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I am surprised no one has posted comments regarding XBMC, now available for appletv2. Has anyone tried it yet? According to engadget video playback at 1080p seems choppy. Personally I am excited about this... the cheapest xmbc player available!
I am thinking of waiting for the next iteration of appletv and putting XBMC on it. So then finally I'll be able to play any video file that I want, irrespective of codec. Any one brave enough to try XBMC on AppleTV2 and posting your impressions please? Last edited by Brad : 2011-01-22 at 02:59. Reason: XBMC, not XMBC |
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Join Date: May 2004
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Why is XMBC good?
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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It's XBMC, not XMBC. The name is an acronym for Xbox Media Center, it's original incarnation.
XBMC is a mature media center application that has a customizable UI, supports many media formats, allows you to stream from network filesystems, can play CDs and DVDs directly (including from images or ripped folders), etc. etc. There's a lot it can do. http://xbmc.org/ Some screenshots of the app in its default skin: http://xbmc.org/skins/confluence/ The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Join Date: May 2004
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Cool, so it's just an interface to use your non iTunes content then.
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It can also be enhanced with PVR functionality, an EPG, and so forth, though obviously that doesn't work well on an Apple TV.
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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It would be a cool courtesy if technology titles could written out once before using acronyms so that we needn't have to Google stuff. Stuff like EPG.... whatever that is
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: "Chambana", IL
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Oops. Sorry about the XMBC XBMC mistake. Not that it is an excuse but I had been in lab for a long time by then. It is kind of embarrassing.
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