Team XBMC recently announced their work with Broadcom Media PC Group to bring 1080p hardware decoding to XBMC via the Broadcom Crystal HD hardware decoder (BCM970012).
Right now, the Crystal HD chip is only in mini PCIe cards but should make it’s way to PCIe x1 and ExpressCard some time in the future. This means lots [...]
Rapier, one of the sleekest, most polished, most professional looking XBMC skins gets updated to version 3.0. You can download it at http://xbmc.org/skins/rapier/
Other XBMC skins are available http://xbmc.org/skins/
Rapier 3.0: Ready For Consumption | XBMC.
xbTwitter has been given a new name and bit of an update courtesy of Itay Weinberger of XBMC Blog. Meet xbTweet–not to be confused with xTweet.
If you’re a XBMC user looking for the ability to automatically tweet your watched videos and music, try have to give xbTweet a try. Unlike similary apps for XBMC, xbTweet [...]
K-Lite Codec pack (the best and most popular codec pack available in my opinion) gets an update.
An update is available for version 5.5.1 of the codec pack that upgrades it to version 5.5.6. The update pack includes newer versions of Media Player Classic, ffdshow, Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder, MediaInfo, and the Codec Tweak Tool.
Download via Codec [...]
Around a week ago the private, invite-only Boxee Beta was leaked to PirateBay. @boxee comments on the leak stating:
leak to PirateBay is not an issue (as long as the users report bugs ). but it’s already a dated version..
Well folks I guess that means go pick up your Boxee Beta torrent, but realize that you’re using [...]
XBMC is by far one of the best media center software available. While not as social-centric and internet savvy, as it’s kindred Boxee it still packs a powerful, stable punch.
Adam Pash from Lifehacker posted some pretty good step-by-step instructions on how for $200 you can get XBMC on your TV using the Acer Aspire Revo [...]
XBMC 9.11 (Camelot) media center software is out of beta and is ready for testing. Head to the download page to try it out. It’s the general public’s last chance to report major bugs before this version is considered “stable”.
via XBMC 9.11: RC1 ready for testing.
Boxee Beta has been beefed up, re-designed and unveiled at an event they hosted in Brooklyn, NY. And I must say: It looks damn good. They plan to release it to the general public on January 7th. Until then, they will gradually release it to early access users who sign up online. Note: I still [...]
(XBMC)Â – XBMC Media Center 9.11 (Camelot) is out of alpha stage and into beta. With this release, Team XBMC announced that they will have a new skin called Confluence as the default from here on. Project Mayhem III (which I personally hate) will no longer be included in future builds but will be downloadable from [...]
XBMC — A new alpha release for XBMC is available. Per Team XBMC, “all of the known issues listed in the previous announcement have been fixed, along with a slew of others.” All Alpha1 users are advised to upgrade. As always, don’t try it if you’re afraid of encountering a few bugs.