Install XBMC 12.3 Frodo in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy/13.04 Raring/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/11.10 Oneiric/Linux Mint 16/15/14/13/12 and Previous XBMC version in Previous Ubuntu versions
XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. Created in 2003 by a group of like minded programmers, XBMC is a non-profit project run and developed by volunteers located around the world. More than 50 software developers have contributed to XBMC, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages.
XBMC feels very natural to use from the couch and is the ideal solution for your home theater.
Currently XBMC can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formats around. It was designed for network playback, so you can stream your multimedia from anywhere in the house or directly from the internet using practically any protocol available. Use your media as-is: XBMC can play CDs and DVDs directly from the disk or image file, almost all popular archive formats from your hard drive, and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives. It will even scan all of your media and automatically create a personalized library complete with box covers, descriptions, and fanart. There are playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast feature and many audio visualizations. Once installed, your computer will become a fully functional multimedia jukebox.
Features for XBMC 12 include:
Changelog of XBMC 12.3 'Frodo':
To install XBMC 12.3 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
That's it
XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. Created in 2003 by a group of like minded programmers, XBMC is a non-profit project run and developed by volunteers located around the world. More than 50 software developers have contributed to XBMC, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages.
Currently XBMC can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formats around. It was designed for network playback, so you can stream your multimedia from anywhere in the house or directly from the internet using practically any protocol available. Use your media as-is: XBMC can play CDs and DVDs directly from the disk or image file, almost all popular archive formats from your hard drive, and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives. It will even scan all of your media and automatically create a personalized library complete with box covers, descriptions, and fanart. There are playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast feature and many audio visualizations. Once installed, your computer will become a fully functional multimedia jukebox.
Features for XBMC 12 include:
- HD audio support, including DTS-MA and Dolby True-HD, via the new XBMC AudioEngine
- Live TV and PVR support
- h.264 10bit (aka Hi10P) video software decoding for anime
- 64bit support in OSX to match the 64bit support in Linux
- Improved image support, allowing the database to accomodate numerous additional image types and more interesting and complex skins
- Support for the Raspberry PI
- Initial support for the Android platform
- Improved AirPlay support across all platforms, including AirPlay audio in XBMC for Windows to match the other platforms
- Improved controller support in Windows and Linux
- Advanced Filtering in the library
- Video library tags to complement movie sets
- Advanced UPnP sharing
- Default video languages now match the language being used by XBMC
- Translations now powered by Transifex
Changelog of XBMC 12.3 'Frodo':
- Removed unnecessary gl ifdef.
- Dvdplayer: move CanSeek/CanPause to seekable interface.
- Dvdplayer: disable seeking and pause for udp/rtp and seek for tcp.
- Dvdplayer: move navigator state into IMenus.
- Re-get details from nfo file after advancing to first episodedetails.
- Fix color index overflow by reuse existed color in the vector.
- Fix undefined reference caused by wrong detection of gcc builtin atom.
- Avoid detect folder.jpg under 'add' item.
- Check exists before listing dir, to avoid produce error log.
- Fixed: when doing a format conversion from float to 32 bit int.
- Read CD audio USB drive bug fixed.
- Fixed: do not send Range request header when encounter error.
- Linux: fix handling of zombie processes.
- Pvr: fix channel switch for addons using other stream.
- Sync add-ons * opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr-addons#178 * opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr-add...
- Generate stable DVD disk IDs by performing CSS first.
- Get and use correct (removable://) file record from database Fixes DV.
- Fix regression (stuck ringbuffer after 46min, 62min, 180min - depen.
- Fix race in 2 threads consuming the ringbuffer.
- SoftAE: Fix A/V sync issues caused by wrong buffer time calculation.
- Fix bt keyboard support (fixes space, tab, esc, enter and modifier.
- Fixed bug with arial.ttf
- Fixed resource leak.
- Fixed: fixed memory leaks.
- Linux - fix wrong local FileTime due to not honoring daylight saving.
- Fixed: Event server code for remote mouse with event client protocol.
- Fixed: Video chapter seek handling didn't work properly.
- Webserver: fix crash on HTTP GET arguments without a "=".
To install XBMC 12.3 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
Source: XBMC
