XBMC 9.11: Camelot

From Team XBMC – “It’s been quite a while in the making (and maybe a bit late), but Camelot has arrived for Windows, OSX, Linux, and XBMC Live, and just in time for the holidays. Noteworthy changes include a revamped user interface via the new default skin ‘Confluence’, DirectX support by default for the Windows platform, a complete reorganization of the settings menus, automatic video information extraction, and smoother video playback. In addition, all scrapers have... 

MythTV 0.22 Now Available

After a little over a year and a half in the making, the developers of MythTV have announced that MythTV 0.22 is now available. There have been a lot of large changes since 0.21, including a port from Qt v3 to Qt v4 and a major UI rewrite to convert to MythTV’s new MythUI user interface libary. As always, this release adds support for some new hardware, in this case VDPAU video acceleration, DVB-S2, and the Hauppauge HD-PVR. The MythUI toolkit allows themes much greater control over the user... 

Myka ION Media Center

Think of the Myka ION as a nettop built for your HDTV. The little media streamer utilizes an 1.6 GHz Intel Atom 330 CPU and an NVIDIA ION GPU to provide your TV with quality high-definition content. Actually, the Myka ION is more computer than dedicated media playback device, which is good thing. Well, a Linux-powered computer with Boxee and XBMC installed, that is. The company claims that the Myka ION has enough juice to power Boxee, Hulu, and other Internet sites as well as playback HD content... 

XBMC 9.11 Alpha Release

Windows/Mac/Linux: XBMC media center has issued a 9.11 alpha release for all platforms, with quality fixes on all three computer platforms and more powerful skinning abilities. If you’re not afraid of a bug or two, it’s yours to grab. From the outset, not a whole lot looks new, but XBMC has made some real improvements under the hood. From the developer’s release notes: DirectX has replaced OpenGL for Windows Numerous skinning engine updates which allow for use of some fancy new... 

XBMC ‘Surface’ Skin Impresses

While it’s posted as a teaser on the XBMC developer blog, Surface is a skin designed by phyek and minimalko that has currently been shelved. However, I think you’ll agree that it needs to be brought back out and made public. The whole design aesthetic is outstanding. Below are some project background details from phyek: “Originally I was approached to help design Xperience, a skin that was inspired by the Xbox (NXE) interface. After designing Xperience, Minimalko and I decided to pursue our... 

XBMC v9.04 “Babylon” Released

Team XBMC Announces New Official Release of Open Source XBMC Media Center Software with version 9.04 boasting new features and improved performance. The XBMC Media Center team has released version 9.04 (Babylon) of the popular XBMC Media Center software. This version of the application includes new features, such as the use of additional online media information sources, support for new types of media such as music videos, a selection of new skins to customize the user interface and new plug-ins... 

New MythTV Interface Preview

One of the biggest new features of the next version of MythTV (version .22) will be its new user interface. This new interface will offer many new features to MythTV, including animation, better interactivity, and faster and easier development for themers and developers alike. MythTV is an open-source DVR that was created by Isaac Richards back in 2002 because of his frustration with his low quality cable box. Since then MythTV has progressed into a full featured DVR/media player. It has users all... 

PureVideo For Linux

Over the course of the past few months we have been saying that the NVIDIA 180 Linux driver to be released in the fourth quarter of 2008 would hold in store a few interesting features. Well, today that closed-source driver has been released in beta form. This driver adds a new VDPAU API, which provides PureVideo-like features on Linux, adds in CUDA 2.1 support, new workstation performance optimizations, X Render improvements, and other improvements. The two leading X video output extensions for Linux... 

DIRECTV Scores With Linux

Unlike NBC’s coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games, DIRECTV customers who have the NFL Sunday Ticket SuperFan viewing package can now watch live football games on computers running Linux. Using a combination of Adobe Air and the open source Flex framework, DIRECTV will stream the Sunday showdowns and also deliver game highlights, statistics, and real-time scores via a desktop app or Web browser. According to a prepared statement, DIRECTV claims this service is “the first broadly deployed... 

Cross Platform XBMC Beta

The open source XBMC project has released their ‘Atlantis” media center beta. The biggest news is cross-platform support: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and of course the original Xbox – which started it all. A few of the new features included in this beta release: Cross platform support for Linux, Mac OS X (Leopard & Tiger), Windows and Xbox New default skin “PM3.HD”, a high-definition tribute to Project Mayhem III for non-Xbox users. XBMC Live – a bootable CD which gives you the opportunity... 

Next Page »