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XBMC is a great, award winning media center application.  It is the ultimate hub for all of your media; XBMC is easy to use,... XBMC Media Center 13.0 Beta 4

XBMC is a great, award winning media center application.  It is the ultimate hub for all of your media; XBMC is easy to use, has a slick look and has a huge community following. Why not try it now for free.  The software is available for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and Xbox.

XBMC has great Media Management facilities and supports the viewing and playing of a massive library of audio, image and video formats. XBMC has a sophisticated library management system, which allows you to organize all your media.  This in turn gives you quick and immediate access. To access these great features, XBMC provides a user-friendly interface that’s fluid, intuitive, very flexible and easy to use. The interface is also completely customizable through downloadable or user-created skins.

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XBMC also has a built-in Python interpreter.  This allows users and developers to write their own scripts and plugins that run inside XBMC using the software’s own widgets and controls. The XBMC Media Center also has a built-in web server, which allows it to be controlled remotely.

In the latest version XBMC Media Center, there have been a number of Fixes including;

Fix unwanted volume restore on Airplay volume.  Fix occasional crashing on GUI language changing.  Don’t drain Wii battery by disabling motion sensing.  Fix various problems when using NFS as media source.  Restore the music background playback ability for iOS.  Improved support for Amazon Fire-TV.  Fix various playback issues on Android.  Fix double application of 16-235 correction on DXVA-HD.

XBMC Media Center 13.0 Beta 4 is available now to download from FileHippo.com

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