Well everyone, looks like Alex (GreenEyez) is MIA. He didn't get to finish updating this for XBMC 12 "Frodo" so most of the content will be added soon
- Dark_Slayer, 12-8-2013
P.S. Alex if you return and want ownership back just shoot me a PM
In collaboration with www.assassinhtpc.com/
The best turn-key custom built HTPCs around
INDEX
I. Introduction
Supported Video and Audio formats
Supported containers
Supported video codecs
Supported audio codecs (decoding)
Audio passthrough (bitstreaming)
Photo Formats
Subtitle Formats
Hardware decoding on the GPU
Interface (skins)
Addons
Mobile platform remotes/Web Interfaces
Download links for XBMC
Operating Sistem support : Windows 7 / 8 & OpenELEC
Windows 7
You can find and download the official Windows 7 ISO images directly from the MS Store, using these links. These ISO images are perfectly legal since they do not include any type of serial key.
The Windows 7 USB Tool from and use it to create a bootable USB drive ( a 3GB or more USB thumb drive is required) from which you can install Windows 7.
Windows 8
Unfortunately, Microsoft has removed their direct download links from the Windows Store for Windows 8. The only download link they provide is for an evaluation copy of Windows 8 Enterprise , which works for 90 days before the trial expires and cannot be upgraded to a full install with a normal license key. The link for this evaluation copy can be found here download (32bit) or download (64bit)
OpenELEC
Key Features
Open ELEC main web page (and download links) ( download )
Hardware support
- Dark_Slayer, 12-8-2013
P.S. Alex if you return and want ownership back just shoot me a PM
In collaboration with www.assassinhtpc.com/
The best turn-key custom built HTPCs around
INDEX
I. Introduction
- Presenting XBMC
- HTPC : Audio-Video Basics
- XBMC -> Preparing your file/folder structure for XBMC
- Getting your first Addons and first Skin
- Configuring your first skin : Aeon MQ3
- Blu Ray disk support
- External Player playback
- Adding Hulu & ESPN to your XBMC install
- iOS/Android apps : Using your smartphone/tablet as a remote control
- The Web Interface
- Cinema Experience : Cinema style experience for your movies.
- Installing Plex Media Server
- Configuring the iOS/Android Plex clients
Supported Video and Audio formats
Supported containers
- MKV, Blu Ray Folder Structure / Blu Ray ISO, M2TS/TS, VOB, MPG, M4V, AVI, ASF, WMV, MP4, MOV, DVD disk
- Physical Blu Ray disk playback requires external software like Total Media Theatre or Power DVD
Supported video codecs
- H.264, VC-1, MPEG2,Xvid, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV 9
- Automatic refresh rate switching (24p/ 25Hz / 29 Hz)
Supported audio codecs (decoding)
- Dolby TrueHD, DTS, Dolby Digital (AC3), LPCM, AAC, MP3, FLAC, APE Audio, Vorbis
Audio passthrough (bitstreaming)
- DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby TrueHD , DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, LPCM
Photo Formats
- JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF
Subtitle Formats
- PGS, SRT, SUB/IDX, SSA
Hardware decoding on the GPU
- Windows : DXVA (compatible with Nvidia/Ati/Intel graphic cards)
- Linux : VDPAU (compatible with Nvidia graphic cards) / VAAPI for Intel & XBVA/VAAPI for AMD
Interface (skins)
- More then 25 beautiful themes, including Aeon MQ3 (shown in pictures below), Xperience1080p and many others.
Addons
- Over 100 addons available in the official XBMC repository + 3rd party repositories, including plugins for Netflix, Hulu, Youtube,Apple Trailers,Yahoo Trailers, Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Grooveshark
Mobile platform remotes/Web Interfaces
- Android remote (Android smarthphones & tablets)
- iOS remote (iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch)
- Windows Phone 7 remote
- 3 different web interfaces for controlling XBMC from a browser
Download links for XBMC
- XBMC 12 ("Frodo") for Windows : download
Operating Sistem support : Windows 7 / 8 & OpenELEC
Windows 7
You can find and download the official Windows 7 ISO images directly from the MS Store, using these links. These ISO images are perfectly legal since they do not include any type of serial key.
The Windows 7 USB Tool from and use it to create a bootable USB drive ( a 3GB or more USB thumb drive is required) from which you can install Windows 7.
- Windows 7 USB Tool : ( download )
Windows 8
Unfortunately, Microsoft has removed their direct download links from the Windows Store for Windows 8. The only download link they provide is for an evaluation copy of Windows 8 Enterprise , which works for 90 days before the trial expires and cannot be upgraded to a full install with a normal license key. The link for this evaluation copy can be found here download (32bit) or download (64bit)
OpenELEC
- Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center, or OpenELEC for short, is a small Linux distribution built from scratch as a platform to turn your computer into a complete XBMC media center. OpenELEC is designed to make your system boot as fast as possible and the install is so easy that anyone can turn a blank PC into a media machine in less than 15 minutes.
- The idea behind OpenELEC is to allow people to user their Home Theatre PC (HTPC) like any other device you might have attached to your TV, like a DVD player or Sky box. Instead of having to manage a full operating system, configure it and install the packages required to turn it into a hybrid media center, OpenELEC is designed to be simple to install, manage and use, making it more like running a set-top box than a full-blown computer.
Key Features
- It's completely free
- The whole system only takes up 80MB when installed
- Minimal hardware requirements
- Can easily be installed on a Compact Flash card, SD card or similar
- Optimized builds for Atom, ION, etc
- Simple configuration
- Plug and Play external storage
Open ELEC main web page (and download links) ( download )
Hardware support
- Nvidia GPUs, ranging from the first ION family to the GT6xx series cards..
- Intel CPUs (Core 2 Duo family) & Intel Core i"x" family (Sandybrige & Ivybridge) CPU/GPU combos with or without discrete graphics cards
- AMD Fusion (E450/E350 APU) support.
- AMD processors with discrete graphics cards