Use XBMC as home media center

XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows.

Use your media as-is: XBMC can play CDs and DVDs directly from the disk or image file, almost all popular archive formats from your hard drive, and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives. It will even scan all of your media and automatically create a personalized library complete with box covers, descriptions, and fanart. There are playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast feature and many audio visualizations. Once installed, your computer will become a fully functional multimedia jukebox.

1, Support chinese TV and online movie.

XBMC design a strong addon system. After installing chinese add-on, it can play most chinese TV and online movie.

Download and install chinese addon from http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-addons-chinese/downloads/list

2, Support remote control from my android

 

Also it support MCE control device from microsoft.

3, Support many source of media

4, Support many input device and can be easily extended

The XBMC’s extension are written into python language, for example, to support chinese pinyin input method, http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-addons-chinese/downloads/list gives python’s script, following is piece of code:

class InputWindow(xbmcgui.WindowXMLDialog):
    def __init__( self, *args, **kwargs ):
        self.totalpage = 1
        self.nowpage = 0
        self.words = ''
        self.inputString = kwargs.get( "default" ) or ""
        self.heading = kwargs.get( "heading" ) or ""
        xbmcgui.WindowXMLDialog.__init__( self, *args, **kwargs )

    def onInit(self):
        self.setKeyToChinese()
        self.getControl(CTRL_ID_HEAD).setLabel(self.heading)
        self.getControl(CTRL_ID_CODE).setLabel('')
        self.getControl(CTRL_ID_TEXT).setLabel(self.inputString)
        self.confirmed = False

5, Strong program plug-in

5.1 can check email/news ~~~

5.2 Play game in MAME simulator

5.3 BT download ~~~

6, Beautify weather forcast build-in program

7, 1080p output