Center offers to manage all your multimedia content.
After downloading and installing the software, explore all your movies, your series and your music, and let Zappiti Media Center to automatically store them alphabetically, by category or by topic.
An intelligent platform
The Zappiti Media Center interface is able to automatically recognize and analyze your collections of movies, series or music and collect a lot of information about the data: movies covers, synopsis, duration, actors, artists, seasons, summaries…
All these elements, as well as the visuals, can easily be manually edited via a table specially dedicated...
XBMC 12 Frodo: final version available
Frodo, the version 12 of the XBMC media center is available in its final version with, among others, HD audio support and DVR functionality.
In version 12, the media player can display a live TV stream and has digital recording features. This means that it will be possible for example to pause a live broadcast and enable time shifting via a caching mechanism.
Also a translation system provided by...
XBMC stable version available for Android
XBMC is not new to Android, but is finally available in a stable and user-friendly version that will make it viable for everyone.
Here is the announcement of the XBMCANDROID.com team:
This release is basically the first end user friendly version of XBMC for Android that should work great on pretty much any Android powered device. Since XBMC still doesn’t support hardware accelerated video...
MediaPortal 1.3 Beta Released: NEW Features Overview
MediaPortal 1.3 Beta Features Overview! Enjoy the new “Titan” skin!
Timestamps below!
01:48 - Moving Pictures plugin - http://forum.team-mediaportal.com
05:32 - My Music
07:08 - My TV
09:40 - Most settings now inside MP(previously external)
14:21 - Online Videos
by www.team-mediaportal.com
The new VLC 2.0.5 fixes 100 bugs
VideoLAN announces a major update to its media player. So VLC, updates to 2.0.5 version which fixes one hundred bugs against the fifty of the VLC 2.0.4.
This update is “important”, but it has not any major characteristic improvement. These corrections maintenance will improve the player’s stability.
At this level there are improved MKV and SWF video playback and HTTPS and RTSP...
XBMC Android: Media Center application available for download
A few months after the announcement of an Android version of XBMC, the developers of the XBMC Team have finally released a beta 2 of XBMC 12 Frodo with several optimizations and fixes, giving the opportunity to use the Media Center application on your smartphone or tablet, but also on the OUYA console.
You can still use the app on any Android device, with the sole condition that it must support...
