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XBMC 11.0 EDEN stable release
The long wait has finally come to an end and is available for download the version 11.0 of the most used player in HTPC’s. The number of changes and improvements are amazing, as you can see it in the following link. The XBMC Live Version was renamed to XBMCbuntu . This distribution will have all the advantages of Ubuntu (Browser, Package Installer …) and with the ease of XBMC directly booting.
If you want to download the XBMC 11.0 EDEN stable release follow this link.
VLC 2.0.1 Media Player: Update
Version 2.0 of the free media player VLC media player has a maintenance update . Two security fixes, and more than 120 bug fixes.
Last month, the VideoLAN project has delivered an expetcted 2.0 version of VLC media player. If Mac users were eligible for a new interface, this has not been the case for users in other environments than OS X.
Code-named Twoflower, the new major version, however, brought a faster decoding with multicore processors, while the GPU hardware acceleration has been improved.
Support for new video formats was added. A new rendering engine for increased video quality for the subtitles, while filters can improve the videos like an anti-flickering filter. As an experiment,...
MythTV launches 0.25 Beta version
MythTV recently released the first beta of the expected 0.25. The Release Candidate version is expected to be available on 2 April. The amount of change is truly amazing, we leave a link to realease notes.
Panasonic Viera Remote: Android version available on Google Play
Available for quite some time on the App Store, the Viera Remote app remained accessible only to iOS devices (iPhone / iPod / iPad). Panasonic did not wish to make a port to Android. But it seems that the manufacturer is somewhat changed its mind, since we have just discovered that for several days, the Viera Remote app is now available on Google Play (formerly Android Market).
No change on the features,...
HTPC MediaPortal Video Review
MediaPortal software is an open source Media Center that acts as an interface for Personal Video Recorder (PVR), video, images, music and many more features. Since it is an application based on Microsoft Windows, MediaPortal is unique compared to the many open source media center programs that the Linux world have, such as MythTV, Freevo, VDR, GeeXboX, etc..
The new K-Lite Codec Packs are available for download
In recent days, Codec Guide has been updated to version 8.4.0 its famous audio and video codecs: K-Lite Codec Pack. As a reminder, this suite of codecs has been repeatedly acclaimed for good reason: it is regularly updated, all codecs are carefully selected, the installation can be customized and finally uninstalling it really does delete all traces of its presence on your PC.
All variants of the pack...
The new version of VLC 2.0 media player available
We had announced this week on HTPC-Reviews, it’s done since Sunday. VLC is finally available for download on the servers in its newest TwoFlower version. As announced, VLC supports multi-core processors, providing better management of subtitles, you can play multiple videos in one RAR archive and supports Blu-Ray playback. A slight rearrangement of the interface for Windows users, but nothing...
VLC 2.0: Release Candidate available for download
VideoLAN announces the temporary download availability of the VLC 2.0 Release Candidate. The opportunity to see whether changes are really up to what was expected…
The biggest change to note is at the interface level, with the integration of the playlist window in the main reading. Moreover, if the UI has been redesigned for Mac OS X, iTunes like, it is not clear for the Windows version. But...
