Common issues

XBMC releases are brought to a stable point where most users should not have issues. However, due to XBMC's large, complex, and multi-platform nature, it is nearly impossible to release a totally bug-free version. As such, these are known issues that are present in XBMC. This is not an exhaustive list of bugs/issues, but a simple summary of confirmed issues that average users might be commonly facing. The purpose of this page is to let users know that Team XBMC is aware of these issues and (in most cases) is working on fixing them.

For a more complete list of possible bugs/issues see the XBMC Trac bug tracker. For reporting bugs see HOW-TO:Submit a bug report.

General

 * The current AFP client in XBMC is still the not-so-stable one from Eden.
 * A minor cosmetic flaw, when a single TV show is created from more than one source path (like some seasons on hard drive A, other seasons on hard drive B) certain counts in the GUI (i.e., number of episodes) can be off.
 * Videos encoded with VC-1 and that are interlaced will not currently playback correctly in XBMC when software decoding is used.
 * Video played in the pictures slide show won't work
 * Default touch screen skins (iOS and Android) do not have Live TV/PVR support yet.
 * XBMC might eat your babies.
 * FIXED in future v13
 * FIXED in future v13
 * FIXED in future v13
 * FIXED in future v13
 * FIXED in v12.3
 * FIXED in v12.2


 * Non-XBMC issues
 * AirPlay Mirroring is not supported

Android

 * Initial Android support is targeted at inexpensive Android powered set-top boxes. As such, support for mobile devices is still being developed, but will improve with time.
 * FIXED in future v13
 * FIXED in future v13
 * FIXED
 * FIXED
 * FIXED in v12.1

Linux general

 * Non-XBMC issues
 * XBMCBuntu lightdm causes no audio devices detected in XBMC thread about issue & workaround here added to upgrade FAQ.
 * Some Intel GPU's have a problem with rc6 and locks up the whole boot process. Workaround here Thanks to wsnipex for posting solution.
 * FIXED in future v13 and via AMD OSS video drivers 

XBMCbuntu specific

 * All AMD/ATI users with a GPU up to ATI HD5xxx will have a failed install because 12.10 does not carry compatible fglrx a workaround is on this thread.

Mac OS X/iOS
* Gapless playback for music isn't working.
 * FIXED in future v13
 * FIXED in future v13
 * FIXED in future v13 


 * Non-XBMC issues
 * Apple does not provide support for HD-audio passthrough in their audio API, CoreAudio.

Mac specific

 * Mac OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" has introduced a buffering/stuttering issue that seem to only effect certain Macs. Possibly related to the OSX AppNap feature.
 * No retina support yet.
 * Some tools/applications which adjust screen brightness may lead to low framerates (5fps framerate limiting) in XBMC. The most common ones should be exempt from this and not cause any issue, but there may be others. Please report any tools/applications that still have this issue to the XBMC support forums so that we can add them to the exempt list. (basically all tools which use a transparent fullscreen overlay)
 * Certain Macs using Intel GPUs seem to show a green line when using hardware decoding (VDA). A fix was found, but that fix caused some other issues, so the lesser evil was chosen (green line). Developers are still working on this issue. In most cases the Mac in question can run just fine without the hardware (VDA) decoder, as they have more than enough CPU power. It won't hurt anything. At most it might just kick up your CPU fans more, depending on how demanding the video is. You can turn off hardware video decoding by going into Settings -> Videos -> Playback and deselecting the VDA option.
 * FIXED in v12.3
 * FIXED in v12.1
 * FIXED in v12.1

iOS specific

 * Retina support for iPad is currently GUI only. Video resolution currently maxes out at 1024 x 768. Retina is fully supported for iPhones and iPod touches.
 * Uppercased special characters with accents are shown as lowercase (when uppercase tag is used in the skin) (See here for a possible temp workaround).
 * iDevices that use an A7 chip (64-bit) won't use hardware video decoding. Software video decoding should be enough to play back most videos, but will drain the battery faster.
 * FIXED in future v13
 * FIXED in future v13
 * FIXED in future v13
 * FIXED in future v13


 * Non-XBMC issues
 * Apple TV 2 will crash on startup when older versions of Plex are also installed. Either uninstall Plex or update it.
 * iDevices will crash on startup if Display Out is installed.

Raspberry Pi
* DVD ISO playback is not expected to work well (there is experimental support with the hardware decoder in test builds). 
 * FIXED in future v13
 * FIXED in future v13
 * FIXED in future v13

Windows

 * Vista has a very strange bug that sometimes causes add-ons to give a "script failed" error. If you have this issue please report it on http://forum.xbmc.org
 * AirPlay videos recorded with iPhones/iPads might not rotate correctly when using hardware video decoding
 * Windows screensaver and power saving mode kicks in when XBMC is not focused (independent of whether XBMC is playing a video or not)
 * FIXED in future v13
 * FIXED in future v13