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[[Team-XBMC]] have [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting ported] the [[XBMC Media Center]] software to Mac OS X some time ago.
<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" />
 
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.
 


Those of you who are completely unfamiliar with XBMC can get a good overview of it on '''[[XBMC]]''' and '''[[XBMC FAQ]]'''.


== End-users (non-programmers) ==
== End-users (non-programmers) ==
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.
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.


== Developers (programmers) ==
== Developers (programmers) ==
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)]].
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.


The '''Mac OS X development platform''' is [[HOW-TO compile XBMC for Mac OS X from source code|Mac OS X 10.6 32-bit x86-Intel]]. 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.
The '''Mac OS X development platform''' is [[Compiling Kodi]].


== Hardware requirements ==
== Hardware requirements ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86 32-bit Intel (x86-processor) with Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), 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).
* [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).


== XBMC for Mac OS X port project FAQ for developers ==
== Detailed technical information ==
For more details please visit the [[Development]] section of this manual.


=== Why is OpenGL 2.0 recommended for XBMC? ===
== Source code ==
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.  
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:
* [[Compiling Kodi]]


:'''Currently OpenGL 2.0 hardware is only needed for:'''
* Any deinterlacing that is not linear blending (which FFmpeg does in software)
* Video [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_post-processing video post-processing filtering] (bicubic upscaling, etc.)
* Non-power of two textures for the GUI (using NPOT saves a lot of texture memory)
* 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).
:'''In the future OpenGL 2.0 might also be needed for:'''
* More [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_post-processing video post-processing filters] to improve visual quality perception.
* [[Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding]] (using the GPU hardware to assist with video decoding)


==See also==
* [[HOW-TO submit a patch]] (where and how to submit source code)
* [[Mac FAQ]]


[[Category:Development]]
[[Category:Apple]]
[[Category:Mac OS X]]
[[Category:Apple TV 1]]
[[Category:XBMC Manual]]

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Development:

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.


End-users (non-programmers)

You can help too by downloading Kodi for OS X, testing it, and 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.

Developers (programmers)

You should be proficient in C/C++ programming language, and although not really required knowledge of OpenGL or other multimedia programming is a plus, as well as prior cross-platform or porting development experience.

The Mac OS X development platform is Compiling Kodi.

Hardware requirements

Detailed technical information

For more details please visit the Development section of this manual.

Source code

The Kodi source code is in the XBMC Foundation git repository on github.com. Full instructions for compiling/builing Kodi under Mac is available here:

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