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XBMC on OS X releases version .1
Those following the XBMC (a.k.a. Xbox Media Center, although they'll probably need a name change soon, considering all the platforms they've jumped off to) development for the Mac have some good news coming to them: the release has reached version .1.It's still as shaky as these things come, but new to this version are fullscreen support, "bleeding edge" ffmpeg libraries, and a regular FPS in video playback. It's still not anything the average user should be running, but as I said, for those interested in following along with the development, it should be welcome news.
The download is available from the wiki, and we're told it's now super simple to install (though actually running stably may be a little tougher) -- just drag into your Applications folder and cross your fingers.
Thanks, Yuval!
Update: They got that name change: here's the new site.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Maxwell said 10:16PM on 2-04-2008
That's XBMC, not XMBC
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Mike said 10:20PM on 2-04-2008
What's the point of this again? XBMC was great on an xbox, why run it on OSX? Can you use it to stream to a 360 or something?
Scott said 11:29PM on 2-04-2008
XBMC was great on an xbox, but it wasn't powerful enough to run 720 or 1080 programming. a Mac Mini, on the other hand, can do 720p without trouble and most 1080i stuff as well.
Mat Lu said 10:21PM on 2-04-2008
This thing would be really great on an Apple TV.
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Evan said 1:31AM on 2-05-2008
It'd be nice if they release this for NON-INTEL systems. I have an old PowerPC machine laying around I could put this on. Wouldn't make a whole lot of sense if it was just for Intel systems.
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Piotr Malecki said 2:44PM on 2-05-2008
Too much effort.
With the port from Xbox to Intel Mac they only have to port the interface and some other stuff (which is still a lot of work), because the original Xbox has a 733 MHz Intel Pentium III-based Mobile Celeron so both it and the Intel Mac are x86 compatible. Porting to PPC would require a lot more effort.
mattsoft said 10:54PM on 2-04-2008
Freaking awesome. This is great news for the Mac community.
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adisor19 said 11:35PM on 2-04-2008
This is great news ! XBMC is absolutely amazing and a most welcome addition to OS X !
Adi
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aaron said 11:36PM on 2-04-2008
Why would you use this on your mac?
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LD said 12:20AM on 2-05-2008
Why wouldn't you?
rich said 12:58AM on 2-05-2008
why you'd want this: completely skinnable and customizable, great 10-foot UI, and it plays just about every file type under the sun (including subtitle support).
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oligore said 4:07AM on 2-05-2008
Couldn't you just use VLC?
Jasper said 4:44AM on 2-05-2008
Did anyone get this started yet?
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2shae said 5:22AM on 2-05-2008
Yes I did.
In order to mount the .dmg you need to remove the .bz2 extension, just extracting won't work.
Jasper said 8:11AM on 2-05-2008
Weird. After mouting the DMG and copying the .app to my .app folder, XBMC doesn't start. I see the icon appearing in my dock but it immediately dissappears and crashes.
Will try later on my mac @ home.
Jasper said 1:03PM on 2-06-2008
Ah, it works at home. My work Macbook Pro is acting a bit weird lately.
basscadet said 5:23AM on 2-05-2008
if this could run on AppleTV it could make it kinda useful.
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Converge said 7:14AM on 2-05-2008
Why would anyone install this on their Mac?
Because a Mac Mini with XBMC running connected to your Plasma od LCD makes one hell of a media center. I'm still using XBMC on my old xbox because of it's awesome media support. Just about the only thing i miss is hardware support for 720p/1080i, and that's where the Mac gets into the picture. I'm psyched about this.
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santiago said 7:54AM on 2-05-2008
They should call it OSXBMC with dashes or something :-)
Can't wait to get home to try this out.
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jason said 9:01AM on 2-05-2008
So the Mini can defiantly do 1080i ? I thought there was an issue with it doing 1080i
This is perfect I love XBMC but have been waiting for 720/1080 support
This is even better then connect 360 and a xbox 360
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