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[[Image:Xbmc.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Default XBMC main menu (Project Mayhem 3 [[skin (computing)|skin]])]] | [[Image:Xbmc.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Default XBMC main menu (Project Mayhem 3 [[skin (computing)|skin]])]] | ||
'''Xbox Media Center''' | [[Image:Xbmc666.jpg|right|thumb|350px|[[XLink Kai]], a free [[online gaming]] game-console tunneling service, is integrated into XBMC (MC360 skin)]] | ||
[[Image:Xbmc2.JPG|right|thumb|350px|XBMC displaying a music collection (MC360 [[skin (computing)|skin]])]] | |||
'''Xbox Media Center (XBMC)''' is a feature-rich [[open source]] [[media player]] for the [[Xbox]] -- a [[Computer_program|software program]] which plays video, music and displays pictures/images from the Xbox DVD-ROM drive, built-in harddisk drive, [[local-area-network]] or the internet. | |||
XBMC is the successor to [[Xbox Media Player| Xbox Media Player (XBMP)]] (XBMP). XBMC is a complete rewrite of XBMP by the same developer team. XBMC was publicly announced in October [[2003]]. | XBMC is the successor to [[Xbox Media Player|Xbox Media Player (XBMP)]] (XBMP). XBMC is a complete rewrite of XBMP by the same developer-team. XBMC was publicly announced in October [[2003]]. | ||
XBMC can play media from CD/DVD media using the Xbox's built-in DVD-ROM drive. It can also play media from the harddisk-drive, stream it over an [[Server Message Block|SMB]] share (Windows | ==Features== | ||
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-drive, stream it over an [[Server Message Block|SMB/SAMBA/CIFS]] share (Windows File-Sharing), [[Universal Plug and Play]] (UPnP) share, XBMSP (XBox Media Stream Protocol) share, or stream [[iTunes]]-shares via [[Digital Audio Access Protocol|DAAP]]. XBMC takes advantage of the Xbox ethernet-network-port and broadband internet 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]], stream internet-video-streams, and play internet-radio-stations (such as [[SHOUTcast]]). XBMC also includes the option to submit music usage statistics to [[Audioscrobbler]] and [[Last.fm]], it has music/video-playlist and picture/image-[[slideshow functions]], a weather-forecast (via [[Weather.com]]) and MP3+CDG [[karaoke]] function, plus many audio-visualizations. In addition is a frontend for an [[Xbox Live]] alternative (called "[[XLink Kai]]") integrated, enabling you to control the engine running separately and play system-link/LAN-enabled Xbox games online whitout leaving your television. | |||
==Running XBMC== | ==Running XBMC== | ||
XBMC requires a [[modchip]] or software exploit/hack to run, as it is not an authorized (a.k.a. "signed") [[Microsoft]] product. XBMC can be run as an application, or a dashboard that appears directly when the [[Xbox]] is turned on, it takes appox 10-seconds to fully load. Also included in XBMC is international translations to many languages, (and if your language is not available you can easily make your translation by simply editing an [[XML]]-file, plus by submitting that into the project you contribute to the experience of others who use the software). In addition because XBMC is an open source software program, it constantly undergoes minor to major changes on a daily basis (sometimes noted by the tags [[Concurrent Versions System|CVS]]). | XBMC requires a [[modchip]] or software exploit/hack to run, as it is not an authorized (a.k.a. "signed") [[Microsoft]] product. XBMC can be run as an application, or a dashboard that appears directly when the [[Xbox]] is turned on, it takes appox 10-seconds to fully load. Also included in XBMC is international translations to many languages, (and if your language is not available then you can easily make your translation by simply editing an [[XML]]-file, plus by submitting that into the project you contribute to the experience of others who use the software). In addition because XBMC is an open source software program, it constantly undergoes minor to major changes on a daily basis (sometimes noted by the tags "[[Concurrent Versions System|CVS]]"). | ||
XBMC supports [[Python programming language|Python scripts]] as [[Widget]] [[plugins]], so users can add new functionality to XBMC (using the [[Python programming language]]) without an illegal copy of the [[XDK]] and without knowledge of the C/C++ programming language. Current scripts include functions like | XBMC supports [[Python programming language|Python scripts]] as [[Widget]] [[plugins]], so users can add new functionality to XBMC (using the [[Python programming language]]) without an illegal copy of the [[XDK]] and without knowledge of the C/C++ programming language. Current scripts include functions like internet-TV and movie-trailer browsers, cinema and weather guides, e-mail clients, messaging, train-timetables, scripts to front-end control [[Personal video recorder|PVR]] software and hardware (like: [[MediaPortal]], [[MythTV]], [[TiVo]], [[ReplayTV]], [[Dreambox]]), internet-radio-station browsers (example [[SHOUTcast]], [[Xm_radio]], [[Sirius_Satellite_Radio]]), [[Peer-to-peer|P2P]] file-sharing downloaders ([[BitTorrent]]), [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]], and mini-games such as [[Space Invaders]] and [[Sudoku]], and much more. | ||
At present, XBMC is in a "feature freeze" cycle, which means developers | At present, XBMC is in a "feature freeze" cycle, which means that the developers are concentrating on fixing bugs and only adding features that concern them. The result will be a stable point release, 2.0.0. | ||
==Format support== | ==Format support== | ||
XBMC can practially be used to play/view all common [[multimedia]] formats 'straight-out of the box'. For a detailed list see the "Supported Formats" list in XBMC online-manual [http://www.xbmc.xbox-scene.com/wiki/index.php?title=Supported_File_Formats here]. | |||
On the video side, it uses two different muiltimedia (audio/video) player cores. (note that these handle the audio part of a video file also). | On the video side, it uses two different muiltimedia (audio/video) player cores. (note that these handle the audio part of a video file also). | ||
The first is a ported version of the open source player, [[MPlayer]]. | The first is a ported version of the [[open source]] [[cross-platform]] player, [[MPlayer]], which is known for playing [[proprietary]] media-formats without having to pay license fees. | ||
XBMC handles all codecs and containers normally supported by MPlayer (all | XBMC handles all codecs and containers normally supported by MPlayer (all [[FFmpeg]] supported [[codecs]] and also several external one with the help of [[proprietary]] [[Dynamic_Link_Library|DLL]-files: RealMedia, QuickTime, WMV9/WMA9, VP4/5/6), and the sources are synced at regular intervals. | ||
Here's a list of supported formats. | Here's a list of supported formats. | ||
* '''[[Container format]]s''': [[3gp]], [[AVI]], [[Advanced Streaming Format|ASF]], [[FLV]], [[Matroska]], [[QuickTime|MOV]], [[MP4]], [[NUT_Container|NUT]], [[Ogg]], [[OGM]], [[RealMedia]] | * '''[[Container format]]s''': [[3gp]], [[AVI]], [[Advanced Streaming Format|ASF]], [[FLV]], [[Matroska]], [[QuickTime|MOV]], [[MP4]], [[NUT_Container|NUT]], [[Ogg]], [[OGM]], [[RealMedia]] | ||
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*'''[[Audio codec]]s''': [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]], [[AC3]], [[ALAC]], [[Adaptive Multi-Rate|AMR]], [[FLAC]], [[MP3]], [[RealAudio]], [[Shorten]], [[Speex]], [[Vorbis]] and [[Windows Media Audio|WMA]]. | *'''[[Audio codec]]s''': [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]], [[AC3]], [[ALAC]], [[Adaptive Multi-Rate|AMR]], [[FLAC]], [[MP3]], [[RealAudio]], [[Shorten]], [[Speex]], [[Vorbis]] and [[Windows Media Audio|WMA]]. | ||
The second is a in-house developed DVD-player for DVD-Video movies, including the support of DVD-menus, (based on the open source libraries libcss and libdvdnav). | The second is a in-house developed DVD-player for DVD-Video movies, including the support of DVD-menus, (based on the open source libraries libcss and libdvdnav). This 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 libraries, libmpeg2, libdca, and liba52 respectivly). One relativly unusual feature of this DVD-player core is the capability to parse and play DVD-Video movies that are stored in [[ISO_image|ISO and IMG]] DVD-images, and DVD-Video movies that are stored as DVD-Video files (IFO/VOB) on a harddrive or network-share, and also images in [[RAR]] and [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP]] archives. | ||
On the audio side, XBMC includes it's own in-house developed player: PAPlayer (Psycho-acoustic Audio Player). Some of this cores most notable features are [[resampling]] to the Xbox's native audio frequency (48 kHz), [[Gapless playback]], [[Fade (audio engineering)|crossfading]], [[ReplayGain]], [[Cue Sheet]] and [[Ogg]] Chapter support. | |||
It handles a very large variety of sound files: [[MP2_(format)|MP2]], [[MP3]], [[OGG|OGG (Vorbis)]], [[MPC]], [[Advanced_Audio_Coding|LC-AAC]], [[HE-AAC|AAC+]], [[APE]], [[FLAC]], [[WavPack]], [[SHORTEN|SHN (Shorten)]], [[WAV]], [[DTS]], [[Dolby_Digital|AC3]], [[CDDA]], [[WMA]], [[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]], [[ID3v1]], [[ID3v2]], ID666 and [[Vorbis]] Comments. | It handles a very large variety of sound files: [[MP2_(format)|MP2]], [[MP3]], [[OGG|OGG (Vorbis)]], [[MPC]], [[Advanced_Audio_Coding|LC-AAC]], [[HE-AAC|AAC+]], [[APE]], [[FLAC]], [[WavPack]], [[SHORTEN|SHN (Shorten)]], [[WAV]], [[DTS]], [[Dolby_Digital|AC3]], [[CDDA]], [[WMA]], [[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]], [[ID3v1]], [[ID3v2]], ID666 and [[Vorbis]] Comments. | ||
XBMC also handles many picture formats with the options of [[Ken burns effect|panning/zooming]] and slideshows, with the use of [http://www.codeproject.com/bitmap/cximage.asp CxImage]. Supported formats are: [[BMP]], [[JPEG]], [[GIF]], [[PNG]], [[TIFF]], [[MNG]], [[ICO]], [[PCX]] and [[TGA|Targa]]. | XBMC also handles many picture/image formats with the options of [[Ken burns effect|panning/zooming]] and slideshows, with the use of [http://www.codeproject.com/bitmap/cximage.asp CxImage]. Supported formats are: [[BMP]], [[JPEG]], [[GIF]], [[PNG]], [[TIFF]], [[MNG]], [[ICO]], [[PCX]] and [[TGA|Targa]]. | ||
==Legality== | ==Legality== | ||
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Revision as of 16:15, 26 July 2006
Xbox Media Center (XBMC) is a feature-rich open source media player for the Xbox -- a software program which plays video, music and displays pictures/images from the Xbox DVD-ROM drive, built-in harddisk drive, local-area-network or the internet.
XBMC is the successor to Xbox Media Player (XBMP) (XBMP). XBMC is a complete rewrite of XBMP by the same developer-team. XBMC was publicly announced in October 2003.
Features
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-drive, stream it over an SMB/SAMBA/CIFS share (Windows File-Sharing), Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) share, XBMSP (XBox Media Stream Protocol) share, or stream iTunes-shares via DAAP. XBMC takes advantage of the Xbox ethernet-network-port and broadband internet if available, using the IMDb to obtain thumbnails and reviews on movies, CDDB (via FreeDB) for Audio-CD track-listings) and album-thumbnails via AMG, stream internet-video-streams, and play internet-radio-stations (such as SHOUTcast). XBMC also includes the option to submit music usage statistics to Audioscrobbler and Last.fm, it has music/video-playlist and picture/image-slideshow functions, a weather-forecast (via Weather.com) and MP3+CDG karaoke function, plus many audio-visualizations. In addition is a frontend for an Xbox Live alternative (called "XLink Kai") integrated, enabling you to control the engine running separately and play system-link/LAN-enabled Xbox games online whitout leaving your television.
Running XBMC
XBMC requires a modchip or software exploit/hack to run, as it is not an authorized (a.k.a. "signed") Microsoft product. XBMC can be run as an application, or a dashboard that appears directly when the Xbox is turned on, it takes appox 10-seconds to fully load. Also included in XBMC is international translations to many languages, (and if your language is not available then you can easily make your translation by simply editing an XML-file, plus by submitting that into the project you contribute to the experience of others who use the software). In addition because XBMC is an open source software program, it constantly undergoes minor to major changes on a daily basis (sometimes noted by the tags "CVS").
XBMC supports Python scripts as Widget plugins, so users can add new functionality to XBMC (using the Python programming language) without an illegal copy of the XDK and without knowledge of the C/C++ programming language. Current scripts include functions like internet-TV and movie-trailer browsers, cinema and weather guides, e-mail clients, messaging, train-timetables, scripts to front-end control PVR software and hardware (like: MediaPortal, MythTV, TiVo, ReplayTV, Dreambox), internet-radio-station browsers (example SHOUTcast, Xm_radio, Sirius_Satellite_Radio), P2P file-sharing downloaders (BitTorrent), IRC, and mini-games such as Space Invaders and Sudoku, and much more.
At present, XBMC is in a "feature freeze" cycle, which means that the developers are concentrating on fixing bugs and only adding features that concern them. The result will be a stable point release, 2.0.0.
Format support
XBMC can practially be used to play/view all common multimedia formats 'straight-out of the box'. For a detailed list see the "Supported Formats" list in XBMC online-manual here.
On the video side, it uses two different muiltimedia (audio/video) player cores. (note that these handle the audio part of a video file also).
The first is a ported version of the open source cross-platform player, MPlayer, which is known for playing proprietary media-formats without having to pay license fees. XBMC handles all codecs and containers normally supported by MPlayer (all FFmpeg supported codecs and also several external one with the help of proprietary [[Dynamic_Link_Library|DLL]-files: RealMedia, QuickTime, WMV9/WMA9, VP4/5/6), and the sources are synced at regular intervals. Here's a list of supported formats.
- Container formats: 3gp, AVI, ASF, FLV, Matroska, MOV, MP4, NUT, Ogg, OGM, RealMedia
- Video codecs: 3ivx, Cinepak, DivX, DV, H.263, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, HuffYUV, Indeo, MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, RealVideo, Sorenson, Theora, WMV, XviD
- Audio codecs: AAC, AC3, ALAC, AMR, FLAC, MP3, RealAudio, Shorten, Speex, Vorbis and WMA.
The second is a in-house developed DVD-player for DVD-Video movies, including the support of DVD-menus, (based on the open source libraries libcss and libdvdnav). This 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 libraries, libmpeg2, libdca, and liba52 respectivly). One relativly unusual feature of this DVD-player core is the capability to parse and play DVD-Video movies that are stored in ISO and IMG DVD-images, and DVD-Video movies that are stored as DVD-Video files (IFO/VOB) on a harddrive or network-share, and also images in RAR and ZIP archives.
On the audio side, XBMC includes it's own in-house developed player: PAPlayer (Psycho-acoustic Audio Player). Some of this cores most notable features are resampling to the Xbox's native audio frequency (48 kHz), Gapless playback, crossfading, ReplayGain, Cue Sheet and Ogg Chapter support. It handles a very large variety of sound files: MP2, MP3, OGG (Vorbis), MPC, LC-AAC, AAC+, APE, FLAC, WavPack, SHN (Shorten), WAV, DTS, AC3, CDDA, WMA, IT, S3M, MOD (Amiga Module), XM, NSF (NES Sound Format), SPC (SNES), GYM (Genesis), SID (Commodore 64), Adlib, YM (Atari ST), ADPCM (GameCube). It also supports many different tagging standards: APEv1, APEv2, ID3v1, ID3v2, ID666 and Vorbis Comments.
XBMC also handles many picture/image formats with the options of panning/zooming and slideshows, with the use of CxImage. Supported formats are: BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, MNG, ICO, PCX and Targa.
Legality
Although XBMC is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), it is written for use with Microsoft's XDK and so is not legally available as an executable program to non-official Microsoft game-publishers. Users are encouraged to compile their own binaries from the public CVS repository using the XDK, rather than downloading a questionable illegally released executable. XBMC's full source code is however legal 'as is' and is available on SourceForge.
External links
- XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) official website
- XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) official mirror-site
- XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) official community forums
- XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) 'new' official online-manual (wiki-based)
- XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) 'old' official online-manual (wiki-based)
- XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) official SourceForge.net project (CVS/source-code/patches//tools/bug-tracker/feature-requests)
- XBMC community forums @ xbox-scene.com (unofficial but affilated by shared moderators)
- What's Up With XBMC (unofficial)
- XBMC Plugin Scripts
- XBMC chat room (IRC)
- XBMC skin download site
- another XBMC skinning site
- Review on tomshardware.com
- Review on tvharmony.com
- Review in Hardcore Gamer Magazine (Volume 1, Issue 3, August 2005)
- Transform an Xbox into the ultimate media center - A step-by-step guide how to softmod your Xbox on ProductWiki
- How to use a Mac to setup XBMC
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