XBMC 1.1.0 point release

XBMC for Xbox 1.1.0 Point Release was released on the 18th of October 2004.

Supported hardware platforms and Xbox options

 * Compatible with modded retail Xbox, Debug/Development-Xbox and DreamX
 * Fully control XBMC and its features via a Xbox™ IR DVD-Remote
 * Fully control XBMC and its features via Xbox™ game controller

Supported output media formats and devices

 * TV-output: 50hz/60Hz NTSC-M/J (America/Asia) and PAL (Europe/Africa)
 * RCA, SCART, RF Coaxial, S-video, Component/RGB adapters available
 * Widescreen (16:9) and normal-TV (4:3) aspect ratio video output support
 * NTSC playback on PAL Xbox/TV and PAL playback on NTSC Xbox/TV
 * HDTV support (multiple resolutions 480p/720p/1080i and progressive scan)
 * VGA-output is also possible via third-party adapters or VGA-hacked BIOS
 * LCD-display output support to view status and control XBMC with TV OFF
 * Analog audio-out (stereo/mono) via phono (RCA) connection or scart-adapter
 * Digital audio-out (mono/stereo/surround) S/PDIF optical (adapter required)

Supported input media formats and devices

 * Read files directly from a CD, VCD or DVD media in the Xbox's DVD-ROM drive. Support CD/DVD formats: ISO 9660 - Mode1/2/XA, UDF 1.02 and XDVDFS/CDX) (DVD-ROM playback is on-the-fly only, no option yet to auto-cache to HDD first)
 * Play files directly from Xbox built-in hard drive (copy first from DVD or network)
 * Stream media files from a computer over a local network via XNS, XBMSP or SMB, (including all NAS, Network Attached Storage devices that support SAMBA/SMB).
 * XBMC XBMSP-client code updated to support "Auto-Discovery of XBMSP servers"
 * Stream supported media files from the internet (if stream format is supported too)
 * iTunes Music Shares via DAAP (network stream from Apple iTunes on Mac or PC)
 * Xbox Memory Cards (note that only FAT-X formated memory cards is supported)
 * USB Mass Storage Devices (USB-HDD's/memory) with FAT-X file-system

Supported file/container formats

 * Audio-CD (CDDA) playback for normal audio CD's
 * VCD and SVCD (Video CD) (SVCD/VCD menu's are not supported yet)
 * DVD-video directly from Xbox DVD-ROM (no DVD-menu's support yet)
 * MPEG, MPG, M2V formats (inc. VCD's .dat and .bin and DVD's .vob)
 * MPEG-4, MP4 (MPEG-4 video) (including DivX video containers)
 * RIFF AVI (AVI 1.0) container
 * OpenDML AVI (AVI 2.0) container
 * BivX (AVI with several audio streams) container
 * Microsoft ASF/ASX/WMV/WMA containers
 * QuickTime QT/MOV containers (inc. those with raw audio)
 * Theora Video (VP3) format
 * Nullsoft Steaming Video (NSV) containers
 * Nullsoft Steaming Audio (NSA) containers
 * MPA, MP2, MP3 and WAV containers
 * AAC, M4A, MP4 (MPEG-4 audio) unprotected containers
 * Raw .AC3 and .DTS audio files, plus DTS with WAV-header
 * RealMedia (Real Video/Audio) RM/RAM/RA/RV/RMVB containers
 * OGG and OGM containers
 * Matroska (матрёшка) MKV containers
 * VIVO (VIV) containers
 * PVA containers
 * NuppelVideo containers
 * FLI and FLC containers
 * Tracker Mods (18 formats supported) audio
 * M3U, PLS and STRM* audio/video playlists

Supported video/audio codecs and picture formats

 * MPEG-1 (VCD/MPG/DAT) and MPEG-2 (MPEG/SVCD/DVD/VOB/DV/TY) video
 * MPEG-4 ASP: DivX;-) 3.11, OpenDivX 4.0, DivX 5.x (Pro), and XviD 1.0.x video
 * MPEG-4 AVC - Advanced Video Coding (H.264): Nero Digital AVC video codec
 * Windows Media Video v7, v8 and v9 (MSMpeg4/WMV v1, v2 & v3) (WMV9 via DLL's)
 * RealVideo: 1.0, 2.0 (RealPlayer G2), 3.0 (RealPlayer 8) and 4.0 (RealPlayer 9)
 * RealAudio codecs: 1.0 (14.4), 2.0 (28.8), SIPRO, COOK, DNET and ATRAC3
 * QuickTime 5.0, 6.0, 6.3 video and audio codecs (QDMC / QDM2) (via QT DLL's)*
 * 3ivx D4 / 3vi1 MPEG-4 video (inc. MSZH/ZLIB Compressed-Header containers)*
 * Sorenson v1/v3 (SVQ1/SVQ3) QuickTime video
 * Apple Graphics (SMC) video
 * Theora Video (VP3) video
 * On2 Technologies VP4 (VP4.0), VP5 (VP5.0), and VP6 (VP6.2) (all via On2 DLL's)*
 * On2 Technologies VP3 (VP3.0 and VP3.2) video
 * Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 (Indeo3)
 * NuppelVideo (NUV)
 * VIVO 1.0 and 2.0 (VIV)
 * ITU H.261 video
 * Creative Labs YUV (CYUV) video
 * Supermac Cinepak (CVID) video
 * ASUS V1 (ASV1) and ASUS V2 (ASV2) video
 * Autodesk FLI and FLC Animation
 * WAV and PCM audio format
 * MPEG-audio layer 1, 2, and 3 (MP1, MP2 and MP3)
 * OGG (Ogg Vorbis audio codec)
 * WMA - Windows Media Audio v1 and v2 (WMA1/2 / DivX Audio v1/v2)
 * WMA - Windows Media Audio v9 (WMA9) (via WMA9 DLL's)
 * AC3 (Dolby Digital) 2.0, 5.1 and 7.1 audio in video AC3 pass-through (S/PDIF-out)
 * AC3 (Dolby Digital) 2.0 and 5.1 audio in video software decoded to stereo analog-out
 * DTS (Digital Theater Sound) 48Khz audio in DVD-Video (DTS digital pass-through)
 * DTS (DTS and DTS-WAV) 44.1Khz/48Khz audio in DVD-Video (software decoded)*
 * AAC - Advanced Audio Coding (Profiles: HE, Main, LC, LTP & LD, + ER)
 * M4A and MP4 (MPEG-4 Audio) (including Nero Digital MP4) *****
 * FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) audio
 * BMP picture/image
 * JPG/JPEG picture/image
 * GIF picture/image
 * PNG picture/image
 * TIF/TIFF picture/image
 * TGA picture/image
 * PCX picture/image
 * ICO picture/image
 * SID (Commodore 64 tunes) audio
 * Tracker Mod's audio, see list bellow: MOD/AMF/669/DMF/DSM/FAR/GDM/IMF/IT/M15/MED/OKT/S3M/STM/SFX/ULT/UNI/XM)

Features available for video playback

 * Full-screen playback display of all supported video formats/containers via a TV
 * Auto PAL50/PAL60-switching support and auto 4:3/16:9-switching support
 * Adjust Framerate (23.98<->25fps), another NTSC <=> PAL workaround solution
 * SQL database with view by file/genre/actor/year/title and sort by year/name/rating
 * Selectable options from OSD (On Screen Display) Control Panel during playback
 * FF/RWD seeking and PAUSE in AVI/OGM/MKV/MPEG/MPG media
 * MPlayer seeking (2%/10% jumping) backward and forward
 * Video-Autorun, auto-plays VCD/SVCD/DVD/CD's with video file(s) upon insert
 * DVD-video playback (only IFO/VOB and CSS decode. No menu support yet)
 * Play supported video files directly from BIN, IMG, NRG and ISO CD/DVD-images
 * Subtitle support (MicroDVD, srt, smi, vplayer, rt, ssa, aqt, sub, jss, mpl & VobSub)
 * International-language fonts for subtitles (via TTF-Fonts, configurable in UI-Settings)
 * Bi-directional (Right to left) subtitle support (flip subs for Hebrew, etc. languages)
 * Switch between multiple subtitles in DVD-video, AVI and OGM, (but not in MKV yet)
 * Video Calibration: Adjust for TV overscan compensation and edit subtitle positioning
 * Play internet files/streams of HTTP and MMS (Microsoft Media Streaming Protocol)
 * Play Nullsoft Steaming Video (NSV) internet files/streams (a.k.a. NTV - Nullsoft TV)
 * Play QuickTime internet files and streams over HTTP (Hyper-Text-Transfer-Protocol)
 * Streaming video from a TiVo over network (requires hacked TiVo running ccXStream)
 * Streaming video from a ReplayTV (4500, 5000 or 5500 series) DVR box over network
 * IMDb information (The Internet Movie Database) lookup for movie info and thumbnails
 * Extract IMDb URL and info from a .nfo file (if selected from under My Videos)
 * Optional media file and/or folder thumbnails for easy localization
 * Smart stacking for multi-file videos option, (show/play files with 90% name similarity)
 * Switch between multiple audio-streams/tracks in DVD, AVI and OGM (not MKV yet)
 * Video bookmarking via OSD (so can resume a movie later, even after reboot)
 * Different Post-Processing filters for better video quality*
 * GPU YV12 to RGB converter for movie playback (greatly reduces CPU load)
 * Brightness/Contrast/Gamma controls (restores to default after after each video)
 * Flicker-filter (optional video flicker-filter with five levels, disabled by default)
 * Soften-filter (optional filter to decrease video sharpness and thus artifacts)
 * De-interlace filter (for interlaced video) implementation option
 * Multiple zoom/stretch options: Zoom, Stretch 4x3 or 14x9 or 16x9, Original Size, Custom
 * Screenshot capture function (including video overlay support and OSD)
 * AC3 (Dolby Digital) 2.0, 5.1 and 7.1 audio in video AC3 pass-through (S/PDIF-out)
 * AC3 (Dolby Digital) 2.0 and 5.1 audio in video software decoded to stereo analog-out
 * DTS (Digital Theater Sound) 48Khz audio in DVD-Video (DTS digital pass-through)
 * DTS (DTS and DTS-WAV) 44.1Khz/48Khz audio in DVD-Video (software decoded)
 * Option to output mono or stereo to all speakers (for 5.1 surround speakers)