Steadily moving towards what should finally be getting close to a 1.0 release, I present you reFocus 0.9.4.
This is a lighter update than 0.9.3 from a user perspective, but it has received a lot of optimizations and refinement under the hood, mainly thanks to the introduction of skin variables to XBMC's skinning engine.
Notable new features are a restructured and more configurable home menu and support for the
Watchlist and
NextAired add-ons. Many thanks to those involved in creating these add-ons. Also, more viewtypes are now available to add-on content.
Please see the
build log for a partial changelog.
IMPORTANT Current development of reFocus is done on and for pre-Eden (nightly) XBMC builds only. It is
not recommended to run reFocus 0.9.3 and up on Dharma (10.1). Please
do not report issues encountered using reFocus on XBMC 10.1 or lower. Dharma users are advised to use the compatible reFocus 0.8.9.6
KNOWN ISSUES- Using reFocus 0.9.4 on an XBMC PVR build can result in code being displayed as text in the UI. This is because the PVR branch does not (fully?) support skin variables, which were introduced to XBMC's skin engine fairly recently.
- Apart from Dutch and Spanish, translations are very outdated. Displayed text may not indicate true meaning.
- Weather support is broken, waiting for things to settle down in XBMC regarding this.
Nightly builds of XBMC can be downloaded
here
Special thanks go out to Sranshaft for valuable pre-release testing.
DOWNLOAD
Download current version (0.9.4) here
Or install my
repository add-on to receive updates automatically through XBMC,
INTRODUCTION AND SCREENSHOTS
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=76954
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Please read
GOOD TO KNOW
-As much as I have enjoyed xbmc on my xbox I have moved on to an htpc. Development of reFocus is done on and for current hardware. As a result there is no xbox support. Maybe it will work ok, maybe it won't. I have not tested this.
-The same applies to 4:3 screens.
-Keeping all of the above in mind though, I encourage anyone to provide a mod that adresses these.
-reFocus is not finished. While it's mature enough to be used, rough edges still exist.
-reFocus´ PVR support is to be considered experimental