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** If you are using a Windows nightly build please also download the .pdb file with the same version from our mirrors, rename it to xbmc.pdb and place it alongside the XBMC.exe inside the installation folder. Re-download the correct file each time you are installing another nightly build. This helps us to identify possible crashes.
** If you are using a Windows nightly build please also download the .pdb file with the same version from our mirrors, rename it to xbmc.pdb and place it alongside the XBMC.exe inside the installation folder. Re-download the correct file each time you are installing another nightly build. This helps us to identify possible crashes.
* [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/osx/ Nightly builds for Mac OS X]
* [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/osx/ Nightly builds for Mac OS X]
* [https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/unstable Nightly builds for Ubuntu]
* [https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/xbmc-nightly Nightly builds for Ubuntu]
* [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on iPad/iPhone/iPod touch#Nightly builds|Nightly builds for iOS]] - iPad, iPhone, iPod touch
* [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on iPad/iPhone/iPod touch#Nightly builds|Nightly builds for iOS]] - iPad, iPhone, iPod touch
* [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Apple TV 2#Nightly builds|Nightly builds for iOS]] - Apple TV 2 (black)
* [[HOW-TO:Install XBMC on Apple TV 2#Nightly builds|Nightly builds for iOS]] - Apple TV 2 (black)

Revision as of 13:55, 9 September 2013

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▶ Development builds

Gotham is the code name for the next version of XBMC, v13. These development builds, often called "pre-Gotham" or "pre-release" builds, are what will eventually lead to the final Gotham version. In contrast to the stable builds (v12 Frodo) you don't have to wait for the release in order to benefit from new features or fixes that made it into XBMC.

THESE BUILDS OFTEN DO NOT WORK and are only for brave users that do not fear bugs or crashes. They are mostly used for development. If you want a stable HTPC, this is not the place for you!

Nightly build

Nightly Builds are made on a daily basis and contain the most recent changes. They are also the most unstable of the development builds, until "feature freeze" where only bug fixes are made.

ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR USERDATA FOLDER WHEN USING NIGHTLY BUILDS

http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/


Monthly build

Monthly builds are semi-stable nightly snapshots of the current development version. They are a step between (often) unstable nightly builds and stable release builds, though they can sometimes still be very unstable depending on various factors.

XBMC developers have a merge cycle every month for new features and major changes. For ten days they add new features, then for the rest of the month they fix things. The monthly is then taken from a nightly just before they start adding features again. For this reason, they are often more stable than the average nightly build.

ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR USERDATA FOLDER WHEN USING MONTHLY BUILDS

http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/

Betas and release candidates

When XBMC gets close to a stable release, public betas will be released. These are similar to nightlies and monthlies in that they still contain bugs, but are more stable and are encouraged to be tried out. At the point where XBMC reaches beta, most known bugs have been fixed, and developers are now looking for bugs they might not know about.

When XBMC beta gets to a point where it seems ready for a final release a "Release Candidate", or "RC", is released to flesh out any final bugs. Depending on any issues found, there may be multiple release candidates.

After release candidates comes a final stable build that becomes XBMC v13, aka Gotham.

ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR USERDATA FOLDER WHEN USING BETAS

No betas released yet for XBMC v13 Gotham


Special notes about development builds

Bugs
As development builds are bleeding edge code you might find a bug here and there. In order to get rid of this bugs, it's important that these will be reported: HOW-TO:Submit a proper bug report.
Feature requests
If you have a feature that you think should be added to appear in the next stable version of XBMC, you can make a feature request: HOW-TO:Submit an official feature request.

Buildbot

See: Jenkins

Notes

  1. Particularly notable for MySQL compatibility, among other things. For reference, XBMC v12.2 "Frodo" is video DB version 75, music DB version 32. See Version table for more details.