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the t3ch build of XBMC Atlantis (beta1) is available now!
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20-09-2008 11:22pm#1I'm not sure if posting links would be frowned upon, so I'd recommend not doing it in the thread just to be on the safe side.
So, it's out and it's pretty damn good.XBMC ‘Atlantis’ Beta 1 released - now serving all common platforms
Bookmark and Share By Team XBMC, posted September 18, 2008 2:02 pm
Team-XBMC is proud to announce the first cross-platform Beta version of XBMC media center for Linux, Mac OS X (Leopard and Tiger), Windows, and Xbox, in preparation for the upcoming stable release of XBMC, code named ‘Atlantis’. There are three important news items associated with this release:
1. The first item that is new in this release is the brand new skin “PM3.HD”, a high-definition tribute to Project Mayhem III, which will be gracing screens as the default skin on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. Xbox users can, of course, choose to use this skin if they wish as well, and the original Project Mayhem III skin is still packaged with Beta 1 for those who prefer the old-school look. This is in addition to the already awesome selection of skins available for XBMC.
2. The second item is the initial release of “XBMC Live“, a bootable CD which gives users the opportunity to try XBMC on their computer, without touching their harddrive. In addition, XBMC Live allows installation of XBMC, complete with an operating system, onto a USB flash memory sticks for a permanent, fast booting, dedicated set-top-box style installation of XBMC. XBMC Live is designed to support Microsoft’s MCE Remote and USB receiver out-of-the-box.
3. The third item is that the XBMC for Mac release now has initial support for integrating iTunes and iPhoto media into XBMC. For more information on this, please read this developers blog entry; “iTunes and iPhoto integration in XBMC“. The Mac release of Beta 1 also comes bundled with a bonus skin for XBMC, and that is MediaStream by Team Razorfish, (this skin can, of course, be downloaded and installed on all XBMC platforms, like all other XBMC skins).
You should know that XBMC ‘Atlantis’ is still in a feature freeze, the final release of which is scheduled for October, and we really need your help in order to make ‘Atlantis’ as stable as possible. We encourage all users to download and use this Beta release in preference to using SVN or the Alpha builds, and test it thoroughly, reporting all bugs to our tracking system.
We would also appreciate any and all assistance in making sure that the online manual and FAQ are as up to date as possible. Both the online manual and FAQ are wiki based so just register and request write access if you wish to contribute. In addition, translations and updates of XBMC language files is another area where help would be appreciated.
Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the XBMC community for the great feedback in terms of bug reports and usability suggestions. Without your assistance, we would never be able to make XBMC as solid and stable as it is right now.
I've only had a couple of hours to play with it, but so far I really like it, particularly the PM3.HD skin but there's lots of other tweaks too.1
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XBMC gone live? I cannae believe it! Nice one. Think ill download the windows edition now, Mac and live/linux when its stable and when i have a new HD and 4870 kexts for mac.
TYVM vibe.
Edit: omg the library!! Its sloowing down mah PC to the point of text input having latency!! (library update in progress)
Very strange. My system is fairly new and fairly nice.
I dont think its performing well with dual core systems, although its probably the same with other systems and library updating.....and it is beta.0 -
i haven't even got to thinking about a PC setup yet, but the live distro seems like a welcome addition to try it out. it's still only just out of Alpha so it's bound to have a few bumps in it yet. the one thing i do know though is that aside from linux itself, it's got the most dedicated community of devs of any project out there so you can bet it won't take long to have everything running 100%.
EDIT: just put it on my second xbox in the bedroom, connected to a 28" CRT telly via scart and the PM3.HD skin still looks nice.
also, my pre-atlantis userdata folder seems to work with the new build too so that's good.
as always, I'd recommend renaming the existing userdata folder from the default install of atlantis so you can then copy over your old userdata from your previous install rather than deleting anything or copying over, that way if you do run into trouble and have to start again it's still easy enough to undo.
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