As you may have noticed, over the past couple of days 1Channel has been undergoing some site updates and server maintenance which is causing it to produce strange errors and display old movies as new and such. There is something you can do to temporarily fix these 1Channel errors until a plugin update it pushed, most likely in a few days time. It's very easy to perform and most likely a good idea … [Read more...]

Depending on what platform or version of XBMC you're using, it might be useful for you to add a mouse or touchscreen controller to your XBMC environment in order to make things easier and more convenient for your entertainment purposes. Some XBMC platforms will probably already have this function enabled, while others might not. We're now going to walk you through enabling this type of support, … [Read more...]

If you've been on the various XBMC related discussion forums lately then you've undoubtably heard of this new XBMC addon aggregator dubbed SuperRepo. It was written by a chap named Bart Otten and seems to be quite promising for advanced users in particular, however it is still a work in progress so there are probably some bugs that will arise for the next little while. The cool thing about it is … [Read more...]

It seems that a few of you, particularly Mac users with Apple TV devices in their home have been encountering issues with audio not playing properly through their computer's speakers or their device intended audio output. This is due to XBMC automatically selecting AirPlay as the default audio output option in some cases, and is something that can easily be fixed with a few clicks of your mouse. … [Read more...]

People love their music, and love their XBMC, so why not make it easy to play your downloaded music through your XBMC installation, regardless of what type of device you're using? It takes about three seconds to enable AirPlay on XBMC, instantly giving you the ability to stream music from iTunes on your computer or iPod, iPhone or iPad; directly to your XBMC device. LISTENING TO ITUNES AIRPLAY … [Read more...]

You can actually backup your XBMC configuration files so that you can import them into any other XBMC installation on any device. This means that using standard XBMC functionality, you can clone your XBMC setup and install it onto other devices on the fly without having to go through the hassle of manually configuring settings, skins and addons. This isn't for the weak at heart, it does … [Read more...]

Many of our users have been expressing that they've been having trouble with the Veetle addon lately. The problem is related to something code related in XBMC itself, not a problem related to the addon's scripting. Basically Veetle changed the way their video stream renders, so we need to make a temporary correction within the XBMC file base to temporarily provide a fix and bring things back to … [Read more...]

We've been receiving a lot of messages lately from users asking what they can do to contribute to the XBMC community. There are in fact many things that anyone can do to help build our community and web site, regardless of your technical aptitude. It's important that we have as many people helping out as possible, as we are a peer interaction based community that's growth relies on the support of … [Read more...]

Many people have been stressing that they'd like to be able to lock their children out of certain addons, specifically ones that are adult in nature. While XBMC doesn't currently support Parental Control, there is a new program addon that will allow you to Password Protect specific addons that you've installed. This doesn't seem to work with all addons yet, keep that in mind. ADDING PASSWORD … [Read more...]

There has been this little addon called XBMC Forum Browser for quite some time, and has for quite a few months been supporting the navigation of the XBMC HUB forums. You can now amuse yourself and seek useful information from our forums without ever having to look away from the XBMC system again. HOW TO USE XBMC FORUM BROWSER TO READ OUR FORUMS Step 1: Launch XBMC, and Navigate to the "PROGRAMS" … [Read more...]