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ironlung · 2011-01-21, 18:57

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?

Messiahtosh · 2011-01-22, 02:40

Why is XMBC good?

Brad · 2011-01-22, 02:58

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/

chucker · 2011-01-22, 04:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Messiahtosh

Why is XMBC good?

It gives users more flexibility to play other codecs and such. Less tight integration with iTunes required.

Messiahtosh · 2011-01-22, 06:37

Cool, so it's just an interface to use your non iTunes content then.

chucker · 2011-01-22, 06:43

It can also be enhanced with PVR functionality, an EPG, and so forth, though obviously that doesn't work well on an Apple TV.

drewprops · 2011-01-22, 09:06

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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chucker · 2011-01-22, 09:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by drewprops

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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Personal Video Recorder; Electronic Program Guide. I don't use either of those because TV* is legacy to me, but they seem to be commonly used in the US.

*) Oh noes; another initialism.

ironlung · 2011-01-22, 14:44

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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