XBMC

XBMC

XBMC is an award-winning, open source media center application for Linux, Mac OSX, Windows, and the original Xbox. It supports almost all audio and video formats, network streaming and CD/DVD playback. XBMC’s best features are its extensively skinnable interface and its ability to automatically create a personalized audio and video library complete with box covers, descriptions, and fanart. The HTPC Blog highly recommends XBMC for your HTPC needs.

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Latest Posts

XBMC Dharma Beta1 Released, Loving the Add-on System
Easily install skins and more with new Add-ons Manager
August 31, 2010

How To: Enable Hardware Accelerated Decoding via DXVA2 in XBMC for Windows
In this guide we enable DXVA2 in XBMC to drastically improve CPU usage when playing back H.264 and VC1 content.
August 12, 2010

Official XBMC Remote for Android Updated to v0.8.3 beta1
Remote software for Android has been updated.
August 4, 2010

Official XBMC Remote for Android Hits the Android Market
Team XBMC puts v0.8.1 beta of their XBMC remote project on the Market.
July 13, 2010

XBMC Remote for iPhone Review
By far iPhone's most polished XBMC remote control app.
July 6, 2010

How To: Add Hulu, Netflix, etc Streaming to XBMC with PlayOn
Want to stream content in XBMC from Hulu, Netflix, YouTube, Pandora, etc? The PlayOn media server is a fast and easy way to get the online content you want.
May 10, 2010

XBMC for OSX gains H.264 hardware acceleration
H.264 hardware decoding comes to XBMC users on OS X 10.6.3 with specific GeForce cards.
May 3, 2010

XBMC Remote for Android Updated to v0.7.0, Brings TV Show Library
Team XBMC releases v0.7.0 which finally brings a TV show library and a list of bug fixes.
April 24, 2010

Battle of the Smartphone XBMC Remotes: Android vs. iPhone vs. XBMC HTTP-Remote
Feature comparison of the three main smartphone remotes for XBMC.
March 21, 2010