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Overview
XBMC (officially renamed "XBMC", previously referred to as "XBox Media Center") supports the most common audio, video, image format, playlist, audio visualization effect, slide, weather forecast report, and third-party plug-ins. It also includes network functions (different settings of the Internet and LAN). The XBMC Media Center and the proprietary media center application, like Microsoft's Windows Media Center, or media information from other free software Mediaportal and Mythtv, and there is a central application, including third-party applications and software implementations TV live or DVR / PVR recording function, etc.
The XBMC is based on its plug-in system, which is based on the Python programming language. By adding components, including features such as TV Program Guide, YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, VEOH, supports online movies, Pandora Radio, and Podcast streaming. XBMC also acts as a game platform that allows users to play with Python developed on any operating system.
The source code of XBMC is distributed in GPL (GNU General Public License), which is a non-profit organization, XBMC Foundation sponsored by tax-free registered non-profit organization, and a global volunteer-free person's work community in them. The free time free is not subjected to economic or material interests of XBMC. XBMC is initially developed for Xbox, and now you can run in Linux, OSX, Windows system. In 2003, the programmer of some interest in compliance created this project. XBMC is a non-profit project, which is maintained by volunteers all over the world. More than 50 software developers contribute to XBMC, and more than 100 translators have worked hard to expand its application, so that it supports more than 30 languages.
XBMC platform architecture
XBMC is a cross-platform software application platform, mainly programmed on the basis of C ++. The XBMC section is the XBMC and OpenGL graphic rendering under the multimedia frame of SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer in Linux and Mac OS X, while Windows-based XBMC is used in Microsoft's DirectX multimedia framework and Direct3D rendering. Xbox version of XBMC, some XBMC's own libraries, and many third-party libraries, can also be written in C language in XBMC, but all are used for packages with C ++ or their own DLL loaded by XBMC. Load it.
XBMC has a number of open APIs, enabling third parties to develop creativity, develop a large plug-in, such as audio and video, online resources of XBMC, scripts, skin / theme, visualization, screensaver, web scraper, Weather forecast plugin, web interface, and more. XBMC development, encourage users to submit their own plugins to add more media content and value-added services from within XBMC.
XBMC function, from 10.0 (code: "Dharma"), a plug-in frame structure and plug-in manager GUI client connected to a decentralized digital distribution service platform, providing online content application and plug-in XBMC, in the Plug-in Manager "(Or" browser plug-in "), allow users to browse and download new plugins, directly from XBMC's GUI to expand XBMC.
Many of these online content are on top high definition content services and use video streaming media websites such as the contents of Adobe Flash. XBMC has scalability and integrated online free and high quality streaming content sources, and provides all from commercial videos, free education programs, from individuals and small businesses.
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