Archive:XBMC 1.1.0 point release

XboxMediaCenter 1.1.0 point release source code supports the following

Supported hardware platforms and Xbox options

• Compatible with modded retail Xbox, Debug/Development-Xbox and DreamX
• Fully control XboxMediaCenter and its features via a Xbox™ IR DVD-Remote
• Fully control XboxMediaCenter 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)