Software Update: XBMC Media Center 13.0 Beta 4

Development of XBMC Media Center version 13.0 has reached the fourth 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 4 look like this:

XBMC 13.0 Gotham – Beta 4

With Beta 4 we are only looking at bug fixing rather than features. Further down we will list several of the more important fixes that have been added since last beta. Hopefully Beta 4 will be the last one, before we will enter Release Candidate stage. This means final release is nearing.

For a full run down 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. The list of all Gotham related news can be found here listing all past blog posts.

Fixes

• Fix unwanted volume restore on Airplay volume
• Fix occasional crashing on GUI language changing
• Don’t drain Wii battery by disabling motion sensing
• Fix various problems when using NFS as media source
• Restore the music background playback ability for iOS
• Improved support for Amazon Fire TV
• Fix various playback issues on Android
• Fix double application of 16-235 correction on DXVA-HD.
• Other fixes