Introduction
This is the parent page for posts about XBMC Media Centre, once also known as XBox Media Centre (latest versions no longer work on an XBox). XBMC is a multi-platform media centre that can connect to home theatre pc’s (htpc) like MythTV. It can use a variety of infrared remotes (we use a Windows Media Centre remote that came with a HP media centre computer originally) and dizzying array of other remote controls that include Wii remotes, Android phones, and other cool gadgets.
XBMC is primarily used for displaying media already on a system, but like Boxee and other systems of its kind it can stream media from different sources (including Netflicks if your a Windows or Mac user – unfortunately Netflicks and Linux don’t love each other). What makes XBMC great is simplicity, yet flexibility of the interface. If you have a remote control with media centre buttons (Movies, Pictures, Music) you get a more spouse-friendly experience.
Past Blog posts about XBMC media centre
- [July 19, 2011] Solution to XBMC crashing during .mkv playback
- [August 19, 2011] The XBMC project
- [October 13, 2011] Adding Anime to XBMC
- [October 15, 2011] Nettop or Desktop
- [October 29, 2011] themovedb.org, helping XBMC and other media centres
Google is always anyone’s friend and I’ve found Google especially helpful finding out how to do certain things with XBMC. The project wiki has a lot of useful direction covering everything from installation to setting up XBMC.
