XBMC - Eden Beta 3 Now out

[DennisTheMenace]

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Guys, just a heads up, XBMC Eden Beta 3 is now available for downloading from XBMC.org, and for those of you that haven't used XBMC for a while, I would say check it out as Eden build is amazing, many new features and great plug ins available ..


Iplayer
4OD
ITV Player

to name but a few all working ..

XBMC just keeps going from strength to strength ..

[_Belial]

Ooh hope there's a build for atv2 in there

[evilsatan]

Currently got my REVO on live Eden 2 so will update tonight

[DejaVu]

Count me in.
Is there a changelog?

Must be close to a RC this one -
http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/XBMCbuntu/

[Clubber Lang]

I can't remember as it has been a while since I put Dharma on my Revo but will I have to do a complete new install or can I write Eden over Dharma and keep all my settings. I fear it is a new install.

[Waka]

XBMC is just awesome. Shame they didn't get the high def audio working in this one. (Yes I know I can get external players like MPC-HC but still...)

[evilsatan]

I can't remember as it has been a while since I put Dharma on my Revo but will I have to do a complete new install or can I write Eden over Dharma and keep all my settings. I fear it is a new install.

If you are using XBMC live you can upgrade using the unstable repo through terminal as there is no XBMC live install package for Eden yet. I have done this for each Eden build and works fine.

Take some extracts from here:

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php...hlight=nightly

[stimpy]

Fantastic, really impressed with beta 1 & 2 so far, time to upgrade again.

[adeingolf]

XBMC is just awesome. Shame they didn't get the high def audio working in this one. (Yes I know I can get external players like MPC-HC but still...)

You might find this interesting - http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=121877

[liveseytowers]

So will my dts audio not work with this? Is there a live version I can pop on a SD card?

[Clubber Lang]

Did my one last night. Had to gaff around a bit as I couldn't remember my login so couldn't SSH into it but got it done in recovery mode.

[tombott]

On top of the many bug fixes though, we are pleased to officially announce the first beta of XBMCbuntu. With this beta release, we have chosen to slightly shift the focus of the pre-built XBMC Live install. In the past, XBMC Live was optimized for a pure set-top box experience. In the switch to XBMCbuntu, we are pushing to a more traditional ‘buntu approach that emphasizes first trying and then ultimately installing XBMC onto the local machine.

Was only a matter of time, I usually install XBMC from the repo's anyway on my Ubuntu setups, but good to know they are now doing a proper desktop themselves.

[tombott]

Just installed Beta 3 from the repo's, looking good.

[adeingolf]

So will my dts audio not work with this? Is there a live version I can pop on a SD card?

Dts audio works as normal, the patch for windows XBMC means that it will now also decode HD audio formats as well, ie- dts-ma and Dolby trueHD.

[Waka]

You might find this interesting - http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=121877

Oh sweet!

[Mystical_2K]

thanks for the info, downloading now

[Stinky Pete]

I had stopped using xbmc for a while since the latest version stopped seeing the wireless card in my revo - I had to install ubuntu on it to do anything with it

Just got the latest eden beta, and it connected to my network during the install

Now I can watch all my stuff on me tele again - Hooray!! All my mkv's and various other file types are free, no more converting everything to avi for streaming through me xbox

Let's hope it's not too buggy...

[DejaVu]

I had some issues getting the HDMI Audio working with Beta 3 on my Acer Revo. You need to configure the Audio settings as Custom and set then both to 'plughw:1,3' without the quotes to get HDMI Audio and Pass Thru working.

Also, MySQL Database name changes from MyVideos58 to MyVideos60, so Eden B1 & B2 devices will not read the Database from an Eden B3 created MySQL Database and vice versa.

[Stinky Pete]

Installation was pretty slow and it failed to reboot on it's own - I had to manually turn it off

But it started up fine - plays everything I've tried so far

Cheers for the tips Dejavu, but I tried setting the video and audio output to HDMI (ALSA) and it worked first time

Just relocating the iplayer plugin and ftping it to the revo and I'm sorted

[adeingolf]

Im using developer builds of OpenElec, and am convinced its made everything smoother - ie nearly completely getting rid of the "judder" on panning scenes, that some Revo's seem to suffer with.

Also love the automatic movie sets and overall "snappyness" of it now.

Oh and YouTube signing in is also working now