XBMC 11.0 Eden: Beta 2 partially available now!

Posted on 21 January 2012 12:59 | 13 comments

Although no official post has been made on xbmc.org it looks like beta 2 has been released already! See here the details. To upgrade your current XBMCbuntu installation just type: “sudo apt-get update, followed by sudo apt-get upgrade“.

https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/unstable

http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/win32/xbmc-11.0-Eden_beta2.exe

Boxee 1.5 released for all platforms

Posted on 27 December 2011 09:26 | 4 comments

Boxee released it’s last and final version of Boxee 1.5. Yes, that’s right; Version 1.5 will be the last version for the PC platform ever. Boxee will focus from now on more on applications and online content. The full blogpost can be found over here:

http://blog.boxee.tv/2011/12/26/boxee-1-5-fall-software-update/

You can find this new version of Boxee for Mac, Windows, and Linux below:

SiriProxy for XBMC

Posted on 9 December 2011 13:51 | 1 comment

Someone sent me a tweet message to inform me about Siri Proxy for XBMC. Siri is the speech recognition software found on the latest iPhone 4S. The Siri interface has been hacked a while ago, making it possible to set up your own proxy to route the speech messages to Apple and back to XBMC. XBMC at the end will execute your messages. Here’s some proof:

https://github.com/brainwave9/SiriProxy-XBMC

Native Airplay has been merged into XBMC

Posted on 29 August 2011 11:00 | 14 comments

Last week the Video Airplay functionality has been added to the development version of XBMC. No manual adjustments are needed at this stage to enable Airplay within XBMC. Just enable the the feature below to enable Airplay within XBMC

The current implementation of Airplay doesn’t support Audio streaming (AirTunes). This feature is however a work in progress:

https://github.com/Memphiz/xbmc/commits/airtunes/

Native AirPlay target support for XBMC

Posted on 21 August 2011 21:11 | 7 comments

Looks like XBMC will get native support for Apple Airplay. The current format is video only while music (AirTunes) support is still in progress. Airplay can be enabled from settings menu.

The code comes from the Boxee project. More info about this:

https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/370

Plex Media Server for Linux

Posted on 12 August 2011 17:20 | 6 comments

Plex released a new number of Linux packages. These packages will allow you to stream directly from Synology Intel Nas systems without the need of an extra device or system. More info:

http://www.plexapp.com/linux/linux-pms-download.php