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{{Infobox_Software2
|name = Xbox Media Center
|logo = [[Image:Xbox Media Center logo.png|100px]]
|screenshot = [[Image:Xbmc.JPG|250px]]
|caption = XBMC Home Screen
|developer = [http://sourceforge.net/project/memberlist.php?group_id=87054 Xbox Media Center Developers]
|operating_system = [[Microsoft Xbox]]
|genre = [[media player]] / [[media center]]
|license = [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]]
|website = [http://www.xboxmediacenter.com www.xboxmediacenter.com]
}}
 
'''Xbox Media Center (XBMC)''' is an award-winning [[media player]] for the original [[Xbox|Xbox game-console]]. XBMC can play music, play videos and display images from the Xbox's [[DVD]] drive, its internal [[hard drive|hard-drive drive]], a [[Local area network|local network]], [[USB flash drive]], and the [[internet]]. It also functions as a replacement dashboard to launch Xbox games off the [[hard drive|hard-disk drive]]. Other functions of XBMC include displaying [[weather forecasts]] and [[TV guide]]s, watching [[YouTube]] videos and [[Apple Computer|apple.com]] [[movie trailers]], listening to [[SHOUTcast]] and [[Podcasts]] [[streaming]] [[internet]] radio/video, also  XBMC functions as a gaming [[Platform (computing)|platform]] by allowing users to play [[Python (programming language)|python]]-based [[minigame|mini-games]] and a free [[online gaming|online-gaming]] alternative to [[Xbox Live]]. XBMC is [[Free software|free]] and [[open source]] software, the source code is distributed under the [[GNU General Public License]].
 
==Awards==
XBMC won two categories [[SourceForge]] 2006 Community Choice Awards, for [http://sourceforge.net/awards/cca/ Best Multimedia Project and Best Game Project]. Winners were announced at the [[Slashdot]] Lounge at LinuxWorld Expo, Boston, April 5, 2006.
 
==Features==
===Audio/Video playback and handling===
[[Image:Mc360-screenshot-3.jpg|thumb|right|300px|MC360 skin for XBMC displaying IMDb information about Superman II]]
XBMC can play media from [[CD]]/[[DVD]] media using the [[Xbox]]'s built-in [[DVD-ROM]] drive. It can also play media from the Xbox's built-in [[harddisk|harddisk-drive]], or stream them over [[Server Message Block|SMB/SAMBA/CIFS]] shares (Windows File-Sharing), [[ReplayTV]] [[digital video recorder|DVRs]], [[Universal Plug and Play|UPnP (Universal Plug and Play )]] shares, [[XBMSP]] ([[Xbox Media Stream Protocol]]) shares, or stream [[iTunes]]-shares via [[Digital Audio Access Protocol|DAAP]]. XBMC can also take advantage of the Xbox's Ethernet network port and a broadband Internet connection if available, using the [[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]] to obtain [[thumbnails]] and reviews on movies, [[CDDB]] (via [[FreeDB]]) for Audio-CD track-listings), and album-[[thumbnails]] via [[All Music Guide|AMG]], it can stream Internet-video-streams, and play Internet-radio-stations (such as [[SHOUTcast]]). XBMC also includes the option to submit music usage statistics to [[Last.fm]] and a weather-forecast (via [http://www.weather.com weather.com]). It also has music/video-playlist features, picture/image-[[slideshow]] functions, an MP3+CDG [[karaoke]] function and many [[Music visualization|audio-visualizations]] and [[screensaver]]s. XBMC can in addition [[Upscaling DVD|upscale/upconvert]] all 480p/576p [[SDTV|standard-resolution]] videos and output them to [[HDTV|720p or 1080i HDTV]]-resolutions.
 
===Format support===
XBMC can be used to play/view all common [[multimedia]] formats 'straight out-of-the-box'. It can decode these in software and optionally pass-through [[Dolby Digital|AC3]]/[[Digital Theater System|DTS]] audio from movies directly to [[S/PDIF]] output to an external audio-[[Audio amplifier|amplifier]]/[[Audio receiver#Hi-Fi .2F Home theater|receiver]]. For a detailed up-to-date list see the "Supported Formats" list in XBMC online-manual [http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/wiki/index.php?title=XBMC_Features_and_Supported_Formats/Codecs here].
 
'''Supported formats/codecs:'''
* '''Physical media''': [[compact disc|CDs]], [[DVD]]s, [[Video CD]]s (including [[DVD-Video]], [[Video CD|VCD/SVCD]] and [[CDDA|Audio-CD/CDDA]])
* '''[[Container format]]s''': [[AVI]], [[MPEG]]/[[MPG]], [[WMV]], [[Advanced Systems Format|ASF]], [[FLV]], [[Matroska|MKV]], [[QuickTime|MOV]], [[MP4]], [[M4A]], [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]], [[NUT Container|NUT]], [[OGG]], [[OGM]], [[RealMedia|RealMedia RAM/RM/RV/RA/RMVB]] ([[RealAudio]]/[[RealVideo]]), [[3gp]], VIVO, PVA, [[NuppleVideo|NUV]], [[Nullsoft Streaming Video|NSV]], [[Nullsoft Streaming Audio|NSA]], [[Autodesk|FLI]], [[Autodesk|FLC]],  and [[DVR-MS]] (beta support)
*'''[[Video codec]]s''': [[MPEG-1]], [[MPEG-2]], [[MPEG-4]] ([[MPEG-4 Part 2#Simple Profile .28SP.29|SP]] and [[MPEG-4 Part 2#Advanced Simple Profile .28ASP.29|ASP]], including [[DivX]], [[XviD]], [[3ivx]], [[DV]], [[H.263]]), [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC|MPEG-4 AVC]] ([[H.264]], including [[Nero Digital]]), [[HuffYUV]], [[Indeo]], [[MJPEG]], [[RealVideo]], [[QuickTime]], [[Sorenson codec|Sorenson]], [[Theora]], [[WMV]], [[Cinepak]],
*'''[[Audio codec]]s''': [[AIFF]], [[WAV|WAV/WAVE]], [[MP2]], [[MP3]], [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]], [[Advanced Audio Coding|AACplus]], [[AC3]], [[DTS]], [[ALAC]], [[Adaptive Multi-Rate|AMR]], [[FLAC]], [[Monkey's Audio]] (APE), [[RealAudio]], [[Shorten|SHN]], [[WavPack]], [[Musepack|MPC/Musepack/Mpeg+]], [[Speex]], [[Vorbis]] and [[Windows Media Audio|WMA]].
* '''[[Digital camera|Digital picture/image formats]]''': [[BMP]], [[JPEG|JPEG/JPG]], [[GIF]], [[PNG]], [[TIFF|TIF/TIFF]], [[MNG]], [[ICO]], [[PCX]] and [[TGA|Targa/TGA]]
*'''[[Subtitles|Subtitle formats]]''': [[AQTitle]], [[SubStation Alpha|ASS/SSA]], [[Closed captioning|CC]], [[JACOsub]], [[MicroDVD]], [[MPsub]], [[OGM]], PJS, [[RealText|RT]], [[SAMI|SMI]], [[SubRip|SRT]], [[SubViewer|SUB]], [[VobSub|VOBsub]], [[VPlayer]]
 
====Video playback in detail====
XBMC uses two different [[multimedia]] player 'cores' for video-playback. The first is a ported version of the [[open source]] [[cross-platform]] player, [[MPlayer]], which is known for playing practically all common [[proprietary]] media-formats without having to pay [[royalties|license fees]]. XBMC handles all [[codecs]] and [[Container format (digital)|containers]] normally supported by [[MPlayer]] (all [[FFmpeg]] supported [[codecs]] and also several external ones with the help of [[proprietary]] [[Dynamic-link library|DLL]]-files: [[RealMedia]]/[[RealVideo]]/[[RealAudio]], [[QuickTime]], [[WMV9]]/[[WMA9]], [[VP4]]/[[VP5]]/[[VP6]]), and the sources are synced at regular intervals.
 
The second video-player 'core' for video-playback is an [[in-house]] developed [[DVD player|DVD-player]] for [[DVD-Video|DVD-Video movies]], including the support of [[DVD-Video#Menu programming interface|DVD-menus]], (based on the [[open source]] and free [[Library (computing)|libraries]] code [[libdvdcss]] and [[libdvdnav]]). This video-player 'core' support all the [[FFmpeg]] [[codecs]], and in addition the [[MPEG-2]] [[video codec]], and the [[audio codecs]] [[DTS]] and [[AC3]] (based on the [[open source]] code [[Library (computing)|libraries]]: [[libmpeg2]], [[libdca]]/[[libdts]], and [[liba52]]/[[libac3]] respectively). One relatively unusual feature of this DVD-player core is the capability to [[on-the-fly]] parse and play [[DVD-Video]] movies that are stored in [[ISO image|ISO and IMG]] DVD-images, [[DVD-Video]] movies that are stored as [[DVD-Video]] ([[IFO]]/[[VOB]]/[[BUP]]) files on a harddrive or network-share, and also [[ISO image|ISO and IMG]] DVD-images directly from [[RAR]] and [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP]] archives. In addition to this, the XBMC DVD-player 'core' can [[Upscaling DVD|upscale/upconvert]] all [[DVD-Video]] movies and output them to [[HDTV|720p or 1080i HDTV]] resolutions in better quality than most, if not all, [[high-definition television]] set's native function for [[Upscaling DVD|upscaling/upconverting]] video.
 
====Audio playback in detail====
[[Image:Clearity-screenshot-2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Clearity skin for XBMC displaying song information OSD]]
For audio playback, XBMC includes its own [[in-house]] developed audio-player: [[PAPlayer|PAPlayer (Psycho-Acoustic Audio Player)]]. Some of this audio-player core's most notable features are [[on-the-fly]] [[resampling]] to the Xbox's native audio frequency (48 kHz), [[gapless playback]], [[Fade (audio engineering)|crossfading]], [[Replay Gain]], [[cue sheet]] and [[Ogg]] Chapter support.
It handles a very large variety of audio file-formats: [[MP2 (format)|MP2]], [[MP3]], [[Vorbis]], [[MPC]], [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]], [[HE-AAC|AACplus (AAC+)]], [[Monkey's Audio|APE]], [[FLAC]], [[WavPack]], [[Shorten]], [[AIFF]], [[WAV]], [[DTS]], [[Dolby Digital|AC3]], [[CDDA]], [[WMA]], [[Impulse Tracker|IT]], [[ScreamTracker|S3M]], MOD (Amiga Module), XM, NSF ([[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] Sound Format), [[SPC700 sound format|SPC]] ([[SNES]]), GYM ([[Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis|Genesis]]), SID ([[Commodore 64]]), [[Adlib]], YM ([[Atari ST]]), ADPCM ([[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]]). It also supports many different tagging standards: APEv1, [[APEv2 tag|APEv2]], [[ID3]]v1, [[ID3#ID3v2|ID3v2]], [[ID666]] and [[Vorbis comment]]s.
 
====Digital picture/image display in detail====
XBMC handles all common [[Digital camera|digital picture/image formats]] with the options of [[Ken burns effect|panning/zooming]] and [[slideshow]] with "[[Ken Burns Effect]]", with the use of [http://www.codeproject.com/bitmap/cximage.asp CxImage] open source [[Library (computing)|library]] code. XBMC can also handle [[Comic Book Archive file|CBZ (ZIP) and CBR (RAR) comic book archive files]], this feature lets you view/read, browse and [[zoom]] the pictures of [[comics]] pages these contain without uncompressing them first.
 
===Python scripts (widgets/gadgets) plugins===
XBMC features a [[Python (programming language)|Python Scripts Engine]] in a similar fashion to Apple Mac OS X [[Dashboard (software)|Dashboard Widgets]] and [[Microsoft Gadgets]] in [[Windows Sidebar]], so users can add new functionality to XBMC (using the [[Python (programming language)|Python programming language]]) without an illegal copy of the [[XDK]] and without knowledge of the [[C++|C/C++ programming language]]. Current [[plugins|plugin]] scripts include functions like [[Internet television|Internet-TV]] and [[Trailer (film)|movie-trailer]] browsers, [[Weather forecasting|weather forecast]] and [[Movie theater|cinema]]guides, [[Electronic program guide|TV-guides (EPG)]], e-mail clients, [[instant messaging]], train-timetables, scripts to [[Front-end and back-end|front-end]] control [[Personal video recorder|PVR]] software and hardware (like: [[MediaPortal]], [[MythTV]], [[TiVo]], [[ReplayTV]], [[Dreambox]]/[[DBox2]]), Internet-radio-station browsers (example [[SHOUTcast]], [[Xm radio]], [[Sirius Satellite Radio]]), [[Peer-to-peer|P2P]] file-sharing downloaders ([[BitTorrent]]), [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]], also [[casual games]] (sometimes also referred to as [[Minigame|mini-games]] or [[Party game|party-games]]) such as [[Tetris]], [[Snake (video game)|Snake]], [[Space Invaders]], [[Sudoku]], and much more.
 
===Dashboard function (game/application launcher)===
XBMC has a "My Programs" section with functions as a replacement [[Xbox Dashboard|dashboard]] to launch [[List of Xbox games|Xbox games]] (retail and [[Homebrew (video games)|homebrew]]) and [[Application software|applications]]/[[List of emulators|emulator]] directly off the Xbox built-in [[harddrive]], all from a nice [[GUI]] with [[thumbnail]] and list options. This fully replaces the original [[Xbox Dashboard]] from [[Microsoft]], and with the exeption of flashing new [[BIOS]] to a Xbox [[modchip]] it also features all extra functions that other [[Homebrew (video games)|homebrew]] [[Xbox Dashboard|dashboard]]s have.
 
====XBMC Trainer Support (game cheats mods)====
[[Image:Screenshot190.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Enabling trainer [[Mod (computer gaming)|mods]] on games]]
XBMC also has the ability to use and apply Xbox [[Trainer (games)|Trainer]] Files. [[Trainer (games)|Trainers]] are small files that allow for in game value [[Mod (computer gaming)|modification]] (such as [[cheat code]]) through altering retail functions in game values by way of using [[Terminate and Stay Resident|TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident)]] keys.
There are many things that can be [[Mod (computer gaming)|modified]] including ammunition, extra-lifes, or even how high a character can jump. Trainer support in XBMC was achieved through collaboration with [[Team Xored]]. This collaboration began in December 2005 and came to fruition in January 2006 by successfully integrating the [[Team Xored|Team Xored Trainer Engine]] into XBMC.
XBMC can run trainers with the following file extensions: *.ETM and *.XBTF.
 
====XLink Kai (Xbox Live online-gaming alternative)====
XBMC has an integrated [[Front-end and back-end|front-end]] for an [[Xbox Live]] alternative (called "[[XLink Kai]]"), an [[online gaming]] platform, enabling you to both control the [[XLink Kai|Kai engine]] and play system-link/LAN-enabled Xbox [[Online game|games online]], without connecting to the [[Xbox Live]] service, straight from your console.
 
==Running XBMC==
[[Image:Mc360-screenshot-1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|MC360 skin for XBMC displaying the media blade]]At present, the latest 'stable' version of XBMC is 2.0.1 final point-release which was released on 12 November, 2006. Since XBMC is an [[open source]] software program, its development [[source code]] is stored on a publicly-accessible [[Subversion]] server. This code is constantly updated on a daily-basis by developers so the Subversion repository often contains more features than the most recent 'stable' release. Accordingly, [[executable]] builds from the Subversion repository are often released by [[third-party developer|third-parties]]. It should be noted, however, that [[executable]] builds from development versions typically contain bugs not present in the most recent 'stable' release versions of XBMC.
 
XBMC is not a [[authorized|authorized/signed]] [[Microsoft]] product, therefore a [[Xbox#Modding the Xbox|modification of the Xbox]] is required in order to run XBMC on a [[Xbox]] game-console. XBMC can be run as an [[Application software|application]] (like any Xbox game), or as a [[Xbox Dashboard|dashboard]] that appears directly when the [[Xbox]] is turned on. It takes approximately ten seconds to fully load XBMC.
 
==Language support==
XBMC also includes support for many different languages.  XBMC's structure is such that if your language is not available, or not up-to-date, then you can easily make your translation by editing an [[XML]]-file, which can be submitted to the project's database for use by others. Currently the existing supported languages are [[Brazilian Portuguese]], [[Catalan language|Catalan]], [[Simplified Chinese]], [[Traditional Chinese]], [[Croatian language|Croatian]], [[Czech language|Czech]], [[Danish language|Danish]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[English language|English]], [[Esperanto]], [[Finnish language|Finnish]], [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Hebrew]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Maltese language|Maltese]], [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Romanian language|Romanian]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Serbian language|Serbian]], [[Slovene]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Swedish language|Swedish]] and [[Turkish language|Turkish]].
 
==Skins and skinning-engine==
A mainstay of Xbox [[Homebrew (video games)|homebrew]] applications is [[Skin (computing)|skin]]-ability in the tradition of case modifications. XBMC is noted as having a very flexible and robust [[Software framework|framework]] for its [[GUI]], making [[Theme (computing)|theme]]-[[skinning]] and personal [[customization]] very accessible. Users can create their own skin (or modify an existing skin) and share it with others via public websites dedicated for Xbox skins trading. "Project Mayhem" is the official [[Skin (computing)|skin]]; which is now in its third version, commonly know as "PMIII"
<center>
<gallery>
Image:Screenshot191.JPG|A user browsing a user's music collection with XBMC using the the "PMIII" [[Skin (computing)|skin]]
Image:Screenshot189.JPG|XBMC is able to launch games from the [[harddrive]] (shown here with the "PMIII" [[Skin (computing)|skin]])
Image:Vision-screenshot-1.jpg|Vision [[Skin (computing)|skin]] for XBMC showing the "My Programs" section
Image:Xbmc-xboxclassic-2.jpg|"Xbox Classic" [[Skin (computing)|skin]] for XBMC showing the file browser
</gallery>
</center>
 
==Limitations==
*XBMC can not currently play any audio/video files [[Encryption|protected/encrypted]] with [[Digital Rights Management|DRM (Digital Rights Management)]], such as music purchased from the [[iTunes Music Store]], [[MSN Music]] or [[Audible.com]]. Workaround: Before playing the file in XBMC, first remove any DRM protection/encryption from the song or video with a [[Third-party developer|third-party]] program before you try to play it, e.g: [[JHymn|hymn]], [[FreeMe]], [[Unfuck]], [[FairUse4WM]], [[DRM2WMV]] or [[DRMDBG]]).
*[[Universal Disk Format|UDF (Universal Disk Format)]] file-system limitation: XBMC only supports UDF version 1.02 (designed for [[DVD-Video]] media), which has a maximum file-size of 1GB (meaning if you burn a DVD-media in a newer UDF version with a video that is larger than 1GB, XBMC will not be able to play that file), same goes for UDF/ISO hybrid formats (a.k.a. UDF Bridge format). Workaround: Burn all your CD/DVD-media in [[ISO 9660]] format, which is the most common standard for recording CD/DVDs. Unfortunately [[ISO 9660]] has a 2[[Gigabyte|GB]] file-size limitation, which cannot be bypassed.
*The  [[ISO 9660]] and [[Universal Disk Format|UDF]] reader [[Class (computer science)|class]]es in XBMC does not support reading [[Multisession#Sessions|multisession]] authored CD/DVD-media. That is XBMC can only read the first [[Multisession#Sessions|sessions]] of a [[Multisession#Sessions|multisession]] burnt CD or DVD media disc.
*The Xbox built-in harddrive is formatted in [[FATX]] which has a 4[[Gigabyte|GB]] file-size limitation, and only supports file/folder-names up to 42 characters, a maximum of 255 in total file-structure character-depth and a maximum number of 4096 files/folders in a single subfolder, plus in the root of each partition the maximum number of files/folders is 256. [[FAT]] does not support all [[ASCII|ASCII characters]] in file/folder names (like for example < > = ? : ; " * + , / \|¤ &). XBMC will automatically rename any files/folders you transfer to the Xbox by these limitations. (None of these are XBMC issues that can be fixed as the limitation is in the [[Xbox]] itself). Workaround: Store your files/folders on your computer or a [[Network-attached storage|Network-Attached Storage (NAS)]] device/box which support [[Server Message Block|SMB/CIFS]], [[FTP]] or [[UPnP]] and share them over a [[Local area network|local-area-network]] instead.
*The [[USB flash drive]] ([[USB]] [[keydrive|key-drives/memory-keys]]) reader/writer [[Class (computer science)|class]] used by XBMC currently has a few limitations as well. It is limted to [[USB flash drive]]s and [[harddisk]]s compatible with [[USB Mass Storage Device Class]] following the [[USB|USB 1.1 standard]], with a maximum size of 4[[Gigabyte|GB]]. It can read and write to [[FATX]] formated flash drives, but only read [[FAT12]], [[FAT16]] (including [[VFAT]], and [[FAT32]]. ([[NTFS]] formated drives are not supported at all as of yet).
*With its 733 MHz [[Intel Pentium III]] [[Celeron]] and 64MB [[shared memory]], the [[Xbox]] does not have enough hardware-resources (not fast enough [[CPU]] nor large enough [[Random access memory|RAM-memory]]) to play 720p/1080i resolution-native [[HDTV]] video (at 1280x720 and 1920x1080 pixels), (like [[WMVHD|WMV HD]]). XBMC can however upconvert all 480p/576p [[SDTV|standard-resolution]] movies and output them to [[HDTV|720p or 1080i HDTV]] resolutions in better quality than most (if not all) HDTV's native function to upconvert video.
* Again with its 733 MHz [[Intel Pentium III]] [[Celeron]] and 64MB [[shared memory]], the [[Xbox]] does not have enough hardware-resources (not fast enough [[CPU]] nor large enough [[Random access memory|RAM-memory]]) to play [[H264|MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)]] encoded videos with [[H.264#Profiles|Cabac and Deblocking]] if the video-resolution is higher than 352x288 pixels. Workaround: If you encode your [[H264|MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)]] videos without [[H.264#Profiles|Cabac and Deblocking]] then the [[Xbox]] hardware can handle up to 720x576 pixels video-resolution. It is best to encode your videos to [[MPEG-4|MPEG-4 ASP]] (like [[DivX]] or [[XviD]]) instead, as then that video's native-resolution can be anything up to 960x540 pixels (also known as [[Half Resolution High Definition|HRHD]] resolution).
 
==Legality==
While XBMC [[source code]] is made publicly available from the developers under an [[open source]] ([[GNU GPL]]) [[license]], the developers themselves are legally unable to distribute [[executable]] versions of XBMC. Due to this, the only publicly available [[executable]] versions of XBMC are from [[third party|third parties]] and are of dubious legal status.
 
===Copyright===
The XBMC software is licensed under the [[GNU General Public License|GNU General Public License (GPL)]] by the developers, meaning they allow anybody to redistribute XBMC under extremely liberal conditions. However, in order to compile the XBMC into [[executable]] form, it is currently necessary to use the [[Xbox Development Kit|Microsoft XDK (Xbox Development Kit)]] which is only available to licensed developers and the resulting code may only be distributed by them. Accordingly, code compiled with an unauthorized copy of the [[Xbox Development Kit]] may not be distributed legally. A [[third-party]] project called [[OpenXDK]] is concerned with producing a replacement for the Microsoft XDK. While this could potentially allow legal [[Binary file|binaries]] of XBMC to be compiled, it would require significant changes to the XBMC source code.
 
XBMC provides, for audio and video [[codecs]] which are not natively supported, a [[Dynamic-link library|DLL]] loader [[Fork (software)|forked]] from the "[[avifile]]" open source project which can load [[third-party]] made [[Dynamic-link library|DLL]]s to decode unsupported formats. Where the user owns a licensed copy of the [[Dynamic-link library|DLL]], this is potentially legal. However, some [[third-party]] XBMC builds incorporate all available third-party [[Dynamic-link library|DLL]]s that XBMC can support and the redistribution of these without a licence is copyright infringement.
 
===Patents===
For most popular video and audio codecs, XBMC includes native support through the [[libavcodec]] [[Library (computer science)|library]] from the [[FFmpeg]] project. Since this code is released under a free and [[open source]] license, it is legally redistributable. However, some of these compression methods, [[MP3#Licensing and patent issues|such as the popular MP3 format, are covered by patents]] in many countries. Absent a licence, this would make it illegal to redistribute versions of XBMC including support for these patented formats. This is a problem common among many [[open source]] multimedia projects/applications.
 
===Other===
XBMC also includes support for playing back [[DVD-Video]] movies encrypted using the [[Content Scramble System|CSS (Content Scramble System)]] encryption. The distribution of [[executable]] versions of XBMC containing this code is likely to fall foul of the [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]] in the [[U.S.]] and the [[EU Copyright Directive]] in the [[European Union]] member countries which have so far incorporated it into national law.
 
==See also==
{{portalpar|free software}}
*[[Media player]], the definition of "mediaplayer" software
**[[Media center]], the definition of "mediacenter" software
*[[MPlayer]], the [[open source]] and [[cross-platform]] software XBMC uses as its main video player core
*[[FFmpeg]], the audio and video [[codecs|codecs suit]] source code XBMC uses for all its player cores
*[[Comparison of media players|Comparison of (audio/video) media and DVD-Video players]]
*[[List of video players (software)|List of other software video players]]
*[[List of codecs|List of multimedia (audio/video) codecs]]
**[[Open source codecs and containers]]
**[[Comparison of video codecs]]
**[[Comparison of audio codecs]]
*[[Comparison of container formats|Comparison of (audio/video) container formats]]
**[[Open source codecs and containers]]
 
==External links==
===Official sites===
* [http://www.xboxmediacenter.com XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) official website]
* [http://forum.xboxmediacenter.com XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) official community forum] (for posting help/support requests, bugs and development discussions)
* [http://xboxmediacenter.com/wiki/index.php?title=Xbox_Media_Center_Online_Manual XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) 'new' official  online-manual] (wiki-based user-guide, uses the same Wiki-engine as Wikipedia)
* [http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/wacko/ XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) 'old' official  online-manual (wiki-based)]
* [irc://irc.freenode.net/ XBMC official IRC chat room (on Freenode)] (use an [[IRC]] client like [[mIRC]] to join the #xbmc channel)
* [irc://irc.efnet.net/xbmc XBMC official IRC chat room (on EFnet)] (use an [[IRC]] client like [[mIRC]] to join the #xbmc channel) - channel now muted, Freenode chat room (link above) remains active
 
===Modifications===
* [http://www.xbmcscripts.com/ XBMC Widget/Gadget Plug-in Scripts] (Python plugins which adds additional features and functionality to XBMC)
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xboxmediacenter The official XBMC-skin download and developers site (XBMC Skinning Project)]
* [http://www.xbox-skins.net Unofficial XBMC skin download site (www.xbox-skins.net)]
* [http://www.allxboxskins.com Another unofficial XBMC skin download site (www.allxboxskins.com)]
 
===Articles & Reviews===
* [http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2004/09/xboxmediacenter.html Review on tvharmony.com]
* [http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/c635c6f39986c010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html?s_prop18=how2 Review and HOW-TO on Popular Science (popsci.com)]
* [http://www.surrealroad.com/digital/archives/2005/xbox-media-center/ Review by Digital Intermediates]
* [http://www.o-sd.com/hardcoregamermag/publicPDF/HGM_Aug.pdf Review in Hardcore Gamer Magazine (Volume 1, Issue 3, August 2005)]
* [http://www.powerpage.org/archives/2005/10/why_your_next_i_1.html O'Grady's PowerPage Article: Why Your Next iMac may be an Xbox]
* [http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox/games/features/102769.shtml GamePro.com: 6 ways to resurrect your Xbox]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmc/ XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) official SourceForge.net project] (CVS/source-code/patches//tools/bug-tracker/feature-requests)
* [http://freshmeat.net/projects/xbmc/ freshmeat.net: Project details for The XboxMediaCenter Project]
 
===Third-party support forums and guides===
* [http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?s=64c7fed999e317cc99e26926433d74c0&showforum=62 XBMC community forums @ xbox-scene.com (unofficial but affiliated by shared moderators)]
* [http://slackerpedia.com/xbmc-mac/ HOW-TO use a Mac to install/setup XBMC]
* [http://www.productwiki.com/microsoft_xbox/article/how_to_go_from_xbox_to_xbox_media_center_in_30_minutes.html Transform an Xbox into the ultimate media center in 30-minutes] A popular step-by-step HOW-TO guide for softmodding your Xbox
 
===News===
* "[http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/forum/showthread.php?p=115893 XBMC Win32 PC environment for skinners and python developers], XBMC was in [[November 2006]] partially ported to [[Win32]] to run on [[Microsoft Windows]]
**Only the [[GUI]] part for development purposes so far, however anyone can finish this port to make the software complete.
 
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