xbmc/xbmc
Xbmc
This project is a cross-platform media center, player, and digital media library manager. It serves as a centralized home theater hub for organizing, managing, and playing digital audio and video files across multiple operating systems.
The application features a skinable media interface designed for remote control and ten-foot interface optimization. This is supported by a skinning engine that separates visual layout from application logic, allowing for custom user interface designs.
The system provides automated media library organization by scanning folders to generate structured databases with metadata, descriptions, and cover art. It supports multi-format media playback and network content streaming from local storage or internet sources.
The codebase utilizes a cross-platform build system to generate executable binaries and supports a plugin-based architecture for loading external extensions.
Features
- Home Theater Managers - Acts as a centralized home theater hub for organizing, managing, and playing digital audio and video files across multiple platforms.
- Media Center Hubs - Serves as a centralized home theater hub aggregating digital media from various sources for cross-platform playback.
- Metadata Organizers - Scans folders to fetch and arrange media information, descriptions, and cover art into a structured database.
- Media Library Indexers - Automatically scans local and remote storage to build a structured media database linked to external metadata.
- Cross-Platform Media Players - Provides a consistent entertainment interface and playback experience across Android, Linux, Windows, and macOS.
- Digital Media Playback - Streams audio and video files from local storage, home networks, or the internet using a single application.
- Media Management Tools - Provides automated scanning and indexing of media folders to create structured libraries with metadata and cover art.
- Hardware-Accelerated Decoders - Interfaces with GPU resources to offload high-bitrate video decompression from the CPU.
- Media Automation - Automates the processing and organization of media libraries, including the generation of structured databases with cover art.
- Multi-Format Media Players - Supports streaming and playing a wide variety of popular audio and video formats from local and network sources.
- Ten-Foot User Interfaces - Provides a skinning engine optimized for ten-foot interfaces and remote control navigation.
- Skinning Engines - Features a skinning engine that separates visual layout from application logic using XML and image definitions.
- Cross-Platform Build Systems - Provides a unified toolchain to automate the compilation and packaging of binaries for multiple target operating systems.
- Stream and Content Distribution - Enables access and playback of multimedia files across home networks and the internet via streaming protocols.
- Cross-Platform Binary Generation - Generates native executable binaries and packages compatible with diverse CPU architectures and operating systems.
- Plugin-Based Architectures - Employs a modular architecture that allows extending functionality via external binary or scripted plugins at runtime.
- Input Abstraction Layers - Implements an abstraction layer to normalize diverse hardware controller inputs into unified navigation events.
- Interface Appearance Customizations - Allows modification of visual themes and layouts to suit specific hardware or remote control requirements.
- Media Player Interfaces - Implements a powerful skinning engine that separates visual layout from logic, optimized for remote controls and ten-foot interfaces.
- Audio and Video - Comprehensive media center for local and streaming content.
- Audio Video Tools - Listed in the “Audio Video Tools” section of the Awesome Mac awesome list.
- Media and Entertainment - Comprehensive home theater and media center software.
- Media Players - Full-featured media center application.
- Multimedia Streaming - Comprehensive multimedia and entertainment center.
