XBian http://xbian.org XBMC on the Raspberry Pi, the bleeding edge Thu, 23 May 2013 08:14:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 XBMC Frodo 12.2 released! http://xbian.org/2013/05/xbmc-frodo-12-2-released/ http://xbian.org/2013/05/xbmc-frodo-12-2-released/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 08:41:14 +0000 Koenkk http://xbian.org/?p=1480 Continue reading →]]> Hello folks, As you may already know, the XBMC released XBMC Frodo 12.2. This new XBMC Frodo version contains both improvements and bugfixes. The most important ones are:

  • Fixed infinite loop on addon dependencies, resolves crashing problem that arrose immediately post 12.1 launch
  • Numerous UPnP fixes
  • Memory leak fixed when XBMC is minimized
  • Various Raspberry Pi playback fixes and software codec support
  • Fixed OSX audio mixing
  • Fixed some audio-related crashes in Linux builds
  • AirPlay fixes
  • Bluray folder resume-bookmarks now work
  • Ability to scan for new content on file folders has been reimplemented
  • Language updates from Transifex

You can see the full article on the XBMC site by clicking here. (press read more for more information about this update)


 
 

How to install

In XBMC go to System -> Settings -> XBian -> Updates. If this doesn’t not work please use the alternative method.
 

Alternative method
Connect to your Raspberry Pi using SSH (how to SSH) and execute the following commands. The default password = “raspberry”.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbian-package-xbmc -y

 

Discussion

Discuss this update in the dedicated thread

]]> http://xbian.org/2013/05/xbmc-frodo-12-2-released/feed/ 10 Problems with the website http://xbian.org/2013/04/problems-with-the-website/ http://xbian.org/2013/04/problems-with-the-website/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:48:30 +0000 BartOtten http://xbian.org/?p=1477 Continue reading →]]> As many of us already found out: last month we have suffered from several problems with the website. It all started when the website was taken down by our host due to heavy load. Optimalisations and caching did resolve the load issues but brought us several ‘user end’ issues.

The hunt will be intensified this week, which may lead to undesired temporary results. Please keep us updated about any problem that might occur in this forum topic.

]]> http://xbian.org/2013/04/problems-with-the-website/feed/ 0 Website back online! http://xbian.org/2013/03/website-back-online/ http://xbian.org/2013/03/website-back-online/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:58:13 +0000 BartOtten http://xbian.org/?p=1429 Continue reading →]]> As you can see the website of XBian is back online. Our latest update pulled many visitors to the website and made it resource hungry so the webhost disabled it to calm down. Since we fixed some resource hunger items, we are allowed to continue our services. As you can see our new optimisations to make that possible broke some things that will be fixed as soon as possible. We believe even our broken website is better than none enjoy browsing while we fix the last few problems.

update: We used the downtime plus the optimizations as opportunity to change the frontpage. As you can see the news is much better visible and as a big plus the crew is able to post news much easier. This enables us to post longer, better and more often. If you have a briliant (or just good) news tip: please let us know in the forum. We may decide it’s frontpage worthy so you can share it with thousands of visitors.

Regards, XBian webteam

]]> http://xbian.org/2013/03/website-back-online/feed/ 4 XBMC Frodo 12.1 & More! http://xbian.org/2013/03/xbmc-frodo-12-1-more/ http://xbian.org/2013/03/xbmc-frodo-12-1-more/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:32:56 +0000 Koenkk http://xbian.org/?p=1409
  • - Improvements to video playback (thanks Dom!)
  • - Libcec 2.1.1; more tv's supported, bugfixes & other improvements. (thanks opdenkamp!)
  • - Cleaned up the XBMC power menu
  • - Dual audio output; output audio via analogue & HDMI at the same time. You can enable this under System -> Settings -> System -> Audio ouptut -> Set audio output to "all". (lots of thanks to stupid-boy!)
  • - Initial wiimote support, instructions how to use the wiimote with XBMC will follow
    • Continue reading →]]>     After a month of hard work, the XBMC team released a new version of Frodo. We are happy to bring this new XBMC release to XBian together with some new features. Some nice improvements to video playback thanks to Dom, dual audio support and even initial Wiimote support. The complete changelog and installation instructions can be found behind the ‘read more’.

    Changelog

    • Improvements to video playback (thanks Dom!)
    • Bug fixes
    • Libcec 2.1.1; more tv’s supported, bugfixes & other improvements. (thanks opdenkamp!)
    • Cleaned up the XBMC power menu
    • Dual audio output; output audio via analogue & HDMI at the same time. You can enable this under System -> Settings -> System -> Audio ouptut -> Set audio output to “all”. (lots of thanks to stupid-boy!)
    • Experimental wiimote support, install guide

     

    How to install

    In XBMC go to System -> Settings -> XBian -> Updates. If this doesn’t not work please use the alternative method.

    Alternative method
    Connect to your Raspberry Pi using SSH (how to SSH) and execute the following commands. The default password = “raspberry”.

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get upgrade -y
    sudo apt-get install xbian-package-xbmc -y

    Discussion

    Discuss this update in the dedicated thread

    ]]>     http://xbian.org/2013/03/xbmc-frodo-12-1-more/feed/ 0     New firmware fixes “audio popping” (Alpha 5 only) http://xbian.org/2013/03/new-firmware-for-alpha-5/ http://xbian.org/2013/03/new-firmware-for-alpha-5/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:16:56 +0000 BartOtten http://xbian.org/?p=1400 Continue reading →]]> We just released a new Raspberry Pi firmware for XBian. To get it from within XBMC go to
    System -> Settings -> XBian -> Updates. You can do the same from SSH xbian-config -> Updates.
    If you for any reason find any problem to updates there is also an manual option to force the firmware update from within SSH and exiting xbian-config.
    Than just type those two lines
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install xbian-package-firmware

    ]]>     http://xbian.org/2013/03/new-firmware-for-alpha-5/feed/ 15     XBian 1.0 Alpha 5, out now! http://xbian.org/2013/02/xbian-1-0-alpha-5-out-now/ http://xbian.org/2013/02/xbian-1-0-alpha-5-out-now/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:50:23 +0000 CurlyMo http://xbian.org/?p=1279
    From the development point of view XBian 1.0 Alpha 5 took the most man hours (we’re awaiting feminine team members). We’ve completely rewritten xbian-config and created a custom implementation for an animated splash. We also welcomed a new team member specialized in python under the name of belese (and sadly had to say goodbye to Hexagon). XBian can now be fully customized inside XBMC. Last but not least, we’ve finally included XBMC v12 final. A lot of improvements in both the Raspberry Pi firmware and the XBMC software make Alpha 5 notably faster than Alpha 4.

    All questions, bugs or fixes can again be posted on our forum, you can also come celebrate with us in our IRC-channel. Continue reading →]]>     [no_toc][/no_toc]After two months of massive coding, we bring you the fifth alpha version of XBian 1.0!

    From the development point of view XBian 1.0 Alpha 5 took the most man hours (we’re awaiting feminine team members). We’ve completely rewritten xbian-config and created a custom implementation for an animated splash. We also welcomed a new team member specialized in python under the name of belese (and sadly had to say goodbye to Hexagon). Belese worked hard on a xbian-config port inside XBMC. XBian can now be fully customized inside XBMC (currently only supported under the Confluence skin). Last but not least, we’ve finally included XBMC v12 final. A lot of improvements in both the Raspberry Pi firmware and the XBMC software make Alpha 5 notably faster than Alpha 4.

    All questions, bugs or fixes can again be posted on our forum, you can also come celebrate with us in our IRC-channel.

    An important notice

    Due to the new firmware, all packages from pre Alpha 5 have been removed from our apt-repository. Would you in any case want to use older XBian versions, you can’t update through our apt-repository because it will, in any case, update all packages to newer versions.

     

    Fresh install

    You can download a fresh image from the download section (you can also download it straight from the Windows installer).

     

    Updating

    Connect to XBian using SSH (tutorial: here), login as ‘xbian’, password ‘raspberry’

    Exit xbian-config through ‘Return’ and run the following commands:

    sudo su
    apt-get update
    apt-get install xbian-update

     

    Changelog

     

    Bugfixes

    • Issue #88: Make advancedsettings.xml Frodo-proof
    • Issue #182: XVID playback stops
    • Issue #189: [xbian-config] 4 Packages – mislabelled
    • Issue #204: Fix grey blocks in video when skipping/forwarding movie
    • Issue #206: Choppy xvid playback – timestamp issue with packed B frames
    • Issue #217: Fix problem with 8192cu wireless chip (solution included)
    • Issue #222: Switching to next video results in just sound (black screen)
    • Issue #225: Out of memory while playing Youtube
    • Issue #228: Error: Requested setting (audiooutput.guisoundmode) not found
    • Issue #234: Cannot troubleshoot /var/log/messages and kernel not used
    • Issue #242: Add swap file (128 MB static size)
    • Issue #246: [xbian-config] wlan settings problems with special characters ($)
    • Issue #248: Fix (auto)mount issues
    • Issue #252: Root not available as source in XBMC (only Fusion available)
    • USB automount permissions
    • Moved tty0 udev permissions out of 99-input.rules
    • Fixed dirty vchiq permission hack

     

    Improvements

    • Issue #10: XBMC Frodo stable
    • Issue #125: Splash screen on boot
    • Issue #159: Delay when setting audo / Mute doesn’t work
    • Issue #181: Change cachemembuffersize
    • Issue #193: Terratec Cinergy DVB-T Stick Dual Rev 2 recognized as Rev 1
    • Issue #195: Update Raspberry Pi firmware
    • Issue #212: External HDD Spin down after 5 minutes
    • Issue #235: RaspberryPi Crash, have watcher automatically restart PI
    • Issue #238 and #243: Remove skin audio settings in confluence
    • Issue #239: Add ondemand WOL capability to XBian
    • Issue #251: Add TL-WN821N firmware
    • Issue #267: Add speedlink remote support
    • Fixed the black screen on XBMC shutdown
    • Moved (initial) boot script to the initramfs so everything can be setup in a single boot

     

    XBian-config additions

    • Issue #99: [xbian-config] More standard dialogs
    • Issue #110: [xbian-config] Make overclocking a radio dialog and show current settings
    • Issue #114: [xbian-config] Make a port for inside XBMC
    • Issue #126: Command line control of xbian-config modules
    • Issue #142: [xbian-config] All ports XBMC resolution setting
    • Issue #143: [xbian-config] Bash Settings like language override and disable autostart
    • Issue #144: Integrating xbian-config in the confuence skin
    • Issue #194: xbian-config suppresses error messages
    • Issue #249: [xbian-config-bash] UTF-8 support for multi-lingual support

     

    Special thanks to

    deanmv, sraue, flangefrog, ganchito55, namith, mcaptur, s2108312, Kimkos, kraleksandr and Nemesis8899

    ]]>     http://xbian.org/2013/02/xbian-1-0-alpha-5-out-now/feed/ 12     A note from the XBMC team http://xbian.org/2013/02/an-important-note-from-the-xbmc-team/ http://xbian.org/2013/02/an-important-note-from-the-xbmc-team/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:01:16 +0000 Koenkk http://xbian.org/?p=1222 new guidelines for XBMC related websites. We find things like this very important so we decided to post our own version here too.

    XBian is not connected to or in any other way affiliated with XBMC, Team XBMC, or the XBMC Foundation. Furthermore, any software, addons, or products offered by XBian will receive no official support in XBMC channels, including the XBMC forums and various social networks.

    - The XBian Team (ps. So what is XBian…?) Continue reading →]]>     On February 5th, the XBMC Team presented some new guidelines for XBMC related websites. Because we  find things like this very important, we decided to post it on our site.

    XBian is not connected to or in any other way affiliated with XBMC, Team XBMC, or the XBMC Foundation. Furthermore, any software, addons, or products offered by XBian will receive no official support in XBMC channels, including the XBMC forums and various social networks.

    - The XBian Team (ps. So what is XBian…?)

    ]]>     http://xbian.org/2013/02/an-important-note-from-the-xbmc-team/feed/ 0     A all-in-one Download package http://xbian.org/2013/01/a-one-in-all-download-package/ http://xbian.org/2013/01/a-one-in-all-download-package/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:28:30 +0000 BartOtten http://xbian.org/?p=1172 Today we release an one-in-all Download package which contains SABnzbd, Transmission, Headphones, CouchPotato and Sickbeard. To be honest: the author of this article has no idea what they are, but apparently the demand was so strong we could not deny it. We have configured them for you, hoping we have found the best values for using it on the Raspberry Pi. You may download them using xbian-config > Packages > Download

    Continue reading →]]>     Today we release an one-in-all Download package which contains SABnzbd, Transmission, Headphones, CouchPotato and Sick Beard. To be honest: the author of this article has no idea what they are, but apparently the demand was so strong we could not deny it. We have configured them for you, hoping we have found the best values for using it on the Raspberry Pi. You may download them using xbian-config > Packages > Download

     

    Ohhh. and all those screenshot junkies out there..here is something for you…

    NEWS1

    ]]>     http://xbian.org/2013/01/a-one-in-all-download-package/feed/ 29     XBian 1.0 Alpha 4 http://xbian.org/2012/12/xbian-1-0-alpha-4-out-now/ http://xbian.org/2012/12/xbian-1-0-alpha-4-out-now/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:59:32 +0000 CurlyMo http://67.18.19.194/~xbian/?p=807 Today we bring you a New Year present: the fourth version of XBian 1.0. This version has better support for remotes, XBMC v12 Frodo – RC1 (as RC2 is bugged upstream), and of course the latest kernel. Needless to say we’ve killed some bugs along the way driving our development-sleight. First reports are this Alpha is lightning fast! We will celebrate this release worldwide with enormous amounts of fireworks :D

    All questions, bugs or fixes can again be posted in our dedicated XBian 1.0 Alpha 4 topic, bugfixes can be found here or come celebrate with us in our IRC-channel.

    Happy New Year!

    Continue reading →]]>     [no_toc][/no_toc]Today we bring you a New Year present: the fourth version of XBian 1.0!

    This version has better support for remotes, XBMC v12 Frodo – RC1 (as RC2 is bugged upstream), and of course the latest kernel. Needless to say we’ve killed some bugs along the way driving our development-sleight. First reports are this Alpha is lightning fast! We will celebrate this release worldwide with enormous amounts of fireworks :D

    All questions, bugs or fixes can again be posted in our dedicated XBian 1.0 Alpha 4 topic, bugfixes can be found here or come celebrate with us in our IRC-channel.

    Happy New Year!

    Fresh install

    You can download a fresh image from the download section (you can also download it straight from the Windows installer).

    Updating

    Connect to XBian using SSH (tutorial: here), login as ‘xbian’, password ‘raspberry’ and in the xbian-config program, go to ’5 Updates’.

     

    Changelog

     

    Bugfixes

    • Issue #112: Attempt to fix corrupt sdcard issues using double sync
    • Issue #116: cmyth MythTV PVR addon fails to load
    • Issue #117: Black screen when exiting XBMC
    • Issue #122: AirPlay video isn’t working in Alpha3
    • Issue #153: USB Soundcard not detected
    • Issue #169: Can’t play AVCHD Blu-ray io’s
    • Issue #170: Modular Lirc
    • USB automount permissions
    • Moved tty0 udev permissions out of 99-input.rules
    • Fixed dirty vchiq permission hack

     

    Improvements

    • Issue #81 : Enable network caching redux #1388 on XBian
    • Issue #96: Kernel 3.6.11
    • Issue #111: XBMC: Toggle between 1080p,720p,540p & 480p GUI
    • Issue #129: Remove battery level from System -> System info
    • Issue #130: Show GPU Temperature in System -> System info -> Video
    • Issue #131: Show XBian version in System -> System info
    • Issue #151: Libcec 2.0.5
    • Issue #154: Removing raspberry pi packages
    • Issue #157: exFAT support & automount
    • Issue #163: [IDEA] Add Fusion
    • Issue #164: XBMC Frodo RC1
    • Issue #166: [XBMC Addon] Network manager
    • Issue #168: Remove swap partition
    • Better remote key actions within XBMC
    • SMT1000T and SRM7500 full remote support
    • Better MCEUSB remote support
    • XBMC GUI resolution setting

     

    XBian-config additions

    • Issue #168: Remove swap partition

     

    Special thanks to

    BartOtten, Brantje, K4N3, DraZtiK, JohnHoek, raspberry_pd & deHakkelaar

    ]]>     http://xbian.org/2012/12/xbian-1-0-alpha-4-out-now/feed/ 19     Let’s have a chat! http://xbian.org/2012/12/lets-have-a-chat/ http://xbian.org/2012/12/lets-have-a-chat/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:19:26 +0000 BartOtten http://xbian.org/?p=1072 Continue reading →]]> Did you know that you can find other XBian-addicts at our chat channel? Well, now you do. The last few month the channel has become an important place for support and chit-chat. We would like to share it with you :D Come visit us in #xbian at irc.freenode.net using your own IRC-client or by our webchat. Welcome to XBian Chat!

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