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* Added addon API for homebrew DIY RGB LED [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambilight Ambilight] clone client software such as [[Add-on:XBMC Boblight|Boblight]][http://code.google.com/p/boblight/][http://blogger.xs4all.nl/loosen/articles/408184.aspx] | * Added addon API for homebrew DIY RGB LED [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambilight Ambilight] clone client software such as [[Add-on:XBMC Boblight|Boblight]][http://code.google.com/p/boblight/][http://blogger.xs4all.nl/loosen/articles/408184.aspx] | ||
* Added ability to [http://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/901 extend XBMC's native Python API by writing C++ code generated] via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groovy_%28programming_language%29 Groovy] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groovy_%28programming_language%29 SWIG] | * Added ability to [http://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/901 extend XBMC's native Python API by writing C++ code generated] via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groovy_%28programming_language%29 Groovy] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groovy_%28programming_language%29 SWIG] | ||
* Added support for screensavers written in Python | * Added support for screensavers written in Python. | ||
===GUI Engine=== | ===GUI Engine=== | ||
* Enabled [[Dirty regions|Dirty Regions]] rendering to redraw screen on single dirty region by default on all platforms[http://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/1426][http://xbmc.org/theuni/2011/06/19/working-with-dirty-regions/] | * Enabled [[Dirty regions|Dirty Regions]] rendering to redraw screen on single dirty region by default on all platforms[http://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/1426][http://xbmc.org/theuni/2011/06/19/working-with-dirty-regions/] | ||
* Added ability to run a split display resolution for GUI and video playback on embedded platforms[http://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/1467] | * Added ability to run a split display resolution for GUI and video playback on embedded platforms[http://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/1467] | ||
* Extended XBMC's GUI | * Extended XBMC's GUI for PVR and EPG | ||
* Improved touch and gesture support for all platforms | |||
* Improved | * Improved mouse support, add better control for dragging of scroll bars, and click handling | ||
* Improvements to art handling, allowing skinners to display multiple art types for each item, such as banners and posters for tv shows. | |||
* | * Improved texture caching for GUI speedup | ||
===Platform Independent Playback === | ===Platform Independent Playback === | ||
* Added software decoding of 10-bit depth H.264 profile (Hi10P) videos on powerful CPUs | * Added software decoding of 10-bit depth H.264 profile (Hi10P) videos on powerful CPUs | ||
* Added HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) and M3U8 (Extended M3U) playlist support | * Added HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) and M3U8 (Extended M3U) playlist support | ||
* Added support for color and font | * Added support for color and font style tags in MPL2 (MicroDVD) subtitles | ||
* Added support for direct playback of ISO image files for Blu-ray Disc media | * Added support for direct playback of ISO image files for Blu-ray Disc media | ||
* Added | * Added Bluray HDMV menu support (but not BD-J / BD-Live menus)[http://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/464] | ||
* Improved | * Improved Bluray playback support of unencrypted bdmv and mpls files without menus | ||
* Improved deinterlacing "Weave" method for playback of interlaced video when upscaling | * Improved deinterlacing "Weave" method for playback of interlaced video when upscaling | ||
* Upgraded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFmpeg FFmpeg's libavcodec and libavformat] audio/video codec and demuxer libraries | |||
* Upgraded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFmpeg FFmpeg's libavcodec and libavformat] audio/video | |||
===Library=== | ===Library=== | ||
* Library customization that allows for custom video nodes | * Library customization that allows for custom video nodes | ||
* Added [[Advanced Library Filtering]] for Movies, TV Shows, Music Videos, and Music views | * Added [[Advanced Library Filtering]] for Movies, TV Shows, Music Videos, and Music views | ||
* Improved [[Smart playlists|Smart | * Improved [[Smart playlists|Smart Playlists]] | ||
* Added custom [[video library tags]] for Movies, TV Shows and Music Videos | |||
* Added custom [[video library tags]] for Movies, TV Shows and Music Videos | |||
* Added support for both banner and poster video art types simultaneously[http://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/1575] | * Added support for both banner and poster video art types simultaneously[http://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/1575] | ||
* Improved performance for SQL database queries for faster browsing | |||
* Improved performance for SQL database queries | * Scraping movie sets from TheMovieDB.org (TMDB) so no need to generate NFO's manually | ||
* Scraping | |||
* Added support for exporting video art as JPG or PNG rather than TBN file extension | * Added support for exporting video art as JPG or PNG rather than TBN file extension | ||
* Switched to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TagLib TagLib] for reading metadata embedded into audio files | * Switched to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TagLib TagLib] for reading metadata embedded into audio files | ||
===Scrapers=== | ===Scrapers=== | ||
*Improved [[TheMovieDB.org]] movie scraper by | *Improved [[TheMovieDB.org]] movie scraper by automatically scraping movie sets. | ||
*Improved [[TheTVDB.com]] (Multi-Lingual) TV Shows and Episode scraper | *Improved [[TheTVDB.com]] (Multi-Lingual) TV Shows and Episode scraper to obtain both posters and banners for shows and seasons. | ||
===Skins=== | ===Skins=== | ||
* Confluence: PVR front-end with Live TV and EPG specific windows, plus PVR stuff in OSD and GUI settings | * Confluence: PVR front-end with Live TV and EPG specific windows, plus PVR stuff in OSD and GUI settings | ||
* Touched: Improved the default touch screen skin for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Android touch devices. | * Touched: Improved the default touch screen skin for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Android touch devices. | ||
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* Improved international language file translations system that are powered by Transifex[http://xbmc.org/blittan/2012/10/30/dear-addon-and-skin-developers/] | * Improved international language file translations system that are powered by Transifex[http://xbmc.org/blittan/2012/10/30/dear-addon-and-skin-developers/] | ||
* Added a Test Suite based on [http://code.google.com/p/googletest/ Google C++ Testing Framework] to make regression testing easier | * Added a Test Suite based on [http://code.google.com/p/googletest/ Google C++ Testing Framework] to make regression testing easier | ||
* Added support controlling external XBMC and third-party UPnP/DLNA instances over UPnP | * Added support for controlling external XBMC and third-party UPnP/DLNA instances over UPnP | ||
* Added rich metadata support to XBMC's UPnP Media Server for UPnP/DLNA clients | * Added rich metadata support to XBMC's UPnP Media Server for UPnP/DLNA clients | ||
* Upgraded [http://www.plutinosoft.com/platinum Plutinosoft's Platinum (libplatinum)] UPnP and DNLA libraries | * Upgraded [http://www.plutinosoft.com/platinum Plutinosoft's Platinum (libplatinum)] UPnP and DNLA libraries | ||
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* Added basic support for PVR / EPG extensions and notifications over the JSON-RPC API | * Added basic support for PVR / EPG extensions and notifications over the JSON-RPC API | ||
* Added SmartPlaylist Extensions and Extended Filtering in JSON-RPC[http://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/1258] | * Added SmartPlaylist Extensions and Extended Filtering in JSON-RPC[http://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/1258] | ||
* Removed the old HTTP API in favour of the new JSON-RPC API | * Removed the old HTTP API in favour of the new JSON-RPC API | ||
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* Added support for OpenGL ES hardware accelerated rendering of XBMC's GUI engine on Android | * Added support for OpenGL ES hardware accelerated rendering of XBMC's GUI engine on Android | ||
* Added ALSA audio output sink for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework | * Added ALSA audio output sink for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework | ||
* Added Andriod | * Added Andriod touch support | ||
===BSD Specific=== | ===BSD Specific=== | ||
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* Added dedicated OMXPlayer video player for hardware accelerated video decoding via OpenMAX IL API | * Added dedicated OMXPlayer video player for hardware accelerated video decoding via OpenMAX IL API | ||
* Added ALSA and PulseAudio audio output sinks for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework | * Added ALSA and PulseAudio audio output sinks for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework | ||
* Added | * Added alternative name support to LIRC mapping for linux-input-layer devices | ||
* Added lircmap for Conexant's CX23885 IR (infrared) recievers | * Added lircmap for Conexant's CX23885 IR (infrared) recievers | ||
* Improved ARM processor architecture ([http://www.pivosgroup.com/xios.html Pivos XIOS DS] and [[Raspberry Pi]] as reference devices) | * Improved ARM processor architecture ([http://www.pivosgroup.com/xios.html Pivos XIOS DS] and [[Raspberry Pi]] as reference devices) | ||
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* Added CoreAudio audio output sinks for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework | * Added CoreAudio audio output sinks for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework | ||
* Improved H.264 hardware accelerated video decoding support decode on iOS via Apple's VideoToolBox API | * Improved H.264 hardware accelerated video decoding support decode on iOS via Apple's VideoToolBox API | ||
* Improved | * Improved support for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad | ||
* Improved XBMC's build system to make compiling XBMC much easier | * Improved XBMC's build system to make compiling XBMC much easier | ||
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* Added CoreAudio audio output sinks for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework | * Added CoreAudio audio output sinks for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework | ||
* Add support for compiling 64-bit version of XBMC for Mac on OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and later | * Add support for compiling 64-bit version of XBMC for Mac on OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and later | ||
* Improved Apple VDADecoder Video Acceleration support (requires Snow Leopard | * Improved Apple VDADecoder Video Acceleration support (requires Snow Leopard or later) | ||
* Improved XBMC's build system to make compiling XBMC much easier | * Improved XBMC's build system to make compiling XBMC much easier | ||
===Windows Specific=== | ===Windows Specific=== | ||
* Added DirectSound and WASAPI audio output sinks for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework | * Added DirectSound and WASAPI audio output sinks for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework | ||
[[Category:XBMC]] | [[Category:XBMC]] |
Revision as of 21:37, 17 November 2012
XBMC Wiki copy of the XBMC v12 (Frodo) changelog.
Changelog
Live TV and PVR (Personal Video Recorder)
- Added unified Live TV and PVR frontend with a common EPG and DVR (Digital Video Recording) client GUI
- Added unified PVR backend framework and API for multiple PVR backend software from third-parties
- Added support to integrate PVR Addon's recorded TV Show Episodes and Movies with XBMC's Video Library
- Extended JSON-RPC and embedded Web Server API with PVR support to enable Web EPG in a web interface
- PVR backend clients addons availabe for many popular third-party PVR backend software:
- PVR Demo Client dummy addon with fake backend from Team-XBMC for skinners and regression testing
- Argus TV / ForTheRecord PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
- DVBViewer PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
- NextPVR (former GB-PVR) PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
- Njoy Digital (N7) PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
- MediaPortal PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
- MythTV PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from the XBMC's community
- Tvheadend PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
- VDR (Video Disk Recorder) PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
- Vu+ / Enigma2 / Dreambox PVR Addon backend client maintained and available from XBMC's community
Addons Framework, API, and Manager
- Added addon API for homebrew DIY RGB LED Ambilight clone client software such as Boblight[1][2]
- Added ability to extend XBMC's native Python API by writing C++ code generated via Groovy and SWIG
- Added support for screensavers written in Python.
GUI Engine
- Enabled Dirty Regions rendering to redraw screen on single dirty region by default on all platforms[3][4]
- Added ability to run a split display resolution for GUI and video playback on embedded platforms[5]
- Extended XBMC's GUI for PVR and EPG
- Improved touch and gesture support for all platforms
- Improved mouse support, add better control for dragging of scroll bars, and click handling
- Improvements to art handling, allowing skinners to display multiple art types for each item, such as banners and posters for tv shows.
- Improved texture caching for GUI speedup
Platform Independent Playback
- Added software decoding of 10-bit depth H.264 profile (Hi10P) videos on powerful CPUs
- Added HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) and M3U8 (Extended M3U) playlist support
- Added support for color and font style tags in MPL2 (MicroDVD) subtitles
- Added support for direct playback of ISO image files for Blu-ray Disc media
- Added Bluray HDMV menu support (but not BD-J / BD-Live menus)[6]
- Improved Bluray playback support of unencrypted bdmv and mpls files without menus
- Improved deinterlacing "Weave" method for playback of interlaced video when upscaling
- Upgraded FFmpeg's libavcodec and libavformat audio/video codec and demuxer libraries
Library
- Library customization that allows for custom video nodes
- Added Advanced Library Filtering for Movies, TV Shows, Music Videos, and Music views
- Improved Smart Playlists
- Added custom video library tags for Movies, TV Shows and Music Videos
- Added support for both banner and poster video art types simultaneously[7]
- Improved performance for SQL database queries for faster browsing
- Scraping movie sets from TheMovieDB.org (TMDB) so no need to generate NFO's manually
- Added support for exporting video art as JPG or PNG rather than TBN file extension
- Switched to TagLib for reading metadata embedded into audio files
Scrapers
- Improved TheMovieDB.org movie scraper by automatically scraping movie sets.
- Improved TheTVDB.com (Multi-Lingual) TV Shows and Episode scraper to obtain both posters and banners for shows and seasons.
Skins
- Confluence: PVR front-end with Live TV and EPG specific windows, plus PVR stuff in OSD and GUI settings
- Touched: Improved the default touch screen skin for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Android touch devices.
Other
- Added unified "AudioEngine" audio abstraction framework with an API and platform sinks
- Improved CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) support for Pulse-Eight's LibCEC
- Improved AirPlay / AirTunes target support
- Improved the Audio-CD ripper that now works as a background task job
- Improved international language file translations system that are powered by Transifex[8]
- Added a Test Suite based on Google C++ Testing Framework to make regression testing easier
- Added support for controlling external XBMC and third-party UPnP/DLNA instances over UPnP
- Added rich metadata support to XBMC's UPnP Media Server for UPnP/DLNA clients
- Upgraded Plutinosoft's Platinum (libplatinum) UPnP and DNLA libraries
- Improved performance of the default Web Interface (complete rewrite of JavaScript loading)
- Added WebSocket support for JSON-RPC and to Addons API[9]
- Added basic support for PVR / EPG extensions and notifications over the JSON-RPC API
- Added SmartPlaylist Extensions and Extended Filtering in JSON-RPC[10]
- Removed the old HTTP API in favour of the new JSON-RPC API
Android Specific
- Added initial Android (operating system) port with multi-architecture platform support
- Added NEON (Advanced SIMD instruction set) CPU acceleration support for ARM architecture
- Added dedicated AMLPlayer video player for hardware accelerated video decoding on Amlogic
- Added support for OpenGL ES hardware accelerated rendering of XBMC's GUI engine on Android
- Added ALSA audio output sink for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework
- Added Andriod touch support
BSD Specific
- Added initial BSD (operating system) port for FreeBSD, PC-BSD, and other similar BSD platforms
- Added ALSA, OSS, and PulseAudio audio output sinks for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework
- Added VDPAU (NVIDIA) Hardware Acceleration Video Decoding support on BSD
- Added VAAPI (Video Acceleration API) Hardware Acceleration Video Decoding support on BSD
Linux Specific
- Added dedicated AMLPlayer video player for hardware accelerated video decoding on AMLogic devices
- Added dedicated OMXPlayer video player for hardware accelerated video decoding via OpenMAX IL API
- Added ALSA and PulseAudio audio output sinks for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework
- Added alternative name support to LIRC mapping for linux-input-layer devices
- Added lircmap for Conexant's CX23885 IR (infrared) recievers
- Improved ARM processor architecture (Pivos XIOS DS and Raspberry Pi as reference devices)
- Improved OpenGL ES and EGL support (Pivos XIOS DS and Raspberry Pi as reference devices)
- Improved playback with Broadcom Crystal HD PCIe/Mini-PCIe hardware accelerated video decoder
- Improved VAAPI (Video Acceleration API) support (requires VAAPI compatible hardware and drivers)
- Improved VDPAU (NVIDIA) Hardware Video Acceleration and its upscaling/deinterlacing capabilities
- Improved AMD/Intel x86-64 64-bit (AMD64 / IA-64t CPU architectures) support under Linux
- Remove all dependencies of HAL manager libraries from XBMC's code
iOS Specific
- Added CoreAudio audio output sinks for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework
- Improved H.264 hardware accelerated video decoding support decode on iOS via Apple's VideoToolBox API
- Improved support for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad
- Improved XBMC's build system to make compiling XBMC much easier
Mac OS X Specific
- Added CoreAudio audio output sinks for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework
- Add support for compiling 64-bit version of XBMC for Mac on OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and later
- Improved Apple VDADecoder Video Acceleration support (requires Snow Leopard or later)
- Improved XBMC's build system to make compiling XBMC much easier
Windows Specific
- Added DirectSound and WASAPI audio output sinks for the new AudioEngine abstraction framework