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| [[Team-XBMC]] have [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting ported] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBMC XBMC Media Center] software to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X Mac OS X] over a year ago (for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL OpenGL] using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer SDL toolkit]), this port is almost as feature complete as XBMC for any other platform and it is currently running very well and stable enough for all people to enjoy using it. The long term goal of [[Team-XBMC]] is that [http://xbmc.org/download downloading XBMC for Mac] will become a full port of XBMC with [[XBMC Features and Supported Formats/Codecs|all the features and functions that are available on all other XBMC platforms]] ''(with the exception of Xbox exclusive functionality such as [[Using Trainers|Trainers]], Xbox Game-Save Manager, launching Xbox Games, etc.)'', so [http://xbmc.org/download downloading XBMC for Mac] will be one version of a multi-platform software.
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| | <section begin="intro" />Team Kodi (formerly called Team-XBMC) first ported XBMC Media Center software to Mac OS X in 2008, and the whole project cross-platform application was renamed to Kodi in 2014. Kodi itself is a huge open source project and it takes loads of people working together to maintain it for all platforms, that is why Team Kodi is always on the lookout for C/C++ programmers to volunteer in assisting us with the development of Kodi. Whether you have contributed to the Kodi/XBMC project in the past or not, please consider doing so now.<section end="intro" /> |
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| XBMC is a huge open source project and it takes loads of people working together to maintain it for all platforms, that is why [[Team-XBMC]] is always on the lookout for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language C/C++ programmers] to volunteer in assisting us with the development of XBMC. Whether you have contributed to [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmc The XBMC Project] in the past or not, please consider doing so now.
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| :'''Note to XBMC end-users!''' You can help too by [http://xbmc.org/download downloading XBMC for Mac], testing it, and [[HOW-TO Submit a Proper Bug Report|reporting bugs and issues]]. Also, spread the word about [http://xbmc.org/download XBMC for Mac] to your friends and family, we are sure they will enjoy it too. XBMC is free and do not contain any spy-ware nor add-ware.
| | == End-users (non-programmers) == |
| | You can help too by downloading Kodi for OS X, testing it, and [[HOW-TO:Submit_a_bug_report|reporting bugs and issues]]. Also, spread the word about Kodi for OS X (and other platforms) to your friends and family, we are sure they will enjoy it too. |
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| Those of you who are completely unfamiliar with XBMC can get a good overview of the features and functions that XBMC offers for its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-user end-users] by reading through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBMC XBMC article on wikipedia.org]
| | == Developers (programmers) == |
| | You should be proficient in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language C/C++ programming language], and although not really required knowledge of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL OpenGL] or other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia multimedia] programming is a plus, as well as prior [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-platform cross-platform] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting porting] development experience. |
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| =What is XBMC and why was it ported to Mac OS X?=
| | The '''Mac OS X development platform''' is [[Compiling Kodi]]. |
| '''XBMC''' (formerly called "XBox Media Center", not to be confused with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Center_Extender Microsoft's Windows Media Center Extender for the Xbox]) is an award-winning free and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open source] media center and audio/video player, originally designed to run on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox Xbox game-console]. The GPL licensed source code basically consist of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_framework GUI framework] that has been written from scratch by [[Team-XBMC]], this GUI acts as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front-end front-end control interface] for several audio/video players designed for specific purposes (and those are loaded when needed as DLLs), the GUI is also the user interface to [[XBMC Features and Supported Formats/Codecs|all of XBMC multimedia handling functions such as databases and sorting, etc.]]. [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmc The XBMC Project], (who's members maintain XBMC source code), is a non-profit open source hobby project that is developed by volunteers in their spare-time without any monetary gain. The team of developers working on XBMC have always encouraged anyone to submit your own source code patches for new [[XBMC_Features_and_Supported_Formats/Codecs|features or functions]], improve on existing ones, or fix bugs.
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| =Where to start helping out?=
| | == Hardware requirements == |
| ==End-users (non-programmers)== | | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86 32-bit Intel (x86-processor) with Mac OS X 10.7 (Leon), and a ATI Radeon 9200/X1600, Intel GMA950, or NVIDIA 6-Series [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Processing_Unit 3D GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)], or later, (Kodi GUI requires at least OpenGL 1.3 support to run smoothly at an acceptable frame-rate in standard-definition, to run Kodi high-definition a more modern GPU is recommended). |
| You can help too by [http://xbmc.org/download downloading XBMC for Mac], testing it, and [[HOW-TO Submit a Proper Bug Report|reporting bugs and issues]]. Also, spread the word about [http://xbmc.org/download XBMC for Mac] to your friends and family, we are sure they will enjoy it too.
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| ==Developers (programmers)== | | == Detailed technical information == |
| You should be proficient in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language C/C++ programming language], and allthough not really required knowledge of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL OpenGL] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia multimedia] programming is a plus, as well as prior [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-platform cross-platform] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting porting] development experience. You will not need to have access to an Xbox game-console or any costly special software in order to take part. XBMC development of this port is well underway for [[HOW-TO compile XBMC for Mac OS X from source code|Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) 32-bit x86-Intel or PPC (PowerPC)]].
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| The '''Mac OS X development platform''' is [[HOW-TO compile XBMC for Mac OS X from source code|Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) 32-bit x86-Intel or PPC (PowerPC)]]. There are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcode Xcode] (and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_%28software%29 Eclipse]) project files available in our [http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=87054 SVN (Subversion revision control system)]. After you've done a [http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=87054 SVN checkout], follow the install guide in the SVN ([[HOW-TO compile XBMC for Mac OS X from source code|README.osx]]) to setup the required packages and so on. Team-XBMC developers think that the best thing to start with is just to take a look through the source code and try to understand how it all fits together. Test things out, find what works and what does not, then try and track down why. | | == Source code == |
| | The Kodi source code is in the XBMC Foundation [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc git repository on github.com]. Full instructions for compiling/builing Kodi under Mac is available here: |
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| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86 32-bit Intel (x86-processor) or PPC (PowerPC) based computer] with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), and a ATI Radeon 9200/X1600, Intel GMA950, or NVIDIA 6-Series [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Processing_Unit 3D GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)], or later, (XBMC GUI requires at least OpenGL 1.3 support to run smoothly at an acceptable frame-rate in standard-definition, to run XBMC high-definition a more modern GPU is recommended).
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| ==XBMC for Mac OS X port project FAQ for developers==
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| ===Can non-Mac OS X developers also help?===
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| XBMC can also be compiled for [[HOW-TO compile XBMC for Linux from source code|Linux]] and [[HOW-TO compile XBMC for Windows from source code|Microsoft Windows]] operating-systems.
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| * [[XBMC for Linux port project]]
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| ** [[HOW-TO compile XBMC for Linux from source code]]
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| * [[XBMC for Windows port project]]
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| ** [[HOW-TO compile XBMC for Windows from source code]]
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| ===Why is OpenGL 2.0 recommended for XBMC?===
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| OpenGL 2.0 is not the current minimum requirement to run XBMC for Mac OS X, as XBMC will today run with only OpenGL 1.3 + [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLSL GLSL] support (everything else has fall-backs to be runned in software on the CPU, slower than GPU hardware though), however if the future XBMC might be able to take futher advantage of OpenGL 2.0 to speed up video decoding and such.
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| * Any deinterlacing that is not linear blending (which FFmpeg does in software)
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| * Video [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_post-processing video post-processing filtering] (bicubic upscaling, etc.)
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| * Non-power of two textures for the GUI (using NPOT saves a lot of texture memory)
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| * Hardware accelerated YUV 2 RGB conversion (actually GLSL is needed for this, and a few GPU hardware implementations as low as OpenGL 1.3 does provide GLSL as an extension. OpenGL 2.0 guarantees availability of GLSL).
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| :'''In the future OpenGL 2.0 might also be needed for:'''
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| * More [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_post-processing video post-processing filters] to improve visual quality perception.
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| * [[Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding]] (using the GPU hardware to assist with video decoding)
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| =Other tools and resources=
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| Though any other tools or resources are not required they can possibly help in development.
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| * [[HOW-TO compile XBMC for Mac OS X from source code]]
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| * [[Eclipse CDT Setup For XBMC Development]]
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| ==Development Tools==
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| * [http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/ Doxygen] - Source code documentation generator tool.
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| =Technical summary of XBMC=
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| ==The basics==
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| The XBMC code structure uses a fairly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module_%28programming%29 modular design] (with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_%28computing%29 libraries] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic-link_library DLL]s), and we think that there are enough modules/libraries to keep a wide skill-level range of developers busy for a while in the porting of them all. So please, take a look at the source code, then with the help of our To-Do list (see further down in this article) assess where the porting stage is today and think about where and how you can try to help out. Note that we are not planning on completely abandoning the Xbox hardware any time soon - XBMC will be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-platform cross-platform] software application, using the same code on multiple hardware platforms, (the 'old' Xbox still have a good amount of years to live we hope).
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| ==Detailed technical information==
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| For more details please visit the [[Development Notes]] section of this manual.
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| ==The XBMC source code==
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| The XBMC source code is in our SVN repository on sourceforge.net. Full instructions for compiling/builing XBMC under Mac is available here:
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| * [[HOW-TO compile XBMC for Mac OS X from source code]]
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| =To-Do list for the Mac OS X port=
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| This is a '''To-Do list''' of things that still need to be done in XBMC for '''Mac OS X''', anyone is more than welcome to help out with any of these tasks:
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| ====Cleanup To-Do Tasks====
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| * [CLEANUP - ALWAYS AN ONGOING PROCESS] Document (doxygenize) all of the current/existing code (using [http://www.doxygen.org doxygen])
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| * [CLEANUP - ALWAYS AN ONGOING PROCESS] debugging (also back-port any fixes to the Xbox branch)
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| =Mentors=
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| Mentors are developers from [[Team XBMC and Others|Team-XBMC]] and members of [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmc The XBMC Project] that have volunteered to assist and mentor non-official XBMC developers in any non-trivial way they can, helping you by checking, commenting and committing your code patches to our SVN source code tree. These mentors have chosen an area they prefer to specialize in, usually this is an area in which they feel they have most interest, knowledge, and expertise in. Initial [[HOW-TO submit a patch|patches are welcome]], and can and will be merged by the team. If you wish to [[Apply to join the Official XBMC Development-Team|join the team in an official capacity]], please let us know.
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| ==Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows port mentors and developers==
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| If you are a C/C++ programmer expert, porting specialist or guru and like to volunteer as a ''''third-party'''' mentor and/or developer then please let us know.
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| ====Mac OS X Mentors (also lead developers)====
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| * [[User:Davilla|Davilla]]: Everything Mac OS X
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| * [[User:D4rk|D4rk]]: OpenGL, other Mac OS X and Linux stuff
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| * [[User:malloc|malloc]]: Everything Mac OS X and Linux
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| * [[User:Vulkanr|Vulkanr]]: Everything Mac OS X and Linux
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| ===Linux Mentors (also lead developers)===
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| * [[User:Yuvalt|Yuvalt]]: Everything Linux
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| * [[User:Vulkanr|Vulkanr]]: Everything Linux and Mac OS X
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| * [[User:Jmarshall|JMarshall]]: Anything GUI related, Music Library, Video Library, PAPlayer, etc.
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| * [[User:D4rk|D4rk]]: OpenGL, other Linux and Mac OS X stuff
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| * [[User:Elupus|Elupus]]: DllLoader, Mplayer and DVDPlayer
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| * [[User:Spiff|Spiff]]: Anything other than DllLoader/MPlayer/DVDPlayer internals.
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| * [[User:monkeyman 67156|monkeyman 67156]]: Everything Linux
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| * [[User:Topfs2|Topfs2]]: Everything Linux
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| * [[User:malloc|malloc]]: Everything Linux and Mac OS X
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| * [[User:WiSo|WiSo]]: Everything Win32 (SDL, not DirectX)
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| * [[User:Chadoe|Chadoe (a.k.a. Charly)]] - Everything Win32 (SDL, not DirectX)
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| * [[User:Jmarshall|JMarshall]]: Anything GUI related, Music Library, Video Library, PAPlayer, etc.
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| These are developers forums for XBMC development, (programmers/coders only!).<br>
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| Respect, these are not for posting feature-requests or end-user support requests!
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| * IRC: [irc://irc.freenode.net/xbmc-osx #xbmc-osx on freenode] official [http://freenode.net IRC network channel] for the XBMC Mac OS X port
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| * IRC: [irc://irc.freenode.net/xbmc-linux #xbmc-linux on freenode] official [http://freenode.net IRC network channel] for the XBMC Linux port project
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| **(You may also sometimes find developers hanging out at [irc://irc.freenode.net/xbmc #xbmc on freenode])
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| * [http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?f=57 XBMC for Mac OS X port Community-Forum for developers only]
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| ** [http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?f=56 XBMC for Mac OS X port Community-Forum for end-users (unmoderated so far)]
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| * [http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?f=41 XBMC for Linux port Community-Forum for developers only]
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| ** [http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?f=52 XBMC for Linux port Community-Forum for end-users (unmoderated so far)]
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| * [http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?f=58 XBMC for Windows port Community-Forum for developers only]
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| ** [http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?f=59 XBMC for Windows port Community-Forum for end-users (unmoderated so far)]
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| * [[HOW-TO submit a patch]] (where and how to submit source code)
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| [[category:Google Summer of Code]]
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