XBMC 12 Frodo Offers New Possibilities

xvmc frodo XBMC 12 Frodo Offers New PossibilitiesDo you feel that? Yes sir, that is the buzz of excitement that has reverberated among the folks over at Team XBMC, as they have just announced XBMC 12 “Frodo” to long-suffering folks, and you can bet your bottom dollar that XBMC 12 Frodo will come with its fair share of innovative features.

Some of these features will comprise of HD audio support that includes DTS-MA and Dolby True-HD, over the new XBMC AudioEngine (OSX/iOS are still unavailable), as well as Live TV and PVR support, h.264 10bit (aka Hi10P) video software decoding for anime, 64-bit support in OSX to match the 64-bit support in Linux, improved image support that enables the XBMC database to accommodate many other kinds of image types and more interesting and complex skins, support for the Raspberry Pi, initial support for the Android platform and improved Airplay support across all platforms.

I am quite sure that Raspberry Pi users will be more than pleased to hear of XBMC 12 Frodo’s support for their platform, making it the single least expensive and most affordable method of running XBMC ever to date. You can download XBMC 12 Frodo over here if you are interested.

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XBMC celebrates 10 years, latest build works in mainline PVR and Raspberry Pi support

XBMC celebrates 10 years, latest build works in mainline PVR and Raspberry Pi support

First, we must congratulate the entire XBMC team on reaching the tenth anniversary of one of the project’s first betas hitting the internet, when Yet Another Media Play (YAMP) and Xbox Media Player joined forces to create something beautiful. It’s outlived the original console by far, powered other projects and spinoffs (Boxee, Plex, GeeXBox — just to name a few) and is still going strong. Just to show how much progress it’s making there’s a new monthly build that adds two features most will have to wait for XBMC 12 Frodo to try out. If you like to live on the edge, the September cycle includes mainline PVR support, which pulls in TV broadcasts thanks to PVR add-ons like MythTV or MediaPortal, as well as integrated support for the Raspberry Pi. Other tweaks include performance enhancements on Android, better picture zooming and rotation on mobiles and much, much more. Hit the source links for a full changelog and details on what dangers running a build hot off the presses may entail.

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