2007-10-11, 01:47
Hi,
Here is an update on the XBMC Linux port effort for you who do not read the SVN changelog on a daily bases.
During the recent weeks we continued to improve the Linux port making it more feature rich and we are reaching the point that it will be feature complete (compared to XBMC/Xbox):
1. Web server is now working (configure port > 1024 if not running xbmc as root)
2. All XBMC skins are now working without any file renaming
3. De-interlacing
4. Digital out (ac3/dts passthrough) support
5. Screen savers (only two for now: Plasma and Solar Winds)
6. Improved video playback in terms of perfomance. We now feel we are in the same level (give or take) as mplayer.
7. Overall cleanup of Settings from XBOX specific stuff.
Issues that we are currently dealing with:
1. DVD playback
2. Video resolution changes cause weird behavior of non accessible areas with mouse, etc
3. Video playback issues (sync, colors, crashes)
4. Occasional crashes
5. Improved Network Settings
6. Eliminate all 100s of warnings during compile time (we enabled all compiler warnings)
7. Credits screen
Leftovers that need consideration:
1. FTP server
2. NTP client
Also getting ready for Ubuntu 7.10 release this month: we made sure everything is working fine there. In fact I encourage people to install it since it automatically installs all the needed video drivers for ATI/NVidia/Intel and has Mesa 7 (== better OpenGL).
We are still not opening the SF Tracker for Linux issues but we would like to hear about problems that you have. Feel free to post new threads about issues. One issue per thread please. We can't promise to reply to everything but we will _probably_ read it.
-Yuval
Here is an update on the XBMC Linux port effort for you who do not read the SVN changelog on a daily bases.
During the recent weeks we continued to improve the Linux port making it more feature rich and we are reaching the point that it will be feature complete (compared to XBMC/Xbox):
1. Web server is now working (configure port > 1024 if not running xbmc as root)
2. All XBMC skins are now working without any file renaming
3. De-interlacing
4. Digital out (ac3/dts passthrough) support
5. Screen savers (only two for now: Plasma and Solar Winds)
6. Improved video playback in terms of perfomance. We now feel we are in the same level (give or take) as mplayer.
7. Overall cleanup of Settings from XBOX specific stuff.
Issues that we are currently dealing with:
1. DVD playback
2. Video resolution changes cause weird behavior of non accessible areas with mouse, etc
3. Video playback issues (sync, colors, crashes)
4. Occasional crashes
5. Improved Network Settings
6. Eliminate all 100s of warnings during compile time (we enabled all compiler warnings)
7. Credits screen
Leftovers that need consideration:
1. FTP server
2. NTP client
Also getting ready for Ubuntu 7.10 release this month: we made sure everything is working fine there. In fact I encourage people to install it since it automatically installs all the needed video drivers for ATI/NVidia/Intel and has Mesa 7 (== better OpenGL).
We are still not opening the SF Tracker for Linux issues but we would like to hear about problems that you have. Feel free to post new threads about issues. One issue per thread please. We can't promise to reply to everything but we will _probably_ read it.
-Yuval