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| − | + | XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. Created in 2003 by a group of like minded programmers, XBMC is a non-profit project run and developed by volunteers located around the world. More than 50 software developers have contributed to XBMC, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages. | |
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| − | + | While XBMC functions very well as a standard media player application for your computer, it has been designed to be the perfect companion for your HTPC. Supporting an almost endless range of remote controls, and combined with its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, XBMC feels very natural to use from the couch and is the ideal solution for your home theater. | |
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| − | + | Currently XBMC can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formats around. It was designed for network playback, so you can stream your multimedia from anywhere in the house or directly from the internet using practically any protocol available. Use your media as-is: XBMC can play CDs and DVDs directly from the disk or image file, almost all popular archive formats from your hard drive, and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives. It will even scan all of your media and automatically create a personalized library complete with box covers, descriptions, and fanart. There are playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast feature and many audio visualizations. Once installed, your computer will become a fully functional multimedia jukebox. | |
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| + | Are you interested in Personal Video Recording (PVR)? XBMC v10.1 + PVR is XBMC with live TV. It supports multiple tuners, pause, and records TV thru XBMC. XBMC v10.1 + PVR is not supported by Team XBMC. It is built and supported by members of the XBMC Community. The XBMC program can not support a TV Server on it's own. There are add-ons installed in the PVR version for XBMC to communicate with other programs, such as MediaPortal, TVHeadend, MythTV.... Yes, additional software and setup is require. This is not an easy task for an average user. An advance user should be will prepared before attempting to install and configure all of the software settings. There will be guides for this in the future. For those wishing to install on their own, it is highly suggested to first get comfortable with basic XBMC and then move to XBMC + PVR. There has been talk about the next version, XBMC v11.0 (code name: Eden) to include the PVR features and be fully supported by Team XBMC. For this we will just have to wait and see, but the wait is just around the corner. Hopefully, we can have it for stocking stuffers, before Christmas 2011. | ||
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| + | To learn more about XBMC v10.1 (current version, code name: Dharma), and what is scheduled to come in the new release, XBMC v11.0 Eden, visit the [http://xbmc.org/ XBMC Web Site] today. | ||
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Revision as of 11:03, 7 October 2011
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MediaBrowser
"Media Browser is a personal media aggregator that takes your recorded, digital, or ripped media and presents it in a simple, easy to use interface."
Put even more simply, it is one of the richest and most popular Windows Media Center extensions that exist. The best part is, it is free (though they do now have a "supporter version" that allows access to more skins and other tools). It allows you to access your Movies, Music, and TV shows easily and also has the ability to be customized to suit your needs. Mediabrowser has a very strong community and is highly recommended by those who use Windows Media Center not just for regular TV watching. Mediabrowser also works very nicely with Media Center Master. To learn more, please follow one of the links below:
Mediabrowser Quickstart Guide
Download Mediabrowser
Windows Media Center
Windows Media Center exists in three different versions of Windows:
- Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
- Windows Vista (Home Premium and Ultimate)
- Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate)
For the purposes of the Wiki, we will mostly focus on Windows 7 Media Center and not at all on XP Media Center. Many things that work in Windows 7 will work in Vista, but some do not. If you have specific questions about Windows Media Center, please visit the forums.
xbmc
XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. Created in 2003 by a group of like minded programmers, XBMC is a non-profit project run and developed by volunteers located around the world. More than 50 software developers have contributed to XBMC, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages.
While XBMC functions very well as a standard media player application for your computer, it has been designed to be the perfect companion for your HTPC. Supporting an almost endless range of remote controls, and combined with its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, XBMC feels very natural to use from the couch and is the ideal solution for your home theater.
Currently XBMC can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formats around. It was designed for network playback, so you can stream your multimedia from anywhere in the house or directly from the internet using practically any protocol available. Use your media as-is: XBMC can play CDs and DVDs directly from the disk or image file, almost all popular archive formats from your hard drive, and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives. It will even scan all of your media and automatically create a personalized library complete with box covers, descriptions, and fanart. There are playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast feature and many audio visualizations. Once installed, your computer will become a fully functional multimedia jukebox.
Are you interested in Personal Video Recording (PVR)? XBMC v10.1 + PVR is XBMC with live TV. It supports multiple tuners, pause, and records TV thru XBMC. XBMC v10.1 + PVR is not supported by Team XBMC. It is built and supported by members of the XBMC Community. The XBMC program can not support a TV Server on it's own. There are add-ons installed in the PVR version for XBMC to communicate with other programs, such as MediaPortal, TVHeadend, MythTV.... Yes, additional software and setup is require. This is not an easy task for an average user. An advance user should be will prepared before attempting to install and configure all of the software settings. There will be guides for this in the future. For those wishing to install on their own, it is highly suggested to first get comfortable with basic XBMC and then move to XBMC + PVR. There has been talk about the next version, XBMC v11.0 (code name: Eden) to include the PVR features and be fully supported by Team XBMC. For this we will just have to wait and see, but the wait is just around the corner. Hopefully, we can have it for stocking stuffers, before Christmas 2011.
To learn more about XBMC v10.1 (current version, code name: Dharma), and what is scheduled to come in the new release, XBMC v11.0 Eden, visit the XBMC Web Site today.