The latest version of XBMC can be downloaded from Softpedia

Aug 19, 2014 07:45 GMT  ·  By

The final version of XBMC 13.2 "Gotham," an open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media that is available for multiple platforms, has been released.

The XBMC developers have managed to release a stable version of XBMC after several Betas and an RC. This is just a bug fix release and no new features have been added to the software, but users should really update nonetheless.

In fact, this is one of the last XBMC releases to have this name. The XBMC project is changing its name to Kodi, but it will do so with the release of the 14.x branch. So far, only a couple of Alpha versions have been made available for Kodi.

"Here it is. One of the last versions ever that will be using the XBMC name, as we are renaming XBMC to Kodi. All our future releases will be using the Kodi name. You can read about that here. However lets focus on this release. After three beta releases and a release candidate, we are happy to announce the final 13.2 release."

"This follows a couple of months after the 13.1 release, and is considered a small bug fix release. Unfortunately we cannot fix all things reported. Below you will find a list of most important fixes included in this release," reads the announcement.

According to the changelog, a number of audio problems with pass-through on OSX have been fixed, a crash that occurred on Android when an app was declared favorite and then uninstalled has been fixed, a bitstream conversion fix has been added for some BD mkv ISO rips, labelcontrols with autowidth are no longer marked as dirty, the included PVR add-on has been updated, FTP TLS now works properly, and an onplaybackstarted event for external players has been fixed.

Also, a problem with overlapping subtitles has been fixed, accented letters are now working as they should, a prompt for master pin has been added when the add-on manager is locked, and several bugs and memory leaks have been fixed.

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.

Check out the official announcement for a complete list of new features, updates, and changes. You can download XBMC 13.2 "Gotham" right now from Softpedia.

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