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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

XBMC Media Center is Getting a New Name – Introducing Kodi 14

I've used XBMC, for several years. It's a good way to find and watch Web Video and listen to Music too. Especially, if you like Menu Based Navigation. Similar to Cable or Satellite TV Navigation Menu's. This is actually, not my favorite way to find and watch Video on the Web. I prefer, just using my Web Browser. And my e-mail App, to send links to my self. To watch later, on my TV. Still, XBMC, is a great App. It looks good and works very well. Once you learn how to navigate through the many menus. And find what you want to watch. And learn how to set it up for your Hardware, PC, Laptop or TV. You can install the XBMC App, on your Linux or Windows System. And just use it like any other App. Or, you can install one of the Linux Distros, with the XBMC Desktop, as the Default Desktop System. I have done this, on several different Computers. I have XBMC on all of my Desktops. And on my Laptop. That I use to watch Web Video, on my old regular Analog TV. I also built a Set Top TV Box, for my Mom. Using a Raspberry Pi Board. And and old HDTV Tuner Box. That stopped working. For a case. I call it, Mom's PiTV. XBMC, is very good and well maintained Software. Best of all. It's Free and Open Source. So now, after about 10 years. They have decided to change the name. XBMC, will now be called Kodi. Check out the Article and links below, for more info...

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XBMC Is Getting a New Name – Introducing Kodi 14

Posted By: Nathan Betzen on Aug 01, 2014 in Site News

UPDATE: Download Kodi 14.0 from our download page.

We are excited to announce that the media center software we've all loved for so many years will have a new name, starting with version 14. Instead of XBMC 14, we'd like to introduce you to Kodi 14.

Since 2002, the software known as XBMC has gone through three namings. First, it was called Xbox Media Player. Upon realizing that it did a bit more than your traditional media player, in 2004 the development team elected to rename it Xbox Media Center. A mere 4 years later in 2008, the team once again elected to rename the software to simply XBMC, given that it had moved on from its original roots on the Xbox. Support for the Xbox was dropped shortly thereafter. Today it's all happening one last time.

Real World Problems

Six years have passed since the Xbox Media Center became XBMC, and simply put, "XBMC" fits less now than it did even in 2008. The software only barely runs on the original Xbox, and then only because some clever developers are still hacking on that platform. It has never run on the Xbox 360 or Xbox One.

Furthermore, while the software still acts as a media center, it also hosts addons, loads games, streams content to and from numerous devices, and can ultimately act as a complete replacement for whatever platform it is hosted on. Indeed, XBMC today is far more an Entertainment Center than a simple Media Center.

In essence both the "XB" and "MC" simply don't make a whole lot of sense any more.

Legal Problems

Beyond the nonsensical nature of the software's name, there is a secondary issue. Because "XBMC" was originally based on the name Xbox, the developers of the software (that's us) have never had any sort of legal control over the use of its name, which has resulted in a whole slew of problems.

In the past few years, we have seen the mass confusion that resulted from this lack of control first hand. Users have been fooled into wasting money buying boxes running hacked and typically broken versions of XBMC. News sites and blogs have gotten caught in confusing language numerous times. Unrelated fan communities, often founded under the best of intentions, have found themselves under attack, simply because no guidelines existed to simplify the process of clearly distinguishing themselves from the XBMC Foundation. What's more, the Foundation itself and all of its developers have always operated under a potential legal threat from other companies that did have a legal trademark in a similar name. And that legal threat has actually gotten more problematic in recent years.

Because all these problems have been getting more and more pronounced, the Foundation decided to review its options with the help of the legal team at the Software Freedom Law Center. In the end, it was decided renaming the software that we all love so much was the most realistic solution. We've done it twice before. We believe this time Kodi will be the name we can keep forever.

Results of the new name Kodi

Read More...
http://kodi.tv/introducing-kodi-14/



XBMC Media Player is Getting a New Name – Kodi 14


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002 XBMC Raspberry Pi Solution Bundle Review first run Don Bishop 09 04 13 - YouTube
003 XBMC Raspberry Pi Solution Bundle Review second run Don Bishop 09 07 13 - YouTube
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001 XBMC Raspberry Pi Solution Bundle Element14 Review Intro Don Bishop 09 04 13 - YouTube
002 XBMC Raspberry Pi Solution Bundle Review first run Don Bishop 09 04 13 - YouTube
003 XBMC Raspberry Pi Solution Bundle Review second run Don Bishop 09 07 13 - YouTube
004 XBMC Raspberry Pi Solution Bundle Review Run Down by Don Bishop 09 28 13 - YouTube
005 Moms Pi TV XBMC Raspberry Pi Project RaspBMC 2nd run with Apps Installed - YouTube

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