Download XBMC Media Center 12.0

The final release of version 12.0 of XBMC Media Center has become available. This cross platform media center software is developed for Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS and the AppleTV. In version 12, a Raspberry Pi and Android build were added. The port for the original Xbox will be not anymore maintained by this team. Version 12.0, codenamed Frodo, contains a large number of changes. For example, there is support for HD audio, TV can be watched and recorded and there is now also a 64bit build for OS X. The full announcement of this release is here Here are the main changes:

XBMC 12 Frodo

Everyone at Team XBMC is proud and excited to announce the long awaited XBMC 12 “Frodo.” Features for XBMC 12 include:

• HD audio support, including DTS-MA and Dolby True-HD, via the new XBMC AudioEngine (OSX/iOS not yet available)
• Live TV and PVR support
• h.264 10bit (aka Hi10P) video software decoding for anime
• 64bit support in OSX to match the 64bit support in Linux
• Improved image support, allowing the database to accommodate numerous additional image types and more interesting and complex skins
• Support for the Raspberry PI
• Initial support for the Android platform
• Improved AirPlay support across all platforms, including AirPlay audio in XBMC for Windows to match the other platforms
• Improved controller support in Windows and Linux
• Advanced Filtering in the library
• Video library tags to complement movie sets
• Advanced UPnP sharing
• Default video languages ​​now match the language being used by XBMC
• translations now powered by Transifex