De derde release candidate van versie 12.0 van XBMC Media Center is beschikbaar gekomen. Deze crossplatform-mediacentersoftware wordt ontwikkeld voor Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, AppleTV2, de Raspberry Pi en Android. De port voor de originele Xbox wordt niet meer door dit team onderhouden. Versie 12.0, die codenaam Frodo heeft gekregen, bevat een groot aantal veranderingen. Zo is er ondersteuning voor hd-audio, kan er tv gekeken en opgenomen worden en is er nu ook een 64bit-build voor OS X. In de release candidates zullen geen nieuwe mogelijkheden meer toegevoegd worden, maar gaan de ontwikkelaars zich alleen richten op het verhelpen van problemen.
XBMC 12 Frodo – Release Candidate 3
We would quickly like to take this time to announce the third release candidate for XBMC 12. Features for XBMC 12 include:
- HD audio support, including DTS-MA and Dolby True-HD, via the new XBMC AudioEngine
- 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
- Support for the Raspberry PI
- Initial support for the Android platform
- Improved Airplay support across all platforms
- Improved controller support in Windows and Linux
- Advanced Filtering in the library
- Advanced UPnP sharing
- Translations now powered by Transifex.
At this point, XBMC 12 is entirely feature complete. All changes from this point forward will exclusively include fixes for replicable bugs necessary to reach final release.
Fixes between RC2 and RC3 are entirely stability fixes. For the full list, visit our Github milestones for RC3. As always, please do not report bugs or other issues in Github. If you need to report a verified bug, feel free to use Trac.
A quick note for Linux users, PVR addons have now been made a separate install from XBMC and can be found in the same PPA as XBMC. Each addon will be labeled “xbmc-pvr-[plugin-name].”
