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Version history for Kodi for Mac OS X (Intel)

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Changes for v15.1 (Insengard) - v15.2 Isengard RC 1

• Updated taglib that fixes a crash when playing flac files
• Fix volume adjustment for XBOX controllers
• Fixes side flyout appearing when using touch
• Fixes freeze on win32 on away mode
• Fix crash on osx 10.7 when trying to resolve hdd names
• Fix Amlogic zoom problems on Android
• Set default screen region for dvb subs (wrong placed subtitles)
• Fix missing lyrics from tag when playing from musicdb url
• Properly set the time format when setting/changing regions
• Fix playback problems on AMLogic after ffwd or skip
• Fix fallback for nb_no language
• Fix empty LatestAlbum.Artist
• Fix watched flag in Confluence media info 3 view

Changes for v14.0 (Helix) RC 2 - v14.0 (Helix) RC 3

Bump FFmpeg to 2.4.4
Fix problem with setting content on new and existing video sources
Fix spinner in video settings for choosing hardware or software decoding
Fix recording history in PVR
Separate sort order in PVR window for each directory
Fix PVR preview video scaling for AMLCodec on Android
Fix restart option on Win 8.1
Fix crashes on certain Intel GPU when playing video
Fix crashes on certain videos on Android 5.0 devices (Nexus Player and ADT-1)
Fix LPCM (audio/L16) streaming via UPnP
Use correct art type when appending art to item lists
Fix python PIL package on Windows that caused crash on weather add-on
Updated GUI translation files

Changes for v14.0 (Helix) alpha2 - v14.0 (Helix) alpha4

* support for sub-channels in PVR
* update sqlite which brings some improved library speed
* add support for DSD audio
* add mouse support in Bluray menus
* add support for EGL/GLESv2 when using X11
* 4K playback on Android using AMLcodec
* support for the Freescale i.MX6 SystemOnChip
* improvements for DXVA video playback on Windows platform

Changes for v13.1 (Gotham) - v13.2 (Gotham)

Fix audio problems with pass-through on OSX
Crash in Android if an app is favourite, then uninstalled from system.
Fix crash in Android when entering programs menu in some skins
Bitstream conversion fix for some BD mkv iso rips
Fix labelcontrols with autowidth set were always marked as dirty (re-render)
Update included PVR add-on
Set “remote as keyboard” default to true for Android
Fix FTP TLS not working
Fix some disappearing characters on Mac OSX
Fix onplaybackstarted event for external players
Don’t show OSD menu DVD menu with mouse/touch
GetText and delete sound option for add-on developers
Fix wrong sample-rate selection on OSX
Fix optical usb devices with > 2 channels on OSX
Fix firewall popups in OSX on start-up
Make the fake full-screen option only visible when running OSX snowleopard
Fix overlapping subtitles
Fix accented letters. Example: “VARIéS” rather than “VARIÉS”
Prompt for master pin in case the add-on manager is locked
Update GUI translations
Update included add-ons
Fixed several bugs and memory leaks

Changes for v13.1 (Gotham) - v13.2 (Gotham) Beta 1

Fixes
Fix onplaybackstarted event for external players
Don’t show OSD menu DVD menu with mouse/touch
GetText and delete sound option for add-on developers
Fix wrong sample-rate selection on OSX
Fix optical usb devices with > 2 channels on OSX
Fix firewall popups in OSX on start-up
Make the fake full-screen option only visible when running OSX snowleopard
Fix overlapping subtitles
Fix accented letters. Example: “VARIéS” rather than “VARIÉS”
Prompt for master pin in case the add-on manager is locked
Update GUI translations
Update included add-ons
Fixed several bugs and memory leaks

Changes for v13.0 (Gotham) - v13.1 (Gotham)

Fix resume point of certain PVR items begin stale on playback.
Fix weirdness when certain TVs query XBMC’s UPnP server and it starts running a bunch of add-ons which cause popups on the XBMC machine.
Fix crash at exit while airplay is playing
Better recovery of VDPAU on errors.
Fixes for cropping of interlaced content using VDPAU.
Fix for FLAC tracks with large embedded images not playing.
Fix for crash if librtmp wasn’t available.
Fix for ffmpeg building on linux using later versions of librtmp.
Fix for broken m4a, mp4 playback with paplayer.
Fix for the hint text not being shown in editcontrols once unfocused.
Fix minor memory leak in PlayMedia builtin function.
Fix albumartist use in song smartplaylists.
Use unique client broadcast UID in the PVR api.

Changes for v13.1 (Gotham) Beta 2 - v13.1 (Gotham) RC 1

Fix resume point of certain PVR items begin stale on playback.
Fix weirdness when certain TVs query XBMC’s UPnP server and it starts running a bunch of add-ons which cause popups on the XBMC machine.
Fix crash at exit while airplay is playing
Better recovery of VDPAU on errors.
Fixes for cropping of interlaced content using VDPAU.
Fix for FLAC tracks with large embedded images not playing.
Fix for crash if librtmp wasn’t available.
Fix for ffmpeg building on linux using later versions of librtmp.
Fix for broken m4a, mp4 playback with paplayer.
Fix for the hint text not being shown in editcontrols once unfocused.
Fix minor memory leak in PlayMedia builtin function.
Fix albumartist use in song smartplaylists.
Use unique client broadcast UID in the PVR api.

Changes for v13.1 (Gotham) Beta 1 - v13.1 (Gotham) Beta 2

Fix resume point of certain PVR items begin stale on playback.
Fix weirdness when certain TVs query XBMC’s UPnP server and it starts running a bunch of add-ons which cause popups on the XBMC machine.
Fix crash at exit while airplay is playing.

Changes for v13.0 (Gotham) - v13.1 (Gotham) Beta 1

Fixes
Better recovery of VDPAU on errors.
Fixes for cropping of interlaced content using VDPAU.
Fix for FLAC tracks with large embedded images not playing.
Fix for crash if librtmp wasn’t available.
Fix for ffmpeg building on linux using later versions of librtmp.
Fix for broken m4a, mp4 playback with paplayer.
Fix for the hint text not being shown in editcontrols once unfocused.
Fix minor memory leak in PlayMedia builtin function.
Fix albumartist use in song smartplaylists.
Use unique client broadcast UID in the PVR api.

Changes for v13.0 (Gotham) Beta 1 - v13.0 (Gotham) Beta 2

Subtitles for videos over http should now support the same subtitle functions supported by local media (Note: Certain subtitle issues will only be fixed when non-default skins provide updates. Other fixes are in the works.)
Rockchip devices on Android will no longer cause XBMC to crash occasionally during playback
PVR Programming Guide cleanups
AudioEngine improvements to handling AC3 and DTS, as well as smarter handling in Android and intelligent EAC3 recognition
Crash on exit should be fixed on various platforms
JSON-RPC file listing fixes
DXVA fixes in Windows for older Intel GPUs
Wording and grammar fixes throughout the UI
Local music NFO files are now recognized correctly

Changes for v13 (Gotham) Alpha 7 - v13.0 (Gotham) Beta 1

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=XBMC_v13_(Gotham)_changelog

Changes for v13 (Gotham) Alpha 6 - v13 (Gotham) Alpha 7

New features: Stereoscopic 3D support and Android Hardware video decoding
EPG no longer crashes when there is no EPG data
Music Database fixes
font processing fixes
Fixed non-trivial dirty rectangle modes
Fix gain for MP3 files (vs FLAC and other audio files)
Fix file parse bugs (results in speedier file parsing)
Numerous Raspberry Pi fixes

Changes for v12.2 - v12.3 (Frodo)

fixes for bugs found in the 12.2 release

Changes for v12.0 (Frodo) - v12.1 (Frodo)

XBMC now supports using OSX’s default output device for audio as well as hardware decoding with Intel GPUs in OSX
XBMC no longer hogs audio for Linux and on resume audio will continue to work in Linux
Full iPhone 5 resolution is now enabled
Volume buttons on Android devices now control Android volume, rather than XBMC volume
Volume buttons on OSX devices once again control OSX volume, rather than XBMC volume
Player optimization on the Raspberry Pi, including more efficient playback, better subtitle support, and many crash fixes
iOS 6 support on the AppleTV 2.
XBMC does not crash when listed on the AppleTV top shelf
Added support for additional Xbox 360 controller types
Broader and more intelligent support for CEC devices
Fixed problems with several addons due to broken binary read/write in our python interface
Language fixes, including 7 new languages: Albanian, Burmese, Malay, Persian (Iran), Tamil (India), Uzbek, Vietnamese
AirPlay fixes, including making discovery of XBMC more reliable on OSX
Numerous crashing and stability fixes across all platforms

Changes for v11.0 (Eden) - v12.0 (Frodo)

Added unified Live TV and PVR frontend with a common EPG and DVR (Digital Video Recording) client GUI
Added unified PVR backend framework and API for multiple PVR backend software from third-parties
Added support to integrate PVR Addon's recorded TV Show Episodes and Movies with XBMC's Video Library
Extended JSON-RPC and embedded Web Server API with PVR support to enable Web EPG in a web interface
PVR backend clients addons availabe for many popular third-party PVR backend software: PVR Demo Client dummy addon with fake backend from Team-XBMC for skinners and regression testing
Argus TV / ForTheRecord PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
DVBViewer PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
NextPVR (former GB-PVR) PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
Njoy Digital (N7) PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
MediaPortal PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
MythTV PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from the XBMC's community
Tvheadend PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
VDR (Video Disk Recorder) PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
Vu+ / Enigma2 / Dreambox PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
Enabled Dirty Regions rendering to redraw screen on single dirty region by default on all platforms[3][4]
Added ability to run a split display resolution for GUI and video playback on embedded platforms[5]
Extended XBMC's GUI for PVR and EPG
Improved touch and gesture support for all platforms
Improved mouse support, add better control for dragging of scroll bars, and click handling
Improvements to art handling, allowing Skinners to display multiple art types for each item, such as banners and posters for tv shows.
Improved texture caching for GUI speedup
1.4 Platform Independent Playback
Added software decoding of 10-bit depth H.264 profile (Hi10P) videos (requires around a core2duo or equivalent and up)
Added HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) and M3U8 (Extended M3U) playlist support
Added support for color and font style tags in MPL2 (MicroDVD) subtitles
Added support for direct playback of ISO image files for Blu-ray Disc media
Added Bluray HDMV menu support (but not BD-J / BD-Live menus)[6]
Improved Bluray playback support of unencrypted bdmv and mpls files without menus
Improved deinterlacing "Weave" method for playback of interlaced video when upscaling
Upgraded FFmpeg's libavcodec and libavformat audio/video codec and demuxer libraries
Improved support for forced subtitles
Added option to set a default preference for subtitles and audio tracks based on language

Changes for v12.0 (Frodo) RC 1 - v12.0 (Frodo) RC 2

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, including Airplay audio in XBMC for Windows to match the other platforms
Improved controller support in Windows and Linux
Advanced Filtering in the library
Advanced UPnP sharing
Translations now powered by Transifex

Changes for v12.0 (Frodo) Beta 3 - v12.0 (Frodo) RC 1

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

Changes for 12.0 (Frodo) Beta 2 - v12.0 (Frodo) Beta 3

This release includes a number of fixes as we work to resolve issues that have cropped up since Beta 2 and also attempt to isolate some issues that still exist. For a quick run down of some of the big ones:
Users of Android 4.2 should now be able to install and run XBMC for Android.
The upgrade path of Windows users has been a little tricky. Users may upgrade to beta and discover the audio no longer works. This is due to a bit of trickiness with the AudioEngine upgrade. For Audiophiles to get the most out of AE, we recommend that you check out the AE Wiki entry.
For those Windows users who find themselves without sound, the simple fix is to go to System->system->Audio Output and switch WASAPI to DirectSound. Users doing a clean install of XBMC for Windows Beta 3 should have no problem.
PVR Addons have been included with XBMC for Windows, matching up with most other ports.
We are still only partially complete on translations for numerous languages, including Romanian, Japanese, Estonian, Bosnian, Serbian, Hindi, and more. If you feel comfortable with one of these languages, but don’t know how to help, feel free to visit our forum thread that explains how to help translate XBMC using Transifex. UPDATE: Additionally, Transifex is used for translations for addons and skins, so you are always welcome to go back to a more complete language and help with any unfinished addons.

Changes for v12.0 (Frodo) Beta 1 - 12.0 (Frodo) Beta 2

Audio Fixes
Easily the number one reported issue with Beta1 was a lack of sound in Windows. This issue was relatively simply resolved by switching from WASAPI to DirectSound as the default output. Users who prefer WASAPI can still easily switch back in System->Audio Output.
Other Fixes
Needless to say, there were numerous other fixes, including fixes to nodes and smartplaylists, the volume range of Airtunes in Windows, a speedup of EPG data importing, solving a minor files issue, and others.

Changes for v10.1 - v11.0 (Eden)

Addons Framework, API, and Manager
Added ability for all addons to provide their own web interface (and handling of multiple web interfaces)
Added support for addons to save their setting values to their own settings.xml file before quitting
Added support for multi-file selections in the (python) file browser dialog
Extended Addons API to support adding extension points for Service Addons (xbmc.service)
Added support for Addon Rollbacks, enabling users to choose previously installed addons over more recent revisions
Added the ability to search Addons in the Addons-Manager
GUI Engine
Improve XBMC's GUI Engine / Skinning Framework making it even more flexible and powerful
Added option for auto login of a specific selected user profile (good for kiosk mode)
Added commands for xbmc.Player().getAvailableAudioStreams() and xbmc.Player().setAudioStream()
Added support to identify DTS-HD (DTS-HD MA and DTS-HD HRA) profiles in audio stream list
Add ability for skinners to show buffering progress for streamed/cached files (similar to YouTube)
Improved mouse support, add better control for dragging of seek / slide / scroll bars, and click handling
Improve touch interface API and gesture support for XBMC's GUI Engine for all platforms
Added Dirty Region support to reduce CPU usage
Added a custom JPEG decoder, at least 2x faster than the previous implementation (cximage)
Playback:
Added UDF 2.5 filesystem reading support to XBMC's VFS (Virtual File System)
Added support for direct playback of ISO image files for Blu-ray Disc as well as video library integration
Added an option for vertical shift of video image with slider setting
Added support for color and font styles tag in MPL2 (MicroDVD) subtitles
Added support for SSA/ASS subtitle tags; italics, bold, and color for SubRip (.srt) subtitles
Added support for MP4 embedded subtitles
Added support delay tag in vobsub subtitles
Gave external subtitles preference over internal subtitles
Added support for a new extended version of MPlayer's EDL (Edit Decision List) format
Added PlayerControl built in function to allow jumping to a percentage offset from a key mapping
Added support for Slingbox
Upgrade FFmpeg (libavformat and libavcodec) audio/video codec and demux library
Improved Blu-ray Disc and harddrive playback support of unencrypted bdmv and mpls files without menus
Removed subtitle caching (as it was only needed on Xbox because of the severe memory restrictions)
Removed all dependencies of libmms libraries from XBMC's code in favour of FFmpeg native MMS support
Remove all dependencies of liba52, libdts, and faac libraries from XBMC's code in favour of FFmpeg native
Added support for NFS virtual file server (vfs) (all platforms)
Added support for AFP (vfs) (all platforms aside from Windows)
Added Airplay support for Videos/Pictures (all platforms)
Added Airplay support for Music (all platforms aside from Windows)
Added Audio/L16 support for better DLNA UPnP client compliance
Improved UPnP Renderer
Added a slider for volume amplification and dynamic range compression during video playback
Added an option to pause video playback during refreshrate changes
Extended PathSubstitution from playlists to all files for users of shared MySQL Databases
Added the ability to adjust the display's refresh rate to match the video's frame rate in OSX (Feature already available in Windows and Linux)
Improvements made to the adjust refresh rate feature to pick the "best" rate, rather than the closest multiple
Added DXVA Deinterlacing support
Library:
Combined Files and Library mode for videos
Add asynchronous threaded background loading of metadata to XBMC's VFS (Virtual File System)
Added support for cleaning the music library via CleanLibrary(music) command
Added a "Play from here" context menu button for TV Shows Episodes in the video library
Added the option to specify the default select (Play, Resume, Show information, Choose) action on videos
Changed "Set Content" to "Edit Content Settings" after being set
Added disc stub support for cataloging DVDs, BluRays, etc.
Added support for scraping Movie Collections, along with the ability to toggle collections on and off
Scrapers:
Improve TheMovieDB.org movie scraper by adding themoviedb.org posters scraping
Added movie set scraping'
Improve TheTVDB.com (Multi-Lingual) TV Shows and Episode scraper
Improve Freebase (English) music scraper
Skins:
Confluence: Home screen switched to horizontal layout
Confluence: Greatly simplified the way FanArt works throughout the skin and the settings for it
Confluence: Added ability for users to easily add / remove Add-ons as items on the home screen menu
Confluence: Added codec flagging images for DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio
Other:
Added ability to handle and allow access to multiple web interfaces at once
Added option setting to play videos within picture slideshows
Added dimming setting to the built-in picture slideshow screensaver
Added support for sorting depending on current locale
Added advancedsettings.xml option to disable the display of startup splash image (enabled by default)
Added support for batch requests to the JSON-RPC API
Added support for requests by notification to the JSON-RPC API
Make JSON-RPC API compliant with JSON-RPC 2.0 specification ( details)
Cleanup and improve JSON-RPC API
Added advancedsettings.xml option to configure the TCP port used by JSON-RPC (default is 9090)
Improve the features of the default web interface
Removed Weather from XBMC core and switched to Weather Underground as the default weather provider addon
Added weather lookup by IP
Linux Specific:
Add support for Texas Instruments OMAP4 (OMAP4430 and OMAP4440 with video decoding on IVA 3)
Added dynamic runtime detection of CPU features (MMX, SSE, 3DNow, etc.) implementation for Linux
Added proper timezone support for systems based on Slackware Linux
Added altname (alternative name) support to LIRC mapping for linux-input-layer devices
Added lircmap for Conexant's CX23885 IR (infrared) recievers
Added lircmap to switch between subtitles with iMON Pad remote control
Improved ARM processor architecture support for embedded devices and embedded system platforms
Improved OpenGL ES and EGL support for embedded devices and embedded system platforms
Improved OpenMAX Video Decoding Acceleration support
Provide JSON-RPC server over Bluetooth
iOS Specific:
Ported XBMC to iOS 4.x (adding "XBMC for iOS" to XBMC's existing list of supported operating-systems)
Added support for Apple A4 (ARM) iDevices, inc. Apple TV 2G, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G, the iPad (effectively all jailbroken iOS products)
Added hardware accelerated video decoding support for H.264 decode on iOS via Apple's VideoToolBox API
Added support for OpenGL ES hardware accelerated rendering of XBMC's graphical user interface on iOS
Added retina support
Added initial iOS Touch / Gesture / Inertial Scrolling support for XBMC interface on iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G, and the iPad
Added a APT repository for Apple TV, and Cydia with packages for iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G, and iPad
Mac OS X Specific:
Added dynamic runtime detection of CPU features (MMX, SSE, 3DNow, etc.) implementation for Mac OS X
Improve Apple VDADecoder Video Acceleration support (requires Snow Leopard and NVIDIA 9400 or later)
Improve XBMC's build system to make compiling XBMC much easier
Windows Specific:
Added support for NV12, UVYV, UYVY, and YUV2 rendering (software and ps)
Added dynamic runtime detection of CPU features (MMX, SSE, 3DNow, etc.) implementation for Windows
Added DXVA video rendering option
Improve XBMC's build system to make compiling XBMC much easier

Changes for v11.0 (Eden) RC 1 - v11.0 (Eden) RC 2

We are pleased to announce that the video sync bug introduced has been resolved and Release Candidate 2 released in record time.

Changes for v11.0 (Eden) Beta 3 - v11.0 (Eden) RC 1

Today we are excited to announce Eden Release Candidate 1. It has been a productive few weeks since Beta 3, as we?ve ironed out numerous minor (and one or two major) bugs.
In particular, we?ve:
Given preference to external subtitles over internal subtitles
Updated a number of XBMC translations for final release
Resolved a number of outstanding Airplay issues
Allowed specified movie sets to be sorted by title, rather than year, without changing the default sort order on other sets.
We?ve also added the useful feature of IP weather look up. Now, on a clean install of XBMC, users will no longer need to manually enter their weather location. Instead, XBMC will simply check the IP location of your box and auto-set the weather.

Changes for v10.0 - v10.1

This is intended as a bug-fix release only, no new features have been introduced. Notable fixes include:
If an in-use skin was updated in Windows, XBMC would freeze
Some RTMP streams in Windows did not play
Included add-ons have been updated
The correct referrer is now used for downloading add-ons, improving dependency statistics
Crashes during playback on ATI hardware in some circumstances have been fixed
Hardware decoding improvements for OSX
Various small fixes

Changes for v10.0 (Dharma) RC 1 - v10.0 (Dharma) RC 2

Shoutcast support has been redone. Listening to your favorite online radio stations with the shoutcast plugin is now a much nicer experience.
The add-ons moved out of the testing repository and into their permanent home. This means that everyone will need to upgrade in order to see future add-on updates. If you continue to use RC1 or previous, please don’t report a lack of updates.
Automatic updates for add-ons are now enabled by default. Of course, you can still disable them via the add-on manager if you prefer.

Changes for v10.0 (Dharma) Beta 4 - v10.0 (Dharma) RC 1

Major fixes since Beta4:
A fix for a problem when pausing/seeking. This was known to cause static or erratic behavior on some amplifiers.
Beta4 introduced a regression with Linux and Live users that led to broken or choppy playback. Please note that anyone upgrading to RC1 on these platforms is highly advised to remove ~/.asoundrc, and create a new one if you had done so previously.
The Bootable LiveCD script is now much more reliable. What a great way to install to a flash drive!
And a few new features:
After adding a source, you are now prompted to set content. This should be much more logical for new users.
New icons for the addon browser.

Changes for v10.0 (Dharma) Beta 3 - v10.0 (Dharma) Beta 4

Well, beta 3 had a few regressions. So rather than moving along to rc1, we decided to throw out one last (we hope!) beta. There a few things to take note of:
Live now contains an Audio Mixer. You’ll find it in the Programs section. Non-Live users (Linux and OSX) may install it from the add-ons browser. This replaces the previous scripts that attempted to set volume levels. As a result, volumes may be low or muted by default, but now you can adjust them with your remote.
After installing a skin from the add-on browser, you’ll now be prompted to switch to it. It just makes sense.
Don’t you hate it when programs add a shiny new feature and force you to use it, even if you absolutely hate it? We do too! If you don’t want to be notified about add-ons at all, now you can disable notifications completely. Just go to the add-on browser options and turn them off.
Ubuntu Maverick packages are now ready for testing.
Strings have been frozen for a while already, but we decided it was important enough to get those settings in for Dharma. So translators please take notice.
This late in the release cycle, we are hoping that beta4 is relatively boring. If all goes well, we’ll push out an RC1 soon.

Changes for v10.0 (Dharma) Beta 2 - v10.0 (Dharma) Beta 3

Nearly one month after the release of Beta 2, the latest Dharma pre-release is ready for testing. We have been working very hard to to stabilize XBMC for the final release; there have been over 300 commits to the release branch since the last beta. Notable fixes include:
Lots of Live fixes and clean-ups. We want Dharma Live to work out-of-the-box as much as possible. Those who have been plagued with broken ALSA upgrades and unsupported soundcards will be happy to know that these issues have been resolved. In addition, most ION/ION2 systems should just work ™, though there are a few small issues remaining.
Shoutcast, which is now an add-on, was causing hard-freezes. Now Fixed.
A bug causing redundant http requests has been fixed. Scraper sites (Hi TMDb and TheTVDB!) should see significantly less requests per session.
Several new addons. Many scrapers have been fixed. The popular Transparency! skin is now in the official repository; a total of 9 available even before official release!.
Many more small fixes. Small fixes are good.
There are still a few known bugs:
CrystalHD support is great, but drivers and libraries still require manual intervention for installation in Live/Linux. This may or may not be fixed in time for release.
No packages for Ubuntu Maverick are available as of now. We’re working hard on this.
A few small miscellaneous bugs. Small bugs are bad.

Changes for v9.11 RC 1 - v9.11 (Camelot)

GUI:
Improved XBMC GUI Skinning Framework making it even more flexible and powerful
Powerbutton follows “shutdown function” in settings/system/power saving
Updated translations for most languages (help is always wanted with translation)
Skinnable Weather Plugin API enabling third-party Weather Plugins (Python Scripts)
Edit button for RSS feeds in settings, (needs RssTicker script installed, see SCRIPTS section below)
New screensaver option to turn off the screen (using VESA DPMS)
Always On Top option to advancedsettings.xml when XBMC runs in Windowed Mode
Better support for multi-monitor setups
Settings have been re-organized and cleaned up to sync with new features
Playback:
High Definition, Surround Sound, and Subtitle Flagging and Filtering in Video Library
Added support for SingStar and UltraStar Karaoke Lyrics Format
Updated FFmpeg (libavformat and libavcodec) audio/video codec and demux library
Speed up RAW image loading and handle more file extensions
Implemented better WAV/PCM handling on 64-bit operating-systems
Added support for additional tags in CUE sheets (Genre/Year)
Added support for MPL2 (Blu-ray) subtitles format
Added support forVPlayer subtitles format (which unfortunately is still in use)
Added support for RTMP (Flash) live video streams, plus skip, pause, and resume feature
Added proper MMS/MMSH streaming client (libmms) support
Added audio and subtitle delay pop-up to the GUI (similar to volume control)
Improved Commercial Skipping, EDL (Edit Decision List), and SceneMarker support
Options for smoother video playback (syncing the video to the refresh rate of the display)
Smart Playlists support for video resolution, aspect-ratio, codec, audio, and subtitles
Extension of ExternalPlayer enabling multiple external players based on file-extension
Added overlay renderer for dvd/vobsub/xsub
Library:
Performance improvements to SQLite (database) queries (help is always wanted here)
Support for movie sets and a sortorder tag in the Video Library
UPnP MediaServer compliant with DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) standards
Ability to view pictures over UPnP in XBMC, also loads of fixes to the UPnP library
Added scan for new content command to HTTP API, extended XBMC.updatelibrary call
Reorganized MythTV directory structure to separate TV Shows from Movies
Support importing MythTV movies into the Movies Library (including scraping)
Added support local actor thumbnails (store as actor_name.tbn under .actors directory)
Scrape studio info for TV Show/Season/Episode, info is available via studio field item
Changed handling in Scrapers and NFO replacing «thumbs» with multiple «thumb»
Added library update on resume if we are coming from suspend/hibernate
Ability to scrape and scan TV Shows into the video library by air-date via TheTVDB.com
Scrapers:
TheMovieDB.org (TMDB) movie scraper upgraded to version 2.1
Added Movie Trailer scraping from dtrailer.com to TheMovieDB.org scraper
TheTVDB.com TV Shows scraper scraper improvements and enhancements
MTV (Music Videos) scraper improvements and enhancements
New freebase music scraper (with Artist FanArt support via htbackdrops.com)
New Polish music scraper combining allmusic.com,merlin.pl, and lastfm.pl
New mymovies.dk (Multilanguage) movie scraper (*commercial)
New fdb.pl (Polish) movie scraper
New cinefacts.de (German) movie scraper
New filmdelta.se (Swedish) movie scraper
New world-art.ru (Russian) movie scraper
Updated imdb.cn (Chinese) movie scraper
New cine-passion (French/English) movie scraper
Fixes and additions for the mymovies.xml scraper
Skins:
Confluence is the new default
PM3.HD set to secondary
Removed legacy PM III (farewell old friend)
Windows-Specific:
Changed from Open GL to DirectX for GUI and video rendering.
Added Crash Dump for Windows
Support Milkdrop visualizations
Linux-Specific:
Added support for Debian building and packaging to the XBMC SVN
External libraries options when compiling XBMC for Linux making it more distro agnostic
Support for PPC (PowerPC) processors in XBMC for Linux (OpenGL support required)
Avahi Zeroconf (Zero Configuration Networking) for XBMC webserver
Added DeviceKit.Disks integration
Added DeviceKit.Power and ConsoleKit.Manager integration
OS X Specific:
Logitech Harmony Universal Remote support
Added support for CoreAudio API and removed the PortAudio API code
AC3 and DTS digital audio pass-through to SP/DIF on Apple TV (thanks to CoreAudio)
Support for running external Applescripts
Support for command-tab application switching
support for OS X Spaces (virtual desktops)
Live-Specific:
New installer with disk partitioning support, network setup and language selection
Uses Beatzeps08’s variation of duduke’s great “spinner black” usplash theme! Thanks Beatzeps08!!
Based on Ubuntu Karmic
NVIDIA drivers: 190.53 (VDPAU included on supported GPUs)
ATI/AMD drivers: Catalyst 9.11
Includes the magic tvheadend package, which brings live TV in XBMCLive
The plugin “SVN Repo Installer” is also included, thus installing new scripts/plugins/skins will be easier

Changes for Atlantis - Beta 1 - Atlantis - Beta 2

Team-XBMC is proud to announce the second cross-platform Beta version of XBMC Media Center for Linux, Mac OS X (Leopard, Tiger, and Apple TV), Windows, and Xbox, in preparation for the upcoming point release of XBMC, code named 'Atlantis'.
New in this release is multi-core video decoding for Windows users, courtesy of a rebuilt FFmpeg by WiSo and AreaScout, and XBMC now runs on the Apple TV via the easy to use USB installer created by Scott Davilla. We've also updated the skins (PM3.HD, Project Mayhem III, and MediaStream by Team Razorfish) to their latest versions.
With almost 80 tickets closed, and close to 200 commits to SVN since Beta 1 was released, Beta 2 represents a clear step forward in terms of stability. Thanks to all in the community who have made this possible by reporting bugs and suggesting improvements!
Go grab XBMC 'Atlantis' Beta 2 and let us know how it goes!

Changes for rev. 14178 - Atlantis - Beta 1

Team-XBMC is proud to announce the first cross-platform Beta version of XBMC media center for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and Xbox, in preparation for the upcoming stable release of XBMC, code named 'Atlantis'. There are three important news items associated with this release:
The first item that is new in this release is the brand new skin "PM3.HD", a high-definition tribute to Project Mayhem III, which will be gracing screens as the default skin on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. Xbox users can, of course, choose to use this skin if they wish as well, and the original Project Mayhem III skin is still packaged with Beta 1 for those who prefer the old-school look. This is in addition to the already awesome selection of skins available for XBMC.
The second item is the initial release of "XBMC Live", a bootable CD which gives users the opportunity to try XBMC on their computer, without touching their harddrive. In addition, XBMC Live allows installation of XBMC, complete with an operating system, onto a USB flash memory sticks for a permanent, fast booting, dedicated set-top-box style installation of XBMC. XBMC Live is designed to support Microsoft's MCE Remote and USB receiver out-of-the-box.
The third item is that the XBMC for Mac release now has initial support for integrating iTunes and iPhoto media into XBMC. For more information on this, please read this developers blog entry; "iTunes and iPhoto integration in XBMC". The Mac release of Beta 1 also comes bundled with a bonus skin for XBMC, and that is MediaStream by Team Razorfish, (this skin can, of course, be downloaded and installed on all XBMC platforms, like all other XBMC skins).
You should know that XBMC 'Atlantis' is still in a feature freeze, the final release of which is scheduled for October, and we really need your help in order to make 'Atlantis' as stable as possible. We encourage all users to download and use this Beta release in preference to using SVN or the Alpha builds, and test it thoroughly, reporting all bugs to our tracking system.
We would also appreciate any and all assistance in making sure that the online manual and FAQ are as up to date as possible. Both the online manual and FAQ are wiki based so just register and request write access if you wish to contribute. In addition, translations and updates of XBMC language files is another area where help would be appreciated.

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