XBMC 13.2 Gotham for Apple TV 2 is out

Roshan — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:44:06 +0000

The final version of XBMC 13 Gotham (and in fact the final version of XBMC itself), is now available and ready to sneak into your Apple TV 2. XBMC 13.2 Gotham will be the last update of the popular software to bear the iconic name, as the team confirmed that all future updates will be known by the new name Kodi Entertainment Center.

The update, however, brings only a bunch of bug fixes & stability improvements, and not any new features. And so, you will be able to install it directly on top of your previous Gotham installations. Most of the improvements are directed towards OS X and Android while other general fixes (below) will appear on Apple TV also.

Fixes done in XBMC 13.2 Gotham

Bitstream conversion fix for some BD mkv iso rips

Fix labelcontrols with autowidth set were always marked as dirty (re-render)

Update included PVR add-on

Fix FTP TLS not working

Fix onplaybackstarted event for external players

GetText and delete sound option for add-on developers

Fix wrong sample-rate selection on OSX

Fix overlapping subtitles

Fix accented letters. Example: “VARIéS” rather than “VARIÉS”

Prompt for master pin in case the add-on manager is locked

Update GUI translations

Update included add-ons

Fixed several bugs and memory leaks

Team XBMC has also included an Importance Notice section to the announcement, which we highly recommend you read before updating to XBMC 13.2 Gotham. You can find the post here.

Apple TV 2 users can download Gotham 13.2 here.

Apple TV 1 users can get XBMC 13.2 Gotham via OpenElec.

If you’re a developer or consider yourself a tech geek, you can also check out the Kodi 14 Helix Alpha 2 for Apple TV.

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Kodi (former XBMC) 14 Helix alpha 2 for Apple TV 2 is now available

Roshan — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:28:16 +0000

As reported earlier, the popular open source software media player XBMC has changed its name to Kodi Entertainment Center, making Kodi 14 Helix the successor to XBMC 13 Gotham. It’s roughly been a week since the official announcement and the team has already rolled out the first iteration in the form of Kodi 14 Helix alpha 2.

Helix’s description states that Kodi 14 is more of a stability and performance update and is not directed to bring new features or an interface overhaul. Yet, a few noteworthy changes do find its way to Helix.

They include better codec support, especially h.265 and VP9, library improvements (like faster media scan and better UPnP communications), support for more Android chipsets, better AirPlay on the iOS app, backward compatible add-ons and a couple of new skins.

Besides, the clients on Windows, OS X and Linus will receive huge improvements.

The changelog for Kodi 14 is 12 pages long and contains 333 changes so far. Needless to say, they can’t all be summarized here, but a few additional items worth noting include:

Update PVR add-ons

Start of redesigning the PVR windows

Various improvements to the Audio Engine, with the OSX platform as great beneficiary.

Improvements to the GUI skinning engine

Extended JSON-RPC interface

Countless smaller and larger bug-fixes throughout the program and vast improvements in every area. This should improve memory usage, stability, speed and user friendliness.

Add-ons are still compatible up to the Frodo versions.

Skins are partially still compatible, however to fully function they will need to be updated to latest changes. Expect breakage here.”

Read the complete changelog here.

The release includes Helix for Apple TV 2 too. You’ll find the links for the download and detailed instructions on setting up Helix here.

However, please beware that this is one of the earliest builds of the software you can get your hands on. This version might have some serious bugs and stability issues. So only users who know what they’re doing should attempt the installation and that too, after making sure that you’ve backed up all your contents – “ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR USERDATA FOLDER WHEN USING DEVELOPMENT BUILDS!” Others are recommended to wait for the public release of Kodi 14.

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