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post #1 of 59
1/29/13 at 7:51am
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The new version of XBMC (v12) has just been released but wait a bit before you all rush to download it as the servers are very slow at the moment.

David
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post #2 of 59
1/29/13 at 8:19am
Link?
Changelog?
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post #3 of 59
1/29/13 at 8:25am
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Link?
Changelog?

xbmc.org is overloaded right now. A little more info here.
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post #4 of 59
1/29/13 at 8:46am
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Link?
Changelog?

I didn't add links as I expect you all know where to get XBMC from, plus the site is very slow due to the number of downloads so the links wouldn't have worked anyway, or at best been excruciatingly slow.

David
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post #5 of 59
1/29/13 at 8:50am
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I have just upgraded from Frodo RC3 without a hitch. Upgrading from Eden has also gone without issues however, I use Aeon Nox skin and when that updates to v4 the media artwork takes ages to update.

David
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post #6 of 59
1/29/13 at 9:04am
What the newer better about it ???
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post #7 of 59
1/29/13 at 9:04am
it says that it has support for DTS-MA and TrueHD, and it also says that it has support for Raspberry Pi. So does that mean that those two formats work on the Pi? I had been under the impression that they did not.
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post #8 of 59
1/29/13 at 9:08am
Nope, they don`t work on the Rpi yet as far as i know. ALso, they don`t work on

- Android
- iOS
- OS X
- AMD GPUs on Linux (limitations of the current Linux drivers provided by AMD)
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post #9 of 59
1/29/13 at 9:13am
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What the newer better about it ???

Have a look in the link on post #3 above.

David
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post #10 of 59
1/29/13 at 10:03am
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Have a look in the link on post #3 above.

David
Thank you!


Yes I missed that tiny hyperlink smile.gif

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post #11 of 59
1/29/13 at 10:04am
Any info on how to integrate MPC-HC, LAV or madVR filters with this new version of XBMC?

I'd love to be using this software for its interface and support, but the video player blows. That's the most important part!

Thanks for any info. In the meantime I'm going to be investigating a jriver solution (http://www.jriver.com/video.html)
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post #12 of 59
1/29/13 at 10:08am
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Any info on how to integrate MPC-HC, LAV or madVR filters with this new version of XBMC?

I'd love to be using this software for its interface and support, but the video player blows. That's the most important part!

Thanks for any info. In the meantime I'm going to be investigating a jriver solution (http://www.jriver.com/video.html)

There were definitely solutions for 11.0. I don't know about 12.0. The video player hardly "blows" though. It's not as good as MadVR, but will be more than sufficient for 99% of people.
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post #13 of 59
1/29/13 at 10:11am
Why do people like MPC-HC so much ???
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post #14 of 59
1/29/13 at 10:16am
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Why do people like MPC-HC so much ???

Control. You can specify your own splitter, decoder, renderer, etc.
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post #15 of 59
1/29/13 at 10:18am
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Originally Posted by letsgetsilly View Post

Any info on how to integrate MPC-HC, LAV or madVR filters with this new version of XBMC?

I'd love to be using this software for its interface and support, but the video player blows. That's the most important part!

Thanks for any info. In the meantime I'm going to be investigating a jriver solution (http://www.jriver.com/video.html)

Go to the xbmc wiki and check out external player.
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post #16 of 59
1/29/13 at 11:05am
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Why do people like MPC-HC so much ???

I'm one of those nuts who believe the Madvr makes a difference and that the audio is better with Lav+reclock (though maybe not the case anymore with the audio).

Also yea control.

But I do love the XBMC interface and how certain skins can put overlays with cool info and art.
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post #17 of 59
1/29/13 at 12:04pm
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I'm one of those nuts who believe the Madvr makes a difference and that the audio is better with Lav+reclock (though maybe not the case anymore with the audio).

Also yea control.

But I do love the XBMC interface and how certain skins can put overlays with cool info and art.

I used to be one of those MPC-HC + Madvr +Lav nuts but over time my eyesight is not as good as it used to be (I can't tell the difference anymore even on my 82" TV) so I traded for the ease of use and the abilty to "control everything with a remote" of XBMC plus everything else that it brings to the table.
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post #18 of 59
1/29/13 at 1:04pm
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Control. You can specify your own splitter, decoder, renderer, etc.

There is a build out there that lets you fine tune these things within the default player, Eduard_K's dsplayer-xbmc http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=DSPlayer
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post #19 of 59
1/29/13 at 1:05pm
Also, the feature freeze was back in November, so nothing newer than the things I've been swooning about here for the past couple months smile.gif
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post #20 of 59
1/29/13 at 1:35pm
So it's just beta has become official frodo .... ?
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post #21 of 59
1/29/13 at 1:50pm
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So it's just beta has become official frodo .... ?

The release candidate is no longer a candidate wink.gif
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post #22 of 59
1/29/13 at 1:53pm
Basically it`s RC3 with some bugfixes (including a nasty bug under Linux with the new Audio Engine) smile.gif. Geez, those servers are getting hammered, i can`t even get on the forum smile.gif
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post #23 of 59
1/29/13 at 5:17pm
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I'd love to be using this software for its interface and support, but the video player blows. That's the most important part!

The video player looked amazing on 12.0 to me.
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post #24 of 59
1/29/13 at 5:33pm
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The video player looked amazing on 12.0 to me.

It's average ... And acceptable to most
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post #25 of 59
1/29/13 at 5:36pm
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It's average ... And acceptable to most

What's above average?
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post #26 of 59
1/30/13 at 5:23am
Jriver or mpcHc with all the extras.

I'd imagine something along lines of MADVR + reclock and/or SVP
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post #27 of 59
1/30/13 at 5:23am
Personally I value a slick front end over absolute playback quality
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post #28 of 59
1/30/13 at 5:47am
See you've been at the weed again smile.gif - slick front end and jriver just don't sit well together. It is certainly a far superior playback application, but it can't hold a candle to xbmc in the slick/eye candy stakes, if that's what you mean.
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post #29 of 59
1/30/13 at 5:51am
It provides the same quality as MPC-HC with LAV filters and EVR (not MadVR) . MadVR is what i would call "ultimate" , not "above average". MadVR does kick the crap out of anything else when it comes to upscaling capabilities smile.gif
Edited by GreenEyez - 1/30/13 at 5:57am
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post #30 of 59
1/30/13 at 5:55am
I have yet to get my HTPC set up, but was just wondering about seamless branching. How would XBMC play back a seamless branching blu-ray ISO without a full BD menu?

Thanks
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