Software Update: XBMC Media Center 13.0 Beta 3

Development of XBMC Media Center version 13.0 has reached the third beta release. This cross platform media center software is developed for Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, iOS, AppleTV and the Raspberry Pi. Version 13.0, which has been codenamed Gotham, contains a large number of changes. For example, there is hardware decoding in Android and support for 3D material, and significant improvements have been made to the audio engine. Support for Windows XP has been dropped. The release notes for beta 3 look like this:

XBMC 13.0 Gotham – Beta 3 Returns

Once again with Beta 3 we are looking at almost entirely fixes rather than features. Still, many of those fixes are worth mentioning in an abbreviated change log, and at least one is worth bringing up by name.

Ever since the release of iOS 7, Airplay support in XBMC has suffered. Fortunately, thanks to generous contributions from our users, the Foundation has been able to purchase hardware specifically for testing and development of this and related issues, and dev Memphiz appears to have finally resolved the majority of Airplay issues in this Beta release (except for Android for now). If you continue experiencing Airplay issues after installing beta 3, be certain to post about it in the forum and include a debug log.

For a full rundown of the major features of XBMC 13, as well as a review of the hazards of switching to XBMC 13, see our Beta 1 post.

Fixes

• Android hardware video decoding support added to Exynos devices (such as Odroid or Exynos
• Various video and audio playback fixes
• Skip to DVD menu has now been brought on par with the automatic skip performed by VLC
• Wii controller support on Linux
• Language and description updates
• Other fixes