Software Update: XBMC Media Center 12.3

The third update for version 12.0 of XBMC Media Center has become available. This cross platform media center software is developed for Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS and the AppleTV. In version 12, a Raspberry Pi and Android build were added. 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 64-bit build for OS X. Version 12.3 is a bug fix release and includes fixes for problems with OS X 10.9. The release notes for this release are below.

XBMC 12.3 – Frodo fixes!

It has been around seven months after the release of XBMC 12.2 and we are happy to announce XBMC 12.3 with fixes for bugs found in the 12.2 release. The list of fixes contain several bug fixes that are back-ported from the ongoing development from our 13.0 Gotham release. The list only contains fixes that are deemed critical and are relatively easy to apply to the Frodo 12.2 release without risking stability regressions. This means we are aware of several shortcomings of Frodo and trying to fix those would be to intrusive or risky to apply. This also means that 12.3 will be the last of the Frodo line and all future, major improvements will only be included in Gotham 13.0

Without further ado here’s the list of fixes included:

• OSX 10.9 Maverick fixes that appeared when it was release
• Update PVR addons
• Several PVR related bugs
• Memory leaks
• audio channel mapping
• Possible crash on progress dialog
• And more

You can read the complete list of fixes here

Dealing with OSX 10.9

As many of you may have experienced, 10.9 has caused a number of issues for our current releases. In addition to forcing us to release a 12.3 version, we’ve learned that 10.9 appears to have reset security settings. Now to install XBMC, you need to right click the application after it’s been installed and select “Open” from the list (this need only be done once).

Alternatively, you can go to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General. From there, unlock the lock at the bottom of the window and “Allow apps downloaded from: Anywhere.” This second method is the preferred method, as you will no longer be bothered for future XBMC updates.