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Frodo is the "codename" for XBMC Media Center version 12. You will often see "v12" and "Frodo" used interchangeably in the XBMC community. The name "Frodo" comes from one of XBMC's three founders. See also: History of XBMC.
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Where can I see a full changelog?
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Just install/copy the new version of XBMC over the old one.
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Will I lose my settings/library in the upgrade?
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For most users, no. All settings and your library will be preserved in an upgrade. Settings that aren't preserved are those that have been reorganised, renamed, set to a new default - usually it's only a handful, and only things that don't really matter. However, it never hurts to do a backup of your userdata folder (where all the settings/library DB files are stored).
If you are using MySQL then see #MySQL
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Do I need to do anything for MySQL library syncing?
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What happens if I don't like XBMC v12, can I just install XBMC v11 again?
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Yep. Whilst Frodo does "upgrade" the library, it stores a Eden compatible copy. Just replace the Frodo application with Eden. It is still recommended to always make a backup of your userdata folder before updating, just in case.
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What might break when upgrading to v12? (Audio and Video, add-ons, skins, remotes)
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Most things from v11 will work in v12. However:
- Add-ons may not work, prompting XBMC to ask you to disable them. You can keep using them if you wish (by choosing not to disable them), but doing so is unsupported. See Category:All add-ons for a list (check the drop-down menus)
- Skins need to be updated for Frodo - check your skin has been upgraded ready for Frodo: Category:Skins (check the drop-down menus). If you have problems starting up XBMC after updating, you might need to move/delete your guisettings.xml file (see userdata for location) to reset your skin.
- Some smartphone remotes will need to be updated to work with Frodo due to the Web Server HTTP API being removed and replaced with the JSON-RPC API.
- If videos are playing back slowly or you have having sound related issues, see: #Audio.
- If navigating XBMC is slow or you are having issues with thumbnails, see: #Slow.
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How do I use Live TV/PVR?
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XBMC v12 (Frodo) is the first stable build of XBMC for Raspberry Pi. For more information on XBMC on the R-Pi, including how to install it, see Raspberry Pi FAQ.
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Does Frodo have HD audio support?
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Yes, Frodo now has HD audio support, thanks to the new AudioEngine.
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Does XBMC for Mac OS X, iOS, or Apple TV 2 have HD audio?
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While XBMC for Mac OS X does have the new AudioEngine, which features many new improvements in audio quality for XBMC, HD audio passthrough is not currently possible on Mac OS X and iOS due to limitations on the OS level. Those who want HD audio passthrough will need to use a Linux-based OS or Windows on their Mac hardware. Note that XBMC for Mac OS X/iOS is still able to playback HD audio, just not via passthrough (it will be converted to another format before playback).
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Audio issues and/or slow video playback
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Make sure that your audio settings are correct. Wrong audio settings will have severely negative effects on video playback.
- Make sure that
- Your speaker setup is really correct
- If passthrough: you only enable the audio codecs your receiver supports.
- Select the correct audio output device for analog and passthrough
- Linux specific
- On AMD GPUs you must disable all "HD" Audio codecs and "output stereo to all speakers". AMD drivers under linux don't support HD audio. AC3 and DTS should be safe to enable. NVidia GPUs should be okay for HD audio (if supported by the hardare).
- Mac OS X specific
- If you hear sound only coming from the left side of speakers/headphones then you probably need to change your audio settings from 2.1 to 2.0.
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Where did the Skin settings page go?
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Where did the Network settings page go?
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Where did the Internet access settings page go?
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How should local images be named for Frodo?
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Since Frodo now supports both posters and banners simultaneously, and for other supported images, the following naming conventions are available for local images<info>(Only required if the user wants to specify what image to use. Otherwise XBMC will automatically download images from the video scraper.)</info>. Whenever possible, old Eden style naming is supported for backwards compatibility.
- For folders (e.g. tvshows, movies in folders, or just folders on the filesystem)
- poster.(png/jpg)
- banner.(png/jpg)
- fanart.(png/jpg)
- Season images reside inside the tvshow folder
- season[XX]-(poster/banner/fanart).(png/jpg)
- season-all-(poster/banner/fanart).(png/jpg}
- season-specials-(poster/banner/fanart).(png/jpg)
- For files (episodes, movies not in folders, video files)
- [moviename]-(poster/banner/fanart).(png/jpg)
- [episodename]-thumb.(png/jpg)
- [filename]-(poster/banner/fanart).(png/jpg)
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XBMC v12 for Mac OS X chances the hardware requirements. Power PC (PPC) support has been dropped, so XBMC for Mac will only run on Intel processors. Mac OS X 10.6 is now the minimum requirement for the operating system.
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Will Frodo run on Apple TV 1 (silver)?
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Yes, but only if it is running linux. XBMC v12 requires Mac OS X 10.6 and up, and the ATV1 OS is based on Mac OS X 10.4. See Apple TV 1 FAQ for info on updating to a linux OS.
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Do I still need advancedsettings for Dirty Regions?
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Dirty Regions has a new default, but you might still want to keep your existing advancedsettings.xml entry. The default is mode 3, which will reduce CPU load, but won't make the GUI any faster (it's considered the safest mode for all the various GPUs out there). If you're using anything other than mode 3 in order to make the GUI more efficient, then you will want to keep your advancedsettings.xml file the same.
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Where did the Slideshow screensaver go?
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Where can I get Frodo builds for older Ubuntu installations?
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Does Frodo have XVBA support?
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XVBA support has not yet been merged into the main XBMC code branch, but you can find XVBA builds here:
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Where is the Android build at?
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XBMC for Android won't be on the Google Play store just yet, do to ongoing development for hardware video decoding. However, you can manually/sideload install XBMC using APKs from here: http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/android/
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Navigating XBMC is very slow
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While this should be a rare issue, the most likely cause of this is an issue with images (cover art, thumbnail, etc) not having a valid download URL. In Frodo XBMC stores the download url for images in case it ever needs to redownload them, and so if something happened to the cached image during the upgrade, Frodo will try to redownload it. If the file no longer exists at that URL then XBMC will keep trying over and over.
To fix it enable debugging for the debug log and then restart XBMC and enter a part of the library that has slow-downs. The log file will then record which video files in the library are having issues. For those videos you can then manually refresh their images (see here).
Alternatively, you could just look for videos that don't have correct images set while in XBMC and refresh them from there.
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Recently added videos seem out of order
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Frodo now uses file dates for "Recently added" videos instead of the date when a video was scanned into XBMC. This can be changed back to XBMC v11 (Eden) behavior by creating a text file called advancedsettings.xml and placing it in the userdata folder with the following content: <advancedsettings><videolibrary><dateadded>0</dateadded></videolibrary></advancedsettings>
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What are some of the major new features?
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Where can I get more help?
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