XBMC, which will be renamed to Kodi Entertainment Center soon, has been updated to XBMC 13.2 Gotham. XBMC is the media center of choice for most platforms. It is also the base of the media center operating systems such as OpenELEC and Raspbmc that power Raspberry Pi based low-cost low-power media centers. If you have not tried XBMC yet then it is high time you do. This post introduces the recently released XBMC 13.2 Gotham update.
What's New in XBMC 13.2 Gotham
XBMC 13.2 Gotham is a bugfix and maintenance release for XBMC 13.0 Gotham and it brings the following updates:
Fix audio problems with pass-through on OSX
Crash in Android if an app is favourite, then uninstalled from system
Fix crash in Android when entering programs menu in some skins
Bitstream conversion fix for some BD mkv iso rips
Fix labelcontrols with autowidth set were always marked as dirty (re-render)
Update included PVR add-on
Set “remote as keyboard” default to true for Android
Fix FTP TLS not working
Fix some disappearing characters on Mac OSX
Fix onplaybackstarted event for external players
Don’t show OSD menu DVD menu with mouse/touch
GetText and delete sound option for add-on developers
Fix wrong sample-rate selection on OSX
Fix optical usb devices with > 2 channels on OSX
Fix firewall popups in OSX on start-up
Make the fake full-screen option only visible when running OSX snowleopard
Fix overlapping subtitles
Fix accented letters. Example: “VARIéS” rather than “VARIÉS”
Prompt for master pin in case the add-on manager is locked
Anand is a self-learned computer enthusiast, hopeless tinkerer (if it ain't broke, fix it), a part-time blogger, and a Scientist during the day. He has been blogging since 2010 on Linux, Ubuntu, Home/Media/File Servers, Smart Home Automation, and related HOW-TOs.
