Release 0.5.0b1: Mo betta beta
I have been coerced into going camping for the next two days, up behind the volcano. It’s apparently freezing at night, full of sharp rocks, is reminiscent of Mars, and there’s always the chance of waking up in a pool of lava. Why anyone would voluntarily subject themselves to such abuse is really beyond me, but I agreed go before hearing many of the specifics.
So while I’m freezing my ass off and probably getting devoured by dinosaurs that have survived the last 65 millions years on a strict diet of hikers, I thought it would be only fair to leave you with a beta release of what we’ve been working on for the last month. This is, to quote Scott, the “throw out your XBox” release.
NOTE NOTE NOTE: You MUST delete your Keymap.xml file, and probably should delete your entire Application Support/XBMC folder before upgrading. If you don’t and then file a bug I will feed you to the dinos myself. This is also a beta and so does still have some glitches.
This release is based on very nearly the latest “linuxport” code, which means you have a month full of bugfixes and new goodies and hard work by the rest of the XBMC team. Our motley OS X crew have mainly been drinking tequila, but in between bouts of body shots, we had a bit of time to bring you some new stuff:
- NEW: Apple Remote support. This is a big one. There’s now a helper that runs and communicates with XBMC. Among other things, this allows you to use the Apple Remote to start XBMC, a highly requested feature. The code has also been rewritten to handle the buttons much faster, so you should notice none of the pesky delay that’s been present up until now. There are preferences for the Apple Remote in Settings -> System -> Apple Remote which let you specify three modes. Disable the Apple Remote support if you want to use a third party application (e.g. Remote Buddy, Sofa Control). Isaac has been working relentlessly with both companies to ensure that you have great behavior with those apps, and he is the one who did all the Apple Remote keymap programming. Very nice work! Standard mode is what is enabled by default, and is intended for those using, well, an standard Apple Remote. The other mode is Universal Remote, which I’ll explain in the next bullet item. The Always Running option instructs the helper to start on login and always run, so that you can use it to start XBMC. If you hit the menu button when in the home screen, XBMC will exit, and another press of the menu button starts it back up again, so it works just like Front Row but without sucking.
- NEW: Universal Remote support. This is totally awesome, and the brainchild of Cayce and Scott who are both Universal Remote-aholics. When I met them in person for the first time, they had each independently brought their universal remotes along to try to convince me that their model was the best. I cannot make this stuff up. Scott sports a Harmony 550, and Cayce has an URC-MX900. Cayce’s remote could definitely best Scott’s in a fight, but Scott’s remote is sexier. Anyway, they came up with this cool scheme that I coded in the XBMC helper to allow sequences of Apple Remote buttons to allow for many more commands than the standard Apple Remote could support, even with holding down buttons. Check out this page for details on the mappings and you should be able to program your Universal Remote. You can change the sequence delay time to work best with your specific remote. Thanks to Scott for testing the crap out of this with his Harmony, and really making sure it works well.
- NEW: XBox360 controller support. Rounding out our controller portfolio is the XBox 360 controller. Good for those MAME games, when we get them working. This controller worked with SDL, but the code was buggy and once the controller shut down, you were screwed. I moved the code into the XBMC helper and tweaked d4rk’s awesome event client stuff a bit to support what we needed with analog sticks. The controller will fall asleep and wake up fine, and you can use the big X button to start XBMC if it isn’t started. You’ll need these drivers, and you may want to replace one of the kexts with the one here since it fixes a bug when plugging and unplugging the USB receiver. Again, thanks to Scott who tirelessly worked away to create a keymap for this controller.
- NEW: SSA Subtitles. This was a oft-requested feature, especially by the infamous Bad Mr Frosty. Luckily for him, a new XBMC team member named Rudd integrated support for libass (used by mplayer). We took his code, started with the default libass, integrated some fixes and enhancements from mplayer, and enabled enca support (which can detect languages in subtitle streams using some cool techniques). Fontconfig support has also been enabled and so SSA subtitles should work perfectly now, except in the case of fonts embedded in MKV files, which Rudd is working on.
- NEW: Sleep displays and computer. Cayce added two killer features for this release. There are new options in Settings -> System -> Hardware that allow you to have XBMC turn off your monitor after a specified time, and also sleep your Mac after a specified time. Great stuff! Since the Apple Remote can wake the Mac from sleep, this ends up being really nice.
- NEW/FIX: Unified upscaling, fixed problems with interlacing. The initial software upscaling code was pretty hastily thrown together. I cleaned it up for this release and the software and hardware upscaling options are all available from the on screen video settings menu when viewing a video. This is nice because you can flip through the available settings to compare them. NOTE: There is a known issue with a single frame of solid green when moving from software to hardware modes, and vice versa. My OpenGL fu is weak. We also enabled a new algorithm available in ffmpeg called “sinc” which is supposedly quite good, but also very computationally expensive. A mini is not usually enough to use sinc upscaling, but feel free to give it a try.
- NEW: Skip to next/previous chapter in DVDs. If you’re watching a DVD, hitting up/down on the Apple Remote (or keyboard) skips by chapters.
- FIX: Shoutcast crashes. The guy working on the Windows port (charlydoes) fixed the memory corruption issue with Shoutcast streams, and they should now work perfectly. Awesome work!
- FIX: Skip to next/previous video doesn’t work. I’m pretty sure d4rk fixed this one.
- FIX: Subtitles look squashed in 720p/1080p. The infamous Jmarshall fixed this one. I’ll buy him a beer or five when we visit New Zealand.
- FIX: Add “Get Album Information” back to context menu when not in library mode. I was very sad when this option didn’t work anymore so I put it back in. It doesn’t save the information to the database, but it’s useful for reading an album review or getting a thumbnail.
- FIX: Navigation through menus with Apple Remote might leave you stuck. Navigation should work perfectly now in all skins.
Remember, this is a beta release, so there are likely still little issues lurking. Python is still known to be unstable, unfortunately. Seeking using the analog triggers is still a bit strange. Weather appears to be broken. We’ll likely be making a few more tweaks to the 360 keymap. Please post issues you have with the beta either here or on the XBMC forums, and help each other out. Hopefully we’ll make the final 0.5 release within a week or two, possible with a few more beta iterations.
In terms of controller options, we realize there are many more out there, but the three described above (Apple Remote, Universal Remote, and XBox 360 controller) are the only ones we will support or write code for, as we believe they provide a complete gamut of options, and frankly we’d rather work on getting PacMan to work than on getting every last controller to work.
The new release is available here as a torrent, or here by regular HTTP download.
And now, your moment of Barkley. Yes, he’s hoarding three raquetballs, which he believes will eventually hatch into little blue squeaky smurfs.
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wonderful, thanks!
nice features i’m gonna try real quick!
Awesome! Thanks for all the hard work on this!
best barkley picture yet!!
unfortunately, it crashes on my macbook (c2d 2ghz,from dec 2007)
(i deletes all the xbmc content on my home library folder, so it’s a fresh install)
here is the full log : http://pastebin.com/m33afb374
thank you
Awesome work, as always.
Gotta say I’m wondering why you’re overriding the X button on the 360 keymap in Video view. I think it makes more sense doing what it’s always done (in global config): toggling fullscreen. It’s currently bringing up the info pane. It’s useful to have a way to get back to traversing media without interrupting the currently playing item.
Also it might help to change the “Apple Remote” menu in Settings, since it also applies to the other two supported controllers that require the helper.
I’m sure you’re aware of this but there is a bug in scrubbing with the 360 controller. No matter where you push the left thumbstick, it seeks forward clumsily.
I will try to get a version of the MXG file programmed to support the universal remote scheme uploaded soon. If anyone has a an MX-700, MX-800, MX-850 and wants me to build a file for them I can do that as well.
@Chris: the 360 X-button-in-fullscreen-video override is a mistake and will be corrected. I didn’t notice the left thumbstick scrubbing issue, since I had very little time to actually test, but will check it out. And just FYI, we are also likely to move the (former white/black buttons) depress-right-thumbstick and green-glowy-X buttons to the little (hardly-noticeable) buttons above the triggers with the next keymap.
I don’t have a Mac yet but I’ve been using XBMC for years on my Xbox and I love it. Just wanted to say the work you guys are doing is really great and has got me on the hunt for a Mac Mini! Although I hear they may be updated soon, hopefully with HDMI!
Keep up the good work fellas.
Thanks for all the hard work all you guys put into this both elan and all the *nix people! I will test this version out as soon as I get home!
I solved my problem myself
keymap.xml had to be copied/pasted on my home/library/xbmc/userdata
it’s ok now
Greate Work!
@Cayce,
I have a MX-700 and would love that! But I haven’t used the programming software since my Windows periode? Is there a alternative on mac? Or how do I transger the MXG file to the remote?
Thanks.
@Simon
I am using the old software windows software through windows. If you have the ability to program it I can make a mx-700 file for you.
@Cayce,
I have access to XP, but Im not sure I have the software anymore. But hopefully I can download via retaillers homepage.
I would like the file, thank you.
Dude! Awesome release. Please don’t get eaten by Dinos and don’t fall prey to the allure of the beautiful red lava. That shit burns.
Whehey, finally a new version
Can’t wait to get home and test this. Thanks a lot for your efforts to elan and everyone else working on this. Feel free to let me know if you’re ever in Norway and need someone to buy you beer 
Thank you! This sounds really nice!
…But as soon as I start XBMC i run into a problem. Isn’t it possible to run XBMC with the Apple Remote setting enabled and having Remote Buddy installed on your computer? I want to use my Apple Remote for XBMC as I did before (and I have NOT started the RemoteBuddy app). But I do still want to have RB installed for other stuff I do with my mac.
But when I try to enable the Apple Remote setting, it says: “RemoteBuddy drivers installed. Can not enable Apple Remote setting. Please uninstall RB” ?
I have never used RB for XBMC and never will but it’s a great application for other stuff, and I still want to have it installed (but not running). So with this release I can not use the Apple Remote at all (without uninstalling RB)? or have I missed something?
Here is my first whack at an MXG file for URC remotes 900 and 950 :
http://dn-0.com/xbmc-trac/wiki/UniversalRemoteControlTips
@Simon, I will try to find my MX-850 tomorrow and make you a MXF.
360 wireless controller works great on picking up even if i shut it down or start it after xbmc starts, but the keys are all wrong i get select when I push up and its kinda messed up, i was playing with keymap.xml but doesnt seem to do anything. Any ideas? sorry… feed me to the dinos..
I like this dog so much:P
What race is this?
I can also not use the Apple Remote…..I did uninstalll Remote Buddy but i just cant control anything inside XBMC
okay i fixed the 360 problem, i didnt know the keymap.xml that had to be erased was user/library/application support/xbmc/userdata/keymap.xml Thanks working superb cant believe it!!
First of all thank you very much for the hard work you guy s put in this projekt.
I got the same problem like johannes999 can’t control XBMC via Apple Remote.with set the always on option on I can start XBMC. but once within XBMC i get no reaction out of the Apple Remote.
Server seems to be down
can’t see the wiki, etc. Too many people wants this cool staff I guess!!!
Keep on this! it’s rocks
@Pixueto
Trac is back up, database choked for some reason, but even if it wasn’t back up that shouldn’t impact anyone’s ability to get the release, as it’s hosted on S3 now – see the download links in Elan’s post.
Brilliant shot of Barkley!
Thanks again to everyone involved.
Just as Johannes999 and Hamsi, I my Apple Remote won’t work. If I switch to ‘Universal Remote’ I can use it, but not perfectly.
@elan
Thanks for this new release!
1. I don’t get the universal remote stuff, do you have to press key combinations for some commands to work? Then the solution with adding two or more Apple Remote’s in Remote Buddy seems nicer. Everything is one click that way.
2. Is support for decoding Dolby Digital Plus (DD+) going to be added? It would be nice when playing back those Blu-ray .m2ts files that have the new HD soundtracks in them (I know there is a patch out there for FFMPEG that adds DD+ support if I remember correctly).
Thanks again
Martin
I can use my Apple Remote. I had to remove Remote Buddy, and the config files, and then enable Apple Remote in XBMC. And restart the app.
However, isent it possible to get the Ajax Menu from Remote Buddy meanwhile completely shut it off in XBMC and only use the internal Apple Remote controls?
ok Ive got it working after i deleted everything that had something to do with remote buddy….
But wouldnt it be possible to leave the original commands of the remote when you are not in XBMC?Like making the iMac louder and controll iTunes?So basically that everything stays the way the remote is supposed to work but that the menu button launches xbmc
@Martin: The concept behind the universal remote stuff is to work around the limitations of the built-in Apple IR receivers, which only respond to the small number of commands the Apple Remote emits. The idea is simple: program your universal remote to output the Apple Remote commands in the specified order (some remotes call these macros, some call them sequences, etc.) to increase the overall set of XBMC commands we can support with the limited built-in hardware. I have essentially been able to emulate the Xbox remote (minus the number buttons).
If you are using just the Apple Remote, I wouldn’t bother with the universal mode (while you can use the sequences manually with the Apple Remote, it is going to be tough to remember all the commands!).
[I'm not sure why people are having trouble with the Apple Remote stuff, other than maybe some sort of Remote Buddy extension remnants or something.]
Sweeet, it works like a charm. I hope your camping trip was as nice as your port. =)
@ The Walrus
Remote buddy installs a kernel extension that take control of the Apple remote IR receiver. There should be official support for XBMC in Remote buddy shortly.
@Hamsi and johannes999
Make sure to trash ~/Library/Applications/XBMC/UserData/Keymap.xml otherwise Apple remote won’t have any key mappings and won’t work.
@iordonez
Ok, I think I understand that R.B. takes control of the Apple Remote IR. But I thought it stoped doing that when you shut it down? Like today I can use R.B with XBMC or whatever, but when I shut it down the Apple remote goes back to functioning as it normaly does… controling iTunes, volume or FrontRow.
I was hoping to be able to use R.B (for other apps) when I want it, but shut it down and never use it with XBMC. What I’m trying to sayt is that I don’t like that I have to uninstall R.B to be able to use the Apple Remote for XBMC.
And when not using XBMC, I’m hoping the Apple Remote will behave as it use to.
@walrus: Understood. iordonez is saying that there will be official Remote Buddy support soon for your use case.
Thanks for the good work.
I used MediaPortal before i switched to mac. Since then i use OSXBMC.
There is one very annoying issue that is still not solved. When you want to play a DVD movie you normally select the movie-icon an then press the play button from the remote control. That’s how its works in MediaPortal (As far as I known, MediaPortal is based on the same source code).
Unfortunatly, this doesn’t work with OSXBMC. Instead of playing the movie OSXBMC jumps into the directory. You have to use the right-mouse button and select ‘Play’. But in my opinion, A Mediacenter ideally does not have a mouse (and keyboard) permanently attached to it.
Again in MediaPortal, This works. And i hope this will work in OSXBMC in the near future.
But besides that, I like OSXBMC very, very much.
Thanks for the good work. Keep going!
@iordenez: Thanks! Solved my problem with Apple Remote. I removed the entire application and thought that would be enough. I clearly don’t know enough how Mac OSX works on the inside.
@superpea
Thanx. I guess I have to wait then. But actually I don’t want to use Remote Buddy at all with XBMC. Don’t like the idea of having a second application to be able to use Apple Remote with XBMC. …so why don’t I just uninstall it then?
Well… I still want to have it installed because I use it once in a while for other reasons.
@Walrus
You can use the setup wizard in Remote buddy to remote the Remote driver it provides. You can then leave the RB application installed. When you run the wizard again it will give you the option to permanently install the driver or only for this session.
More info on uninstalling the driver can be found:
http://www.iospirit.com/index.php?mode=service&modmode=faqs&faq_id=15
@ Tjeerd
Full DVD support is coming in a later version, check the roadmap, it’s on there!
@iordonez
Thank you! This could be something. But it sounds a bit complicated for a guy like me with no computer skills at all. But I will definitely check it out and try. Thanx!
@tjeerd MediaPortal forked off of XMBC back in 2004, so they are probably a little more divergent now.
Great work!
This xbmc thing just getting bigger….
I’m still using xbmc on xbox and have followed the great updates year after year since the start on xbox.
It is unbelivible what the open source community can do!(you gujs)
I really appriciate your work and have donated
Thanks for the MX remotecodes, i have an mx800,mx3000 that i will try them om.
And great pictures on your dog!
Thanks! Ted-Sweden
Many thanks for this excellent release. I’m finally contemplating retiring my xbox.
Keep up the good work.
Awesome release, except one big bug… none of my scripts work any longer. I whiped out everything when i installed this new version and now they won’t work… any clues to get this fixed? Anyone else having a similar problem?
Since 4.5 a lot Files and Folders in /Users/username/Movie dont showing, from 40 files just 3 listing. I delete all Preference, doesent work.
Has someone a Soluion or a hint?
Thank you
Can you digg it?
http://digg.com/apple/XBMC_on_OS_X_Release_0_5_0b1_Apple_Remote_Support
@monstar-x create a thread on the forums, it’s a better place to discuss this.
@Randy Check the Forums, better place to create a discussion on this.
@iordonez
I just want to thank you again! It worked perfectly. Now I can use XBMC with the Apple Remote and I can even run Remote Buddy at the same time if I want to (I’m using the AJAX Remote mostly so I don’t seem to need the remote drivers installed at all).
@Elan – And thank you Elan! I want to have your babies!
@Isaac – Great Work!
And much love to the rest of the XBMC Team
weather don’t work for me only see when i click on update, when i release the button there is no meteo, i cann’t control xbmc with the apple remote only the menu button works after i must use mouse or keyboard.
The time doesn’t match when i set Paris there is one hour different.
When i run script , “running” appears 2 sec and the disappear and the script aren’t running.
I all ready use xbmc on xbox and previous release so i’m not a noob with this application.
Thx F.
As far as I know the latest version of Remote Buddy, 1.10.1, already has a behaviour for XBMC.
What are the differences between the two ? (for instance, I see that RB does not map anything to “button (held)”…)
I believe that XBMC (with apple remote support) + RB is one of the best possible combinations (if you want to use your mac also for non-Home theater activities).
If RB behaviour is good enough (comparable to the one in XBMC) then this would be the way to go
If XBMC behaviour is much better than RB, then we should find a way to trigger RB on exiting XBMC (or at least having a way to have both installed at the same time)
Thanks for the great work !
Sigh.. so the osx version is really forked now? Since ass stuff hasn’t been commited to xbmc repository yet.
Really sad to see that happen.
Thx for your work. I’ll test it tonight
Elan: Do you have statistics on how many are downloading each release? Would be cool to see if it grows for each release, and how many that has actually found this excellent Media Center.
@elupus: Huh?!
Signs of ass right here:
http://dn-0.com/xbmc-trac/changeset/12899
http://dn-0.com/xbmc-trac/changeset/12898
It may not all be checked in yet since Elan is off in the wilderness, but the OS X port has not forked. Please take this kind of conversation to a private forum before posting publicly, especially if it is nonsense.
Thanks. Let’s not let a little ass come between us.
@ imfloflo as noted in Elan’s OP Weather is broken for now.
Thanks for a great release! I did notice one new bug though:
The screensaver starts even if I am using the wireless bluetooth keyboard at the same time. I need to press ESC to turn it off. I did a work around – changed the time from 1 minute to 3, I usually get my new movie or song playing within that timeframe
Also the date and time settings are lacking the summertime function. If in Sweden (like I am) I need to select another country for the correct time (using Swaziland right now). Not a major or urgent bug though.
Speaking of Sweden, Scandinavian letters Å, Ä, Ö, å, ä, ö are displayed as bad characters on files and folders. I use mounted discs (that are connected to my Windows computer), I did try using the straight SMB share, but that wasn’t able to display images or folder covers, so I went back to mounted discs.
I will report this in the bug area too, just curious if someone else had these problems or know a solution.
I agree with Roberts post above, the lack of summertime function is a bit annoying and the letters are displayd as bad characters.
The Aeon skin doesn’t work anymore. When i try to change A/V settings while playing a video – no option is displayed, only “>” and “<” chars appear at the top of the screen.
(Resolutions 720p and 1920*1200)
This is SUPER! Best player for HD MKV files under os-x!!!!!!! Just slightly less than ffdshow/mpc. Surely gonna buy this when it’s at version 1.0 and slightly improved.
BEST THING FOR MAC USERS IN 2008 YET!!!
URC MX-900 update
Ok, now I have something that every key press works about 99.9% of the time if you are aiming the remote correctly. The Macros themselves were not working great, and when I was looking at the logs, even though I was getting the correct end result, it seemed extra commands were being sent, and sometimes it didn’t work at all. Worse than that the first file I uploaded wouldn’t have worked for anyone else (it didn’t work on my other remote for instance). For you MX-900, 950 users this should just work (and I think other MX versions should be able to import this). For everyone else, this here is what I ended up doing that worked the best. I originally just had the 6 apple keys programmed into my remote, and I built macros out of these keys in the Windows editor software, tried all sorts of different timings to see what would work etc. It was very flakey. Just to test my sanity I tried “pressing the macros by hand” this seemed to work perfectly. So basically, what I did was I put one of my universal remotes in Learn mode, and using the other universal remote I sent the macro into via learning. I didn’t think it would work, but it picked up 2 and 3 discrete code macros quite easily. I basically got 70% of the commands programmed this way. There were a few buttons that just didn’t work. For anyone trying this, it was quite normal for me at least to have to try to program it 6-7 times before it took correctly, and this is including the times the software said it successfully learned what I was sending. There were just some commands I couldn’t get going (Page up, Page down, Title). I eventually decided to try to hunt down a real apple remote and try to program the “learned macros” using the apple remote. This worked much better and solved the remaining buttons I couldn’t get going. URC MX users let me know if the file below works for you. You should be able to import it in as a device.
Any questions you can contact me at first initial last name at google mail. Here is the page where I’m tracking my progress on URC remotes and where you can download the device file.
http://dn-0.com/xbmc-trac/wiki/UniversalRemoteControlTips
silly me it was the Keymap.xml after all XD. Works like a charm now. Still im missing the doubleclick on the remote. But im sure just have to modify the Kaymap.xml
Thx a lot guys.
Hi ! It seems there’s a bug with the actual frameworks, just replace them by the ones from 0.4.5 and all your scripts will work again !
OSXBMC rulezzzzz !!!!!
Hi
I installed the last version of XMBC for osx and when i play some films in mkv format freeze image and out of film
¿Can you help me?
Thanks
I love the new version! Even with bugs it streams wireless so much better than Front Row. I think it would be helpful to come up with a set of Apple Remote directions.. I found myself a bit confused.. when watching a movie, the up and down (+ and -) skipped ahead… with music it seemed to operate volume and move the selection. I also had a hard time figuring out how to get to the menu with shuffle when playing music and using the xTV skin.
Anyway… I don’t see myself using Front Row ever again.. it was so bad that I only tried it a couple times.
Paul: He’s a mixture of (we think) Bullmastiff and American Staffordshire or Bullmastiff and Rhodesian Ridgeback.
Martin: (1) Using sequences was deemed to be an easier way to get Universal Remotes programmed. It was never intended that the key sequences be entered by humans during regular usage. We could always support a multi-Apple-Remote mode as well at some point. (2) Please point me to the patch and I’ll look into incorporating it.
Randy: Sorry, I bungled the release build, this will be fixed in the next beta.
monstar-x: I’ve never heard of that bug, please post to Trac. Do you have any broken symlinks in that directory?
bmfrosty: I can dig it.
imfloflo: Weather is fixed in the next beta.
Robert: These issues should *all* be fixed in the next release! I’m pretty sure the screensaver one was a timer I’d hacked to be 10 seconds for testing purposes.
kainen: You’ll be happy with the next beta too.
peete: Sorry mate, I’m not understanding what your problem is.
@elan
I think peete is talking about this one:
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33035
I’ll try and bump my linux revision up to the latest svn tomorrow and make sure it still replicates, then I’ll post a couple of bug reports. It seems like it’s going to be something weird and fiddly with way MKV (and possibly mp4) calculate stream lengths, but I sincerely hope it’s something easier than that.
Hum just a question, XBMSP support in the Mac port?
found this thread in the forum http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=32479
Something to include in a future release?
Thanks for all your work =)
Hi Elan
That is correct that is happen in my mac
I wait a solution soon
Thanks for that extraordinary mac mediacenter
Hey OSXBMC is on lifehacker! It’s a great article too! Congrats Elan and others!
http://lifehacker.com/389217/xbmc-turns-your-mac-into-the-ultimate-media-center
superpea:
Yea, that was the library, but nothing actually used it in xbmc untill the SF patch was applied (which it is now, thx elan).
I just wondered why something was released that wasn’t in svn. Seemed odd to me, and there was talks of a fork before.
btw, that article was nice. No mention of the flamatory osxbmc name.
.
and it’s been dugg!
http://digg.com/software/XBMC_Turns_Your_Mac_into_the_Ultimate_Media_Center
Any support for region free dvds?
Nice going guys, but this is really useless when you cannot control the volume inside XBMC with the Apple Remote!
blame apple for not including enough buttons on the remote.
@Firewire666
I’ve got the same problem
Aeon skin isn’t working with this release. I’m going one release back.
Awesome release. I like many others can´t get Apple Remote to work, only when using the Universal Remote profile. The strange thing is that XBMC won´t start without the keymap.xml file, so deleting the Application support folders only meant 2 hours of frustration.
This is definitely skin related, but if anyone is running Aeon skin and is trying to set up UPNP Media shares, you’ll need to revert to PMIII Skin to set it up. Don’t seem to be able to manage shares with the Aeon skin.
Awesome! Will try out now. Hopefully a upgrade from Front Row.
Will the Xbox360 ChatPad be supported in the future?
@Dyrhus: No plans to support the ChatPad at this point.
“throw out your XBox” release?
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“Remember, this is a beta release, so there are likely still little issues lurking. Python is still known to be unstable, unfortunately. Seeking using the analog triggers is still a bit strange. Weather appears to be broken. We’ll likely be making a few more tweaks to the 360 keymap. Please post issues you have with the beta either here or on the XBMC forums, and help each other out. Hopefully we’ll make the final 0.5 release within a week or two, possible with a few more beta iterations.”
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you all SHOULD be proud but maybe show some humility?
How do i remove the drivers from remote buddy?
Been to http://www.iospirit.com/index.php?mode=service&modmode=faqs&faq_id=15
But i still can´t find it?
Please help me!
Hi!
I’m looking for the MX-800 remote files, but the link provided is broken. Can someone who has it please share it on megaupload? Thanks