Software Update: XBMC Media Center 12.0 RC2

The second release candidate of version 12.0 of XBMC Media Center has become available. This cross platform media center software is developed for Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, AppleTV2, the Raspberry Pi and Android. The port for the original Xbox will be not anymore maintained by this team. Version 12.0, codenamed Frodo, contains a large number of changes. For example, there is support for HD audio, TV can be watched and recorded and there is now also a 64bit build for OS X. No new options will be added in the release candidates, but the developers will only focus on the solving problems.

XBMC 12 Frodo – Release Candidate 2

We would quickly like to take this time to announce the first release candidate for XBMC 12. 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 accommodate numerous additional image types
• Support for the Raspberry PI
• Initial support for the Android platform
• Improved Airplay support across all platforms
• Improved controller support in Windows and Linux
• Advanced Filtering in the library
• Advanced UPnP sharing
• translations now powered by Transifex.

At this point, XBMC 12 is entirely feature complete. All changes from this point forward will exclusively include fixes for replicable bugs necessary to reach final release.

Fixes between RC1 and RC2 include resolution of incorrectly disabling audio devices due to faulty detection, which should resolve all or most “audio suddenly stops altogether” complaints, along with numerous other stability enhancements and minor fixes. For the full list, visit our Github milestones for RC2. As always, please do not report bugs or other issues in Github. If you need to report a verified bug, feel free to use track.