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Hi,
Been waiting for XBMC 10.05 release for quite some time now. Can anyone give an answer as to when the new version will be released.
The timeline for 10.05 keeps getting pushed forward and the active tickets does not seem to decrease :-(
Grateful for reply for someone who knows :-)
Brgds,
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I wouldn't want to rush them, but i feel it is our responsibility to remind them that the world isn't standing still and it's competitor are moving on. Media Browser for MCE is really nice with external player overide depending on the file type support, plugins, skins. Media Portal is also getting there with RC4 out and RC5 coming along.
But XBMC seems to stagnate. The last stable version is 9.11. If you want something newer you have either to compile your own or download a nightly build that is more like a surprise box than an installation package, you never know what you'll get.
I'm all for the free software open source spirit, but a project should have set goals. At least, designate someone to keep the mob (us) in the know because, and this should not be understood as a threat, we could be tempted to look at alternative.
Now, what is the problem with 10.xx
DXVA? Bitstreaming? - Why not just use ffdshow latest version. It does both if you have the right hardware.
TV recording? - This is optional and should be a plugin.
Media Scraping - Plenty of external (and more complete) option already exist.
In fact, it seems to me that the dev team or the architect are too spread out on feature instead on concentrating on the core functionnality, that is manage and play/display our media collection. And since they finally dumped the legacy device (xbox).
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WHY on earth do we need to respect you?
some random guy that pops into our forums and whines. who never contributed jack. you live in a strange world.
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Having followed/used many open source projects over the years, this one has the best developer to user interactions I've seen. The Devs are very dedicated and do a hell of a job on both the product itself and communication to end users.
Just because a release takes a bit longer, doesn't mean they're not commited.
There's also a lot more in this release than DXVA/DVR/Scrapers. CrystalHD, Apples GPU acceleration, new plugin engine (with repositories, new single location for all plugin types, upgradability, etc.), high quality GPU scalers, new JSON-RPC web API, external MySQL database support, to name a few of the big ones.
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Woooh, I really did not intend to encourage whining with this post :-(
XBMC is, by my oppinion, by far the best mediaplayer available.
Been a faithful user since the early XBMP-days.
@DaVilla: Could you give my a qualified "guesstimate" as to when 10.05 will be released officially :-)