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Version for MacOS 10.6 does not work on MacOS 10.6, When I try to start it does not even start, just quits and I have to delete it from my Drive.

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Macinman

03 August 2018

Version: 17.6.

I've used KODI in the past, and I have MrMC for Apple TV, which seems to be a clone. What I am curious about, since this discussion thread hasn't been updated lately is,: Is it true KODI is dead, or dying? I've recently seen a bunch of videos popping up on Youtube regarding KODI, and legal issues, and the development being shutdown. Was just wondering, how much truth there is in this, or is it just overblown hype? I don't use KDOI like I used to, so haven't followed real close.

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lumajen

26 March 2017

Version: 16.1.

Kodi 17.1 is out: https://kodi.tv/kodi-v17-1-krypton/

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Dear developers, the machine I tried to run this software is a Mac whose operating system is well-known and popular for its consistent user interface. I am not a 12 year old gamer kid who might appreciate your efforts to make your software look like some ego shooter from 2003. I am sorry to tell you that I wasn't able to stand its sight for more than a minute before I had to quit it and kick it out of my hard drive. Hence I didn't get round to explore its functionality at all.

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Ugly software, dreadful installation procedure. Just Clunky.

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As a media center Kodi by far is the best when you add on your selection of available repositories you have access to the largest available selection of media sources on the planet. I have had no issues with XBMC now named Kodi and I have used it going back to the days of Mountain Lion. I read some of the negative reviews and I have to laugh. Read the instructions people and then do your research for the repositories. Condemning one of the finest and free apps out there because you don't know how to use it is absurd.

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echocard

21 April 2016

Version: 16.1.rc1

WAS WONDERING if someone can please tell me how to use Kodi under a different log in user? I just got done customizing Kodi but come to find out; under a different user name, i would have to redo all the customization settings?

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RogerKatz

06 March 2016

Version: 16.0.beta1

version 16.0 "Jarvis" (20 Feb 2016) is available at the developer's website

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The default skin "Confluence" needs to be brought into modern times. It looks aged. Would be great, if Kodi supported media transcoding, which it may, but if it does, I was unable to figure out how to use it. The Plex media server does that and it's great, because it allows you to stream your own media to all your devices, even if you are not in your local LAN but in any outside WLAN. Kodi has a few odd defaults. E.g. when in the music section > album view, all tracks are displayed with album name. You can change that - but why have that default? Obviously the user just navigated through the album title to get to the track listing. Another example is the recently added feature: Why are watched movies also displayed? Default should be to only show unwatched recently added to give the user a quick overview over unwatched items. There is a ton of such minor things which would be great to have ironed out. But often it's very difficult to convince devs.

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Interface is a confusing mess!
And who has time to browse through the thousand or so add-ons?

It's cool that I can play songs from any of my iTunes libraries.
But when I start a song, there's no visible controls - I must click the "play" button in the corner, then a controller window appears with artwork right in the center of the screen, AND IT'S UNMOVABLE!

I never did manage to find an equalizer, it doesn't seem to have one and that's a necessity for any player I use.

It just has way too much going on - take me back to good ol' VLC!

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Formally I was using VLC a lot but I never liked the GUI. Kodi has a great GUI and plays anything VLC does. Support for subtitles is great too. It automatically finds a plays associated subtitles files, something VLC fails time after time. Recommended.

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They may have changed the name but this app is still the best out there as a media hub. I have had no issues at all with KODI and the resources have been quick to update. This is an app I use everyday so if there are bugs they are hiding quite well. Now one guy here has had a meltdown over the Weather app which I don't use but his life seems to depend on it so he could take his rant to the forums at http://forum.kodi.tv We don't need a whacko on the loose because he can't look out his window to see what his local weather is.

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I quite like this media player. Since I don't have many apps installed and running in background, I don't pay much attention to the amount of RAM used by a particular program. It runs smoothly on my Mac and that's the main point for me. The design of this player reminds me the design of a computer game. Really awesome. What is also great is that using Kodi I can open media files from my iPod when it's connected.

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Really good media player. Except this version is a bit heavier on the CPU compared to the previous incarnation XBMC

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Well, given the amount of misinformation in the other reviews, here's my .000002 bitcoin. Kodi/XBMC is a marvelous tool for centralized media usage. There are some tricks that need to be done in order to use dvdmedia archives of DVDs, but once the advancedsettings.xml file is correctly configured, and the names adjusted to match the online databases, these work just fine. ISO disk images, also, play beautifully, and more smoothly than they did with Apple's DVD Player (which is why we started looking for another utility). All media we are using is coming from a NAS4Free box on the local network, and Kodi is running on the client machine, the files being shared by AFP. Our library is not so large as some mentioned here, but it is large enough that I will probably need to keep tweaking in order to eventually have everything as I wish it, but I like the weather display on the main UI (I wonder, sometimes, why Jazzyguy let himself be bought out by a conglomerate. His old posts were so much better) and once I figured out how to display cover images instead of list view I even like the display of the movies and tv shows. One caveat: because of Amazon's policies (DRM) there is apparently no way to connect Kodi to Amazon Prime streaming, unless I find a plugin somewhere that allows linking to a web browser. The system is so flexible, I wouldn't be too surprised to find something of the sort. In short, I'm very pleased to have found this solution, and renaming it from XBMC helped me to see its potential, I think, since I don't have an Xbox, nor even a television. Kodi, on the other hand, allows my technophobic wife to watch what she wants without needing too much assistance.

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Tim27

27 December 2014

Version: 14.0.

"10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls" What does this mean? 10-foot user interface?

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NOT as good as XBMC. First of all it disabled my weather which was a useful tool. I don't like the way it works,not as good as the GUI in XBMC. Another conglomerate that ate up an independent application.i give it 1 star.

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First, let me say that I absolutely love XBMC and it has provided me to cut the cord from the cable monster. I pay for high speed (FIOS) and that's it. I find the best connection is via Ethernet then second, WiFi. Most of the time I use WiFi and at times there are minor problems but not enough to toss the software. There are many Skins that have a variety of ways to display the interface. Just find one that works for you. And I emphasize time because many people who complain do not take the time to visit that extensive XBMC forums or the forums for the individual add-ons. There are also many tutorials on Youtube. And the fact that it is open source with a strong community points to the fact that it will continue to grow.

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Welcome in complaint department. On OS X, this player was good maybe 5 years ago. These days it's slow, lagging, full of many UI strange bugs (tested on 2 macs, 2 os versions - disappearing cursor, not disappearing overlay controls, etc..). And these stupid internet updates can't be turned off. "Thanks" to that check each start, and bunch of unnecessary plugins, XBMC starts about 10 seconds every time and works as fast as Crysis on Intel HD 4000. And any UI operation, mouse click, keyboard command lags 0,5 to 1 second. It's just not usable. Multiplatform software is bad and always were. And eats MB battery. I'm searching now for fast, native video player for OS X.

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I have a dedicated computer plugged into my TV as a media center. I discovered XMBC last week and I am in complete awe of this program. It added all my movies automatically. All I had to do was direct it to the movie folder. I then added my emulator games such as Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 and XMBC allows you to play them with one click, no more spending 2 minutes trying to get the rom game set up. I've also added all my other normal games, Music and TV shows too. It also has an amazing selection of free stream TV content by using Add-Ons. You can even play free-to-air Digital TV through this, but you will need to buy a USB TV tuner. I am still discovering all the amazing things this software can do, I am glued to all the YouTube tutorials on how to use this at the moment. It looks and feels like Apple TV's user interface and it's free?! You can operate it with a TV remote too. Words cannot describe how amazing this software is. Especially if your using your computer as a media center. Incredible, Amazing, Excellent etc. I love XMBC

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Wts

10 September 2014

Version: 13.2

When I double clicked to run this application it took over my entire screen and the graphics where spectacular. When I selected my MUSIC folder and selected a song to play i discovered that for some reason you can't do anything else in XBMC or even with other applications such as my browser or mailer because the music playing in the background started to break up. It looks like i may have to spend a couple of hours to make this programme work. At the moment i find this programme really not Mac intuitive. But perhaps in a day or so or even lurking their forum may change my mind. And so my rating at this time very near the bottom of 5 stars: maybe one or two stars. And maybe that's the price of FREE.

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After using XBMC for years, I can say without a doubt that it's the best media center application I've ever used. It plays everything I throw at it locally or over the network. It's beautiful, elegant, customizable, and easy to use. The XBMC team has also done an incredible job when it comes to the documentation, it's mind-blowing. The only real negative I can point out is the new name - Kodi?

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Ugh. What a lousy interface. Typical of a "let's try to port it to Mac OS" mindset. Now I understand why; this was originally developed for the XBox. Figures. I installed this on a NAS box and chose a couple different themes to see if one were better than the other. They all stunk. There is no sense of elegance, intuitiveness or naturalness in the presentation or navigation. I immediately uninstalled and prefer navigating via the Finder, which is horrible itself, but even so, infinitely preferable to XBMC.

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Wts

20 July 2014

Version: 13.2-beta1

For me this application is weird. I lost my mouse and had to resort to using the arrow keys to navigate my way round and then i was lock on some settings page and could not get back and had to resort to QUIT. This application may be great if you are a gamer or this generation of device users using their thumb to navigate but not for a simple point and click Mac Guy here.

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Jazzyguy

14 July 2014

Version: 13.2-beta1

This is a great version. I love to watch movies and listen to music with this software. If this is a candidate for future release. Well developers I say go ahead and make it into a regular version.

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star-affinity

06 June 2014

Version: 13.1

Any suggestions for good themes/skins? i don't like the default ones very much.

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Vikram-Sharma

06 June 2014

Version: 13.1-rc1

Amazing app, I use it on my MBA 2011 with 2 GB RAM runs smoothly. Btw XBMC version 13.1 is out now.

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I've used XBMC since Apple dropped FrontRow back in 2011. I tried Plex and others, but XBMC was the only one that I found easy to setup and get using right away. I use XBMC pretty much for my movie and TV show collections and it handles them very well. The kids find it easy to use, even those that house sit for us find it a breeze to master. The new Gotham v13 came out and update was painless and smooth. Best of all it solved a few issues I'd had. Can't beat the price, and the features are just what I need.

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Excellent browser for music,weather,movies.

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Most un-Mac-like. No menu bar. Awkward navigation. Looks like a Windoze app ported to OS X. Has its uses but severely lacking in usability. Can't complain too much, because it's free.

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06 March 2014

Version: 12.3

13.0 Beta 1 is out! http://xbmc.org/xbmc-13-0-gotham-beta1-rises/ http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/osx/x86_64/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta1-x86_64.dmg

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Jazzyguy

24 February 2014

Version: 12.3

A great Song and Movie viewer

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Even if I would like to agree, that this free media center is not so bad, I "have to" give low stars. I do not know if everybody else here just have video files (like "mov", "avi" or "mkv"), but most of my (cinema) movies are DVDs and EyeTV files. And I really dislike to open subfolders to start these kind of movies. (And please do not advice me to convert my DVDs to mkv or something similar.) Another point is the cool interface: nothing against it, but it is reducing the important informations. May be I should buy a larger display (having an iMac 27''), but in my opinion is does not comply to the "10-foot user interface". If this application would start to 1.) handle these kind of movies correctly (aka family friendly), 2.) come to the fore the important informations (like the titles and description), 3.) give me direct access to folders (pictures and movies) and volumes as alternative, so I am not forced to use its library (and metadata retrieval), then I will give it more stars.

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It looks like the earlier version works fine on my Mavericks, but only when it’s a 32-bit, the 64-bite doesn’t work at all and won’t output any audio, just like the others said. And also, unlock the lock at the bottom of the window and "Allow apps downloaded from: Anywhere" seems to me like a real problem, too. Is it safe for the Mac? I really don’t think so. As for the app itself, what’s wrong with the exit command? Every time I try to log out the program then something happened and the app would not respond at all. Force out is the only way, it works but I don’t feel like doing that all the time. Anyway, other things are fine. If the developers can notice these problems and finally fix them I’ll be thrilled to keep it with me.

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Quantumpanda

30 December 2013

Version: 12.3

I can't speak yet on the quality of the app itself, but I wish MacUpdate would advise developers not to tell users to change their Security settings to Allow Apps from Anywhere without explaining the risks associated with choosing this setting. That setting option really should only be selected by users who are comfortable evaluating the trustworthiness of apps and developers themselves, and willing to accept responsibility for judging that incorrectly. Those who are not "power users" should normally leave this option set to "Mac App Store and identified developers" and approve exceptions on a case-by-case basis. It's definitely irresponsible on the part of the developer to advise making that settings change in this manner, and as users look to MacUpdate as a reliable source of software, I feel it's irresponsible for MacUpdate to let such advice be included in a description without explanation of the risks.

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Earlier versions worked fine, this one won't play anything and doesn't even show up in the applications list to play files that used to be no problem. Avoid like the plagie until they fix it. (Mavericks, 64 bit, iMac late 2012)

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XBMC works in Mavericks but in 32Bit for me.I tried the 64Bit new Version and it didn't play my music at all. When I installed the 32Bit all was OK and it played all of my music,both The Flac and the music in iTunes.

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Jakov

25 December 2013

Version: 12.2

XBMC 12.3 has been released. It still works very nice on my ATV2, it even feels snappier ;-) than version 12.2

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Doesn't work with my bluray rip subtitles that works perfectly when played in VLC (with no effort what so ever). Freezes for no good reason. This in OS X 10.6.8. It may work better in later OS versions. Deleted.

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Germano60

31 October 2013

Version: 12.2

A warning to all users who upgraded to Mavericks. As clearly stated also on the developer's web site, Rel. 12.2 can not yet be used on Mavericks (if launched, it crashes). The issue is well known to the developers, who are already addressing it. Their suggestion, for users on Mavericks, is to wait for the upcoming rel. 12.3 where this problem should be resolved.

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Germano60

30 October 2013

Version: 12.2

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Link didn't work for me. Here's the one that does: http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/osx/xbmc-12.2-x86_64.dmg They apparently have implemented a way to reset the audio for those that are having issues. It's on the front page of the Developer Site (as of July, 2013)

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The best home theatre app I have seen yet. Takes a little configuring, depending on your needs I have my media library on a NAS and dish it out via a mysql database to all devices in the house), but once you get it right it is joyful.

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19 March 2013

Version: 12.1

Awesome suite of software overall. Now if it could only OUTPUT AirPlay video, instead of just receiving it, I would be thrilled!

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Been using this for a long while and it has improved so much over the years and love it overall. But like some of the others here Version 12 has brought some problems not experienced in the beta version of 12. Haven't had the sound problems yet but that could be because I have only used it on my computer so far? I am having a problem with it freezing each time I try to log out (Exit) the program. Each time I have to force quit to get out of the program because it stops responding as soon as I press the Exit command. I hope they get this fixed quickly as this is my go to program for almost all of my movies which I no longer convert to work in iTunes. It also a better music player than iTunes since the last upgrade to 11 (IHMO). My review is about the version 12 final release only. XBMC has a solid history of being a great app in an area where Apple has dropped the ball. Part of my frustration with iTunes bloat, quirks and inconsistencies. I understand the business strategy but they focus so much on tying to get you to use their product and not enough on broadening the end users options within that product. i.e. if iTunes /AppleTV would easily accommodate other movie formats users would not need this type of program. I have a very large movie library and the time it takes to convert each to an iTunes format is a pain. Once, long long ago, I tried to do that, thought it would be simpler to have all my movies in one place just to have iTunes choke once the movie library got beyond a certain size. Not a problem with XBMC, also love the way XBMC allows you to read the movie description and view art on the screen when selecting a movie. I know if I go to list view in iTunes I can view the movie description and then to movie view to see he art... I am a real Apple loyalist so don't mistake my complaints with hating Apple but they do somethings really well and others they screw up mainly I believe because they want you to buy media only from them. The funny thing is if they didn't employ the methods they do I'd probably go ahead and purchase from them because of the convenience of doing so. Just not a fan of being herded.

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The final version did not output audio properly for me. Even when I made all the settings the same as 11... Also would not retain the monitor I wanted it to play on. Would keep switching back to the main screen.

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I've been using the Frodo releases since the first beta and XBMC has come a long way. Sometimes a little confusing to setup, but just ask on the forums and you'll get help. They have an awesome community and XBMC is capable of many things, you just have to find the right knob to turn. Happy that XBMC 12 final has arrived. I also use this as an iTunes replacement (which imo has grown much too clunky). In combination with the free iOS XBMC remote (xbmcRemote) it makes an awesome music player as well.

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BillHicks

05 January 2013

Version: 12.0 rc3

Had to get rid of it nothing worked.

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Cowicide

04 January 2013

Version: 12.0 rc3

Frustrating user interface. Can't easily see how to make it display on my external HDMI tv. Fidgeted with it for a while and then gave up and will check the manual (which I shouldn't have to do). Also, can't figure out how to change the weather from Celsius to Fahrenheit easily and once again I guess I'll have to consult the manual (which I shouldn’t have to do). I combed through the weather settings, etc. and still couldn’t find a place to change it. Off to a rough start, but I will continue to use this for a while and come back for a full review with stars. But as far as ease of use for settings, I give this 1 star so far.

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Think I'll be ordering a Raspberry Pi now that XBMC supports it.

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Jeff-H-

21 December 2012

Version: 12.0 rc2

Setting up mythtv or my hdhomerun device is an ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE!!! Why is this so difficult?

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This app is free and great! TheDevelopers should be given props for a great and free app that is excellent!

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I'm using XBMC from version 10 (I think it's was the first version to introduce "video hardware acceleration" on Mac), I've used earlier versions also but not frequently. Currently I'm XBMC 12.0 beta2 as my default player for HD videos (particularly for "mkv" files) because by my opinion it delivers the best performance on the Mac. Congratulations to the XBMC team for making this great product.

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69number69

07 December 2012

Version: 12.0 beta 1

12.0 beta 2 is out already.Much better than beta 1!

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Nice Version of XBMC. I tried this version and it turned out great. Everything is very stabile and the app runs very smoothly.

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Jeff-H-

11 September 2012

Version: 11.0

I'm staying with the old version! This thing somehow changed the resolution of my desktop and gathered all the folders and stacked them on top of each other...its incredibly clunky, jerky, and awkward. I can't tell you much past that because I force-quit...(and then spent 10 minutes reordering my desktop! lol. No hube thing but it doesn't seem ready for prime time to me. Others let us know your your experiences.

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Good job with XBMC 11 "Eden". Works great. And as a frustrated Plex user (MP3s are still unskipable in Plex) I'm very happy I can finally skip all my music. Setup has been a breeze and I'm looking forward to using XBMC. One minor annoyance: I don't get why Artist Name does have to be displayed , when I'm on album view. Chances are I came there by browsing artists, so that info + Title Track is one info too many and the view looks very cluttered. Artist Name should be removed.

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Y-Guy

03 March 2012

Version: 11.0.rc2

Anyone running this on their Mac know if they resolved the issue where the volume chances as you scroll within Movies/TV Show lists? I had to fall back to the last version due to this.

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01 March 2012

Version: 11.0 rc1

LOVE the new AirPlay reception abilities, now if only they would also add AirPlay OUTPUT... ;-)

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I've been using this both on my Mac mini and my ATV2 (unfortunately you need to jailbreak your ATV2), primarily so I can stream Amazon prime videos. For this the ATV2 version is almost flawless, and the mac mini version is quite reasonable (it sometimes crashes). There is a plugin available on the internet that allows you to launch XMBC from within Front Row.app, so you can have the best of both worlds for a mac hooked up to your TV. Apple limits you to playing their iTunes store movies through their own software, as far as I am aware.

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Overall a very slick looking interface. But it won't even see my .mp4 and .m4v video files (which constitute around 90% of my videos). A huge drawback...plus it would be nice to have a seperate PDF manual you could read outside of the app rather than the help in the app itself (which provided zero help with my video problem). Even if it is free, it holds no value if it can't be used.

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waste of time smart playlist doesn t work ,15 cpu usage in idel mode (macbook pro early 2011 core i 7!!!!)

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On my iMac I could never get the iTunes library imported. Compared to Front Row when used on a Mac, XBMC 10.1 Dharma is absolute JUNK! Front Row blows it away, no comparison! XBMC, a waste of my time!

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15 May 2011

Version: 11.0.pre

XBMC really needs a Crackle.com plugin! ;-) Some pretty good free content there...

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xXAkumuXx

01 April 2011

Version: 10.1

AVI playback is EXTREMELY jerky on some movies. Any way to address this?

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Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, and WOW! I came across this app by chance while searching for a multimedia solution for my entire movie collection, including my Blu-ray rips. This plays everything I throw at it without a hitch. It is beautiful, it is elegant, and it works wonderfully with my Apple Remote. I have my MacBook Pro set up to my Plasma and this just makes the whole experience amazing. It reads literally any video file type, movies that are in .ISO format, and pretty much anything under the sun. It also does pictures and music as well. This is just a 5 star app all around. I am very impressed. Thank you very much for this app. I can't praise it enough.

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momijigari

13 March 2011

Version: 10.1

"The requested URL /releases/osx/ppc/xbmc-10.1-ppc-repack.dmg was not found on this server." (Same result if you click on the link directly from the developer's site.)

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Best Media Center for Mac so far. Works with PPC & Intel Combination. iPhone/iPad control and client. Awesome. So much more options and features than Plex or any other out there.

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I've using XBox Media Center since the XBox version and many others in XBox, PC, and Mac. I've test almost every other options in this years. It is easy, robust, full featured and nice. The BEST without doubt.

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Love it! Best way to get all my movies and tv shows all together with meta data and movie posters and so on. Setting it up for the first time is a little bit of a hassle but after that its pretty much all automated you just drag and drop your movies to a folder and XBMC will do the rest for you.

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Agmaster

23 January 2011

Version: 10.0

If anyone can tell me why the heck XBMC always has poor playback performance (Random Stuttering) with 720p 4GB+ mkv movies and how I can fix that. I will use this app, because the new Plex has even worse playback performance than XBMC. I'm not even streaming my movies, just playing them from a 2008 MBP connected to my HDTV.

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13 January 2011

Version: 10.0

Three requests: 1. iOS Apple TV version 2. AirPlay support 3. 64-bit version ;-)

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This is the worst piece of cr*p for the Mac I've ever seen. What's it supposed to do? The cursor disappears when another application needs my attention, when it comes back it looks like an Atari cursor from the time of Moses. I can't add any media no matter which format I have, why does it take over full screen? What's with that ugly ticker at the bottom? Garbage plus, it cost me download time and fragmentation on my hard disk now I've trashed it.

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