14 DAY TRIAL // XBMC, an open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media that is available for multiple platforms, is now at version 13.1 RC1.
XBMC 13.0 "Gotham" was an amazing release and the developers continued to improve it by releasing a new branch, 13.1, that has already gathered a number of changes and improvements.
"Now that more people are starting to use XBMC 13.0 codename 'Gotham,' several issues have popped up which thorough testing hadn’t previously revealed. We have already released two 13.1 beta versions, which had several fixes and improvements compared to the 13.0 stable release. To that end, we are announcing this 13.1 RC1 release which include these fixes."
"Do note that this release contain only fixes, and no new features. Although we call this a release candidate release, it should be safe to install on top of your current 13.0 install, as changes are minimal and confirmed working," say the devs in the blog post.
According to the changelog, the resume point of certain PVR items no longer stales during playback, a problem that occurred when certain TVs query XBMC’s UPnP server and it starts running a bunch of add-ons that cause popups on the XBMC machine has been fixed, a crash that occurred when users exited while airplay was playing has been fixed, and a crash that happened if librtmp wasn’t available has been corrected.
Also, the client broadcast UID is now used in the PVR API, albumartist is now being used in the song martplaylists, a minor memory leak in the PlayMedia builtin function has been corrected, and FFMpeg building on Linux is now using later versions of librtmp.
Keep in mind that, if you upgrade to this version, you might encounter some problems, especially with the add-ons, which might not work. If you are using any particular add-ons, you might want to wait until the final version of this software is released.
At the rate the developers are pushing out new versions of XBMC, we might get to see the final build within a week.
Check out the official announcement for a complete list of new features, updates, and changes. You can download XBMC 13.1 RC1 right now from Softpedia. It's likely that more development versions will follow soon.
Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.