From XBMC

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This user-guide manual for XBMC was created in order to consolidate the vast amounts of information accrued over the years. Although this manual was spawned by the visions of few that came before it, it came into being and will continue to be updated through the perspiration of many people from the XBMC community. Feel free to contribute in any way that you can. If something's missing, add it. If something's jacked up, fix it. XBMC always has and always will be a community effort, and its documentation should exist along those same lines. This manual was written using the default skin, Project Mayhem III, and uses the default keymapping for consistency.

Any questions, comments, or insults? See the Management.

The following lists the table of contents of this manual which you will find at the right side on every page to help you navigate the manual.

Introduction

• About XBMC and The XBMC Project
• XBMC Features and Supported Formats/Codecs
• XBMC Quick Start Guide
• Team-XBMC (The people behind XBMC)

Setting Up XBMC

• Install XBMC
  • Supported hardware
  • Installing XBMC for Linux
  • Installing XBMC for Mac
  • Installing XBMC for Mac on Apple TV
  • Installing XBMC for Windows
  • Installing XBMC for Xbox
  • Installing XBMC Live
• Media Sources
  • Add Media Sources
  • Types of Media Sources
  • Sharing Media from Your PC
• User Profiles
• The UserData Folder
• Advanced Configuration
• Add-ons
  • Installing Plugins
  • Installing Scripts
  • Installing Skins

General Usage

• Default Controls
  • Keyboard and Mouse
  • Apple Remote
  • XBOX Controller
  • XBOX DVD-Remote
  • XBOX Media Extender Remote
  • Universal Remote Control
  • XBOX USB Keyboard & Mouse
  • Hama MCE Remote
• The User Interface
  • General
  • Programs
  • Pictures
  • Videos
  • Music
  • Weather
  • Settings
  • Plugins
  • Scripts
  • Filemanager
• The Web Interface

Frequently Asked Questions

• What is XBMC and what can XBMC do?
• Obtaining XBMC
• Installing/Running/Updating/Uninstalling XBMC
• Using XBMC
• Troubleshooting problems in XBMC
• XBMC Forum FAQ
  • Forum Usage Guidelines
• XBMC Live specific FAQ
• XBMC for Linux specific FAQ
• XBMC for Mac OS X specific FAQ
• XBMC for Windows specific FAQ
• XBMC for Xbox specific FAQ

XBMC's Inner Workings

• XBMC for Linux development
• XBMC for Mac development
• XBMC for Windows development
• XBMC Python Development
  • Creating Plugins
  • Creating Scripts
  • Debugging Python Scripts with Eclipse (multi-platform)
  • Debugging Python Scripts on Linux with WinPDB
• Skinning XBMC (making or modifying GUI skins)
• The HTTP API (XBMC's Web Server HTTPAPI)
• The EventServer API (and EventClients for it)
• XBMC's SQL databases (database libraries)
• Audio Players (and audio codecs/demuxers)
• Video Players (and video codecs/demuxers)

Appendixes

• References
• Troubleshooting
• HOW-TOs / Tips & Tricks
• Development Notes
• Popular Modifications to XBMC and the Xbox
• Remote Control Reviews
• Disclaimer
• Thanks

Current events

Actively ongoing sub-projects. Note that the information in these articles may change rapidly as the events progresses.

• Google Summer of Code 2010 (GSoC 2010)
  • GSoC Qualification Tasks
  • GSoC Proposal Ideas from Team-XBMC
• Google Summer of Code 2008
  • GSoC - Unified PVR front-end with EPG
  • GSoC - GPU Assisted Video Decoding
• GPU Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding
• Games Library Ideas (Emulator Launcher)