<s>
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open	I-Application
source	I-Application
media	O
player	O
software	B-Application
made	O
solely	O
for	O
the	O
first-generation	O
Xbox	B-Application
video-game	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	B-Application
was	O
forked	O
from	O
the	O
XBMC	B-Application
project	O
(	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
Kodi	B-Application
and	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Xbox	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Player	I-Application
)	O
after	O
XBMC	B-Application
removed	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
console	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
than	O
the	O
audio	O
/	O
video	O
playback	O
and	O
media	O
center	O
functionality	O
,	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
also	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
catalog	O
and	O
launch	O
original	B-Application
Xbox	I-Application
games	O
,	O
and	O
homebrew	B-Application
applications	B-Application
such	O
as	O
console	O
emulators	O
from	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
's	O
built-in	O
harddrive	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
is	O
homebrew	B-Application
software	B-Application
that	O
is	O
not	O
endorsed	O
or	O
supported	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
any	O
way	O
,	O
it	O
means	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
requires	O
a	O
modchip	O
or	O
softmod	B-Device
exploit	I-Device
installed	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
game-console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Binary	B-Application
builds	O
of	O
XBMC	B-Application
can	O
also	O
not	O
be	O
legally	O
distributed	O
by	O
the	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
project	O
members	O
,	O
so	O
all	O
releases	O
of	O
binary-builds	O
are	O
made	O
by	O
independent	O
third-parties	O
who	O
compile	B-Language
and	O
distribute	O
unofficial	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
application	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBMC4XBox	B-Language
's	O
10-foot	B-General_Concept
user	I-General_Concept
interface	I-General_Concept
is	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
living-room	O
TV	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
large	O
icons	O
and	O
text	O
in	O
the	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
easily	O
manage	O
most	O
common	O
digital	O
music	O
,	O
video	O
,	O
image	O
,	O
podcasts	O
,	O
and	O
playlists	O
formats	O
from	O
a	O
computer	O
,	O
optical	O
disk	O
,	O
local	B-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
the	O
internet	O
using	O
an	O
Xbox	B-Application
's	O
game-controller	O
or	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
DVD-Kit	O
remote	B-Protocol
control	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
skinnable	B-Application
and	O
user-configurable	O
interface	O
and	O
plugin	B-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
does	O
also	O
just	O
like	O
XBMC	B-Application
feature	O
;	O
audio	O
visualizations	O
,	O
slideshows	O
,	O
weather	O
forecasts	O
reporting	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Python-based	O
API	B-Application
for	O
third-party	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Add-ons	O
such	O
as	O
skins	O
and	O
plugins	B-Application
for	O
XBMC	B-Application
are	O
not	O
out-of-the-box	O
compatible	O
with	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
due	O
to	O
differences	O
in	O
their	O
API	B-Application
's	O
which	O
means	O
that	O
all	O
XBMC	B-Application
addons	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
ported	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
specifically	O
work	O
with	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	B-Application
is	O
not	O
an	O
authorized/signed	O
Microsoft	O
product	O
,	O
therefore	O
a	O
modification	B-Device
of	I-Device
the	I-Device
Xbox	I-Device
is	O
required	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
run	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
on	O
an	O
Xbox	B-Application
game-console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
a	O
modded	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
,	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
can	O
be	O
run	O
as	O
an	O
application	B-Application
(	O
like	O
any	O
Xbox	B-Application
game	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
as	O
a	O
dashboard	B-Device
that	O
appears	O
directly	O
when	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
is	O
turned	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
program	B-General_Concept
,	O
its	O
development	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
stored	O
on	O
a	O
publicly	O
accessible	O
subversion	B-Application
repository	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Accordingly	O
,	O
unofficial	O
executable	B-Application
builds	O
from	O
the	O
subversion	B-Application
repository	I-Application
are	O
often	O
released	O
by	O
third	O
parties	O
on	O
sites	O
unaffiliated	O
with	O
the	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
source	O
code	O
is	O
distributed	O
as	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
under	O
GPL	B-License
(	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
)	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
community	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
volunteering	O
people	O
from	O
different	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
working	O
on	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
for	O
free	O
in	O
their	O
spare	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
is	O
mostly	O
updated	O
on	O
a	O
daily	O
basis	O
by	O
developers	O
in	O
a	O
public	O
subversion	B-Application
repository	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
description	O
of	O
the	O
unique	O
features	O
and	O
functions	O
of	O
the	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
fork	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
that	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
or	O
different	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
XBMC	B-Application
software	B-Application
from	O
which	O
it	O
was	O
forked	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
has	O
a	O
"	O
My	O
Programs	O
"	O
section	O
which	O
functions	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
dashboard	B-Device
to	O
launch	O
Xbox	B-Device
games	I-Device
(	O
retail	O
and	O
homebrew	B-Application
)	O
and	O
applications/emulator	O
directly	O
off	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
built-in	O
harddrive	B-Device
,	O
all	O
from	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
with	O
thumbnail	O
and	O
list	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
replaces	O
the	B-Application
original	I-Application
Xbox	I-Application
Dashboard	B-Device
from	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
flashing	O
new	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
to	O
an	O
Xbox	B-Application
modchip	O
it	O
also	O
features	O
many	O
extra	O
functions	O
that	O
other	O
homebrew	B-Application
dashboards	O
have	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
also	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
use	O
and	O
apply	O
Xbox	B-Application
Trainer	O
Files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trainer	O
support	O
in	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
was	O
achieved	O
through	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Team	O
Xored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
collaboration	O
began	O
in	O
December	O
2005	O
and	O
came	O
to	O
fruition	O
in	O
January	O
2006	O
by	O
successfully	O
integrating	O
the	O
Team	O
Xored	O
Trainer	O
Engine	O
into	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
previously	O
had	O
an	O
XLink	B-Protocol
Kai	I-Protocol
front-end	O
integrated	O
to	O
control	O
that	O
client	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
in	O
more	O
recent	O
builds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
play/view	O
all	O
common	O
multimedia	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
cannot	O
playback	O
most	O
native	O
720p	O
and	O
1080p	O
video	O
files	O
due	O
to	O
Xbox	B-Application
hardware	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
can	O
upscale	O
the	O
resolution	O
of	O
many	O
standard	B-Device
definition	I-Device
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
uses	O
two	O
different	O
multimedia	O
video	O
player	O
'	O
cores	O
 '	O
for	O
video-playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
core	O
,	O
dubbed	O
"	O
DVDPlayer	O
"	O
,	O
is	O
XBMC	B-Application
's	O
in-house	B-Architecture
developed	O
video-playback	O
core	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
DVD-Video	O
movies	O
and	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
libmpeg2	B-Library
and	O
libmad	B-Algorithm
for	O
MPEG	O
decoding	O
yet	O
FFmpeg	B-Library
for	O
media-container	O
demuxing	O
,	O
splitting	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
decoding	O
other	O
audio	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Respective	O
audio	O
decoding	O
is	O
handled	O
by	O
liba52	B-Application
for	O
ac3	B-Language
audio	O
decoding	O
and	O
libdts	B-Language
/	O
libdca	B-Language
for	O
DTS	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
relatively	O
unusual	O
feature	O
of	O
this	O
DVD-player	O
core	O
is	O
the	O
capability	O
to	O
on-the-fly	O
pause	O
and	O
play	O
DVD-Video	O
movies	O
that	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
IMG	I-General_Concept
DVD-images	O
or	O
DVD-Video	O
(	O
IFO/VOB/BUP	O
)	O
images	O
(	O
even	O
directly	O
from	O
uncompressed	O
RAR	O
and	O
ZIP	B-General_Concept
archives	I-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
from	O
either	O
local	O
harddrive	B-Device
storage	O
or	O
network-share	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
video-player	O
'	O
core	O
 '	O
for	O
video-playback	O
is	O
a	O
ported	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
player	O
,	O
MPlayer	B-Application
,	O
which	O
today	O
is	O
only	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
backup	O
player	O
in	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
MPlayer	B-Application
which	O
is	O
known	O
for	O
playing	O
practically	O
all	O
common	O
media-formats	O
and	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
handles	O
all	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
and	O
containers	O
normally	O
supported	O
by	O
MPlayer	B-Application
,	O
(	O
which	O
is	O
all	O
FFmpeg	B-Library
supported	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
and	O
also	O
several	O
external	O
ones	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
proprietary	O
DLL-files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third	O
'	O
core	O
 '	O
,	O
PAPlayer	B-Application
(	O
abbreviated	O
from	O
Psycho-acoustic	O
Audio	O
Player	O
)	O
,	O
only	O
supports	O
audio	O
playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PAPlayer	B-Application
was	O
also	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
XBMC	B-Application
team	O
,	O
before	O
the	O
projects	O
split	O
,	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PAPlayer	B-Application
supports	O
more	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
than	O
MPlayer	B-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
therefore	O
the	O
default	O
audio	O
playback	O
'	O
core	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
file	O
formats	O
that	O
do	O
n't	O
work	O
with	O
MPlayer	B-Application
play	O
with	O
PAPlayer	B-Application
and	O
there	O
are	O
less	O
bugs	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
visualisation	O
bug	O
in	O
MPlayer	B-Application
,	O
where	O
visualisations	O
'	O
break	O
 '	O
after	O
a	O
file	O
has	O
been	O
played	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
previous	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
site	O
went	O
down	O
,	O
the	O
wiki	O
was	O
lost	O
,	O
so	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
record	O
for	O
supported	O
filetypes	O
for	O
PAPlayer	B-Application
in	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
XBMC.org	O
has	O
a	O
page	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
application	I-Application
programmed	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
uses	O
Microsoft	B-Application
DirectX	I-Application
multimedia	O
framework	O
and	O
Direct3D	B-Application
rendering	O
,	O
(	O
as	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
does	O
not	O
support	O
OpenGL	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xbox	B-Application
SDK	O
(	O
Xbox	B-Application
Development	I-Application
Kit	I-Application
,	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
XDK	O
)	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
(	O
with	O
libraries	B-Library
)	O
is	O
required	O
to	O
compile	B-Language
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
common	O
misconception	O
that	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
modified	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
kernel	B-Operating_System
,	O
instead	O
they	O
claim	O
that	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
operating	O
system	O
was	O
built	O
from	O
scratch	O
but	O
implements	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
Windows	B-Library
APIs	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
that	O
it	O
does	O
,	O
indeed	O
,	O
run	O
a	O
modified	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
still	O
persists	O
in	O
the	O
community	O
,	O
however	O
what	O
is	O
known	O
for	O
sure	O
is	O
that	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
's	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
works	O
like	O
a	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
is	O
Win32	B-Library
based	O
,	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
resources	O
or	O
capabilities	O
of	O
a	O
full	O
Windows	B-Application
NT	I-Application
based	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
:	O
neither	O
DirectShow	B-Library
,	O
registry	B-Protocol
,	O
nor	O
DLL	O
are	O
natively	O
supported	O
on	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
constraints	O
on	O
the	O
hardware	O
and	O
environment	O
of	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
,	O
all	O
software	B-Application
development	O
of	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
is	O
focused	O
on	O
reserving	O
the	O
limited	O
resources	O
that	O
exist	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
hindrance	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
available	O
RAM	B-Architecture
at	O
any	O
one	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UDF	O
(	O
Universal	O
Disk	O
Format	O
)	O
file-system	O
limitation	O
:	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
only	O
supports	O
UDF	O
version	O
1.02	O
(	O
designed	O
for	O
DVD-Video	O
media	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
a	O
maximum	O
file-size	O
of	O
1GB	O
(	O
meaning	O
if	O
you	O
burn	O
a	O
DVD-media	O
in	O
a	O
newer	O
UDF	O
version	O
with	O
a	O
video	O
that	O
is	O
larger	O
than	O
1GB	O
,	O
XBMC	B-Application
will	O
not	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
play	O
that	O
file	O
)	O
,	O
same	O
goes	O
for	O
UDF/ISO	O
hybrid	O
formats	O
(	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
Workaround	O
:	O
Burn	O
all	O
your	O
CD/DVD	O
-media	O
in	O
ISO	B-Application
9660	I-Application
format	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
standard	O
for	O
recording	O
CD/DVDs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unfortunately	O
ISO	B-Application
9660	I-Application
has	O
a	O
2GB	O
(	O
Gigabyte	O
)	O
file-size	O
limitation	O
,	O
which	O
cannot	O
be	O
bypassed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xbox	B-Application
built-in	O
harddrive	B-Device
is	O
formatted	O
in	O
FATX	O
(	O
File	O
Allocation	O
Table	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Application
)	O
which	O
has	O
a	O
4GB	O
(	O
4096	O
Megabyte	O
)	O
file-size	O
limitation	O
,	O
and	O
only	O
supports	O
file/folder	O
-names	O
up	O
to	O
42	O
characters	O
,	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
255	O
in	O
total	O
file-structure	O
character-depth	O
and	O
a	O
maximum	O
number	O
of	O
4096	O
files/folders	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
subfolder	O
,	O
plus	O
in	O
the	O
root	O
of	O
each	O
partition	O
,	O
the	O
maximum	O
number	O
of	O
files/folders	O
is	O
256	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FATX	O
also	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
all	O
standard	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
characters	I-Protocol
in	O
file/folder	O
names	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
< >	O
=	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
XBMC	B-Application
will	O
automatically	O
try	O
to	O
rename	O
any	O
files/folders	O
you	O
transfer	O
to	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
according	O
to	O
these	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
None	O
of	O
these	O
file-size	O
and	O
file-name	O
issues	O
are	O
XBMC	B-Application
bugs	O
as	O
the	O
limitations	O
are	O
in	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workaround	O
:	O
Store	O
your	O
files/folders	O
on	O
your	O
computer	O
or	O
a	O
Network-Attached	B-Application
Storage	I-Application
(	O
NAS	B-Application
)	O
device	O
which	O
supports	O
SMB/CIFS	B-Operating_System
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
or	O
UPnP	B-Application
and	O
share	O
them	O
over	O
a	O
local-area-network	B-General_Concept
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
USB	O
flash	O
drive	O
(	O
USB	O
key-drives/memory	O
-keys	O
)	O
reader/writer	O
class	O
used	O
by	O
XBMC	B-Language
for	I-Language
Xbox	I-Language
currently	O
has	O
a	O
few	O
limitations	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
limited	O
to	O
USB	O
flash	O
drives	O
and	O
harddisks	B-Device
compatible	O
with	O
USB	B-Architecture
Mass	I-Architecture
Storage	I-Architecture
Device	I-Architecture
Class	I-Architecture
following	O
the	O
USB	O
1.1	O
standard	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
maximum	O
size	O
of	O
4GB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NTFS	B-Application
formatted	O
drives	O
are	O
not	O
supported	O
yet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
its	O
by	O
today	O
's	O
standard	O
old	O
and	O
slow	O
733MHz	O
Intel	O
Pentium	O
III-like	O
CPU	B-Device
and	O
64MB	O
shared	B-Operating_System
memory	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
has	O
neither	O
a	O
fast	O
enough	O
CPU	B-Device
nor	O
sufficient	O
amounts	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
to	O
play	O
HDTV	B-Device
videos	O
encoded	O
in	O
native	O
720p/1080i	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
XBMC	B-Application
on	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
can	O
up-convert	O
all	O
standard	B-Device
definition	I-Device
movies	O
and	O
output	O
them	O
at	O
720p	B-Device
or	I-Device
1080i	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xbox	B-Application
is	O
only	O
able	O
to	O
play	O
MPEG-4	B-Application
AVC	I-Application
(	O
H.264	B-Application
)	O
encoded	O
videos	O
if	O
the	O
video-resolution	O
is	O
under	O
480p	O
(	O
720x480	O
pixels	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
video	O
is	O
however	O
encoded	O
with	O
MPEG-4	B-Application
ASP	I-Application
instead	O
,	O
then	O
the	O
videos	O
native-resolution	O
can	O
be	O
anything	O
up	O
to	O
960x540	O
pixels	O
(	O
a	O
resolution	O
which	O
is	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
HRHD	O
resolution	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
Xbox	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Player	I-Application
(	O
XBMP	B-Application
)	O
,	O
XboxMediaCenter	B-Application
(	O
XBMC	B-Application
)	O
,	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
platforms	O
and	O
architectures	O
,	O
becoming	O
XBMC	B-Application
or	O
XBMC	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Center	I-Application
thus	O
losing	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
27	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
to	O
differentiate	O
the	O
now	O
mainline	O
multiplatform	B-Operating_System
XBMC	B-Application
from	O
the	B-Application
original	I-Application
Xbox	I-Application
,	O
the	O
team	O
behind	O
XBMC	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
splitting	O
of	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
branch	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
project	O
;	O
"	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
"	O
which	O
will	O
continue	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
support	O
of	O
XBMC	B-Application
for	O
the	O
old	O
Xbox	B-Application
hardware	O
platform	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
project	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
XBMC	B-Application
project	O
no	O
longer	O
offering	O
any	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
official	O
release	O
of	O
XBMC	B-Language
for	I-Language
Xbox	I-Language
was	O
9.11	O
Camelot	O
,	O
a	O
release	O
which	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
was	O
more	O
closely	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
multiplatform	B-Operating_System
XBMC	B-Application
that	O
had	O
been	O
in	O
development	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
project	O
has	O
since	O
reverted	O
to	O
version	O
numbering	O
that	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
a	O
date	O
for	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
it	O
is	O
now	O
uses	O
a	O
simpler	O
major.minor	O
version	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
what	O
was	O
used	O
before	O
Xbox	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Center	I-Application
became	O
just	O
XBMC	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
previous	O
years	O
before	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
split	O
from	O
XBMC	B-Application
,	O
there	O
was	O
less	O
developer	O
interest	O
in	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
of	O
XBMC	B-Application
,	O
as	O
the	O
new	O
multiplatform	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
XBMC	B-Application
became	O
the	O
primary	O
concern	O
for	O
the	O
XBMC	B-Application
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
one	O
developer	O
(	O
Arnova	O
)	O
still	O
looked	O
after	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lack	O
of	O
interest	O
from	O
the	O
XBMC	B-Application
developers	O
got	O
to	O
a	O
point	O
where	O
a	O
new	O
home	O
was	O
needed	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
codebase	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2010	O
it	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
community	O
site	O
had	O
already	O
been	O
set	O
up	O
at	O
xbmc4xbox.org	O
and	O
was	O
chosen	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
forums	O
on	O
xbmc.org	O
where	O
XboxX	O
discussion	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
relevant	O
,	O
as	O
xbmc.org	O
only	O
deals	O
with	O
the	O
platforms	O
that	O
they	O
actively	O
develop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBMCXbox	O
software	B-Application
is	O
just	O
like	O
XBMC	B-Application
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
by	O
its	O
developers	O
,	O
meaning	O
they	O
allow	O
anybody	O
to	O
redistribute	O
XBMCXbox	O
source	O
code	O
under	O
very	O
liberal	O
conditions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
compile	B-Language
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
build	O
of	O
XBMCXbox	O
into	O
executable	B-Application
form	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
currently	O
necessary	O
to	O
use	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
proprietary	O
XDK	O
(	O
Xbox	B-Application
Development	I-Application
Kit	I-Application
)	O
which	O
is	O
only	O
available	O
to	O
licensed	O
developers	O
and	O
the	O
resulting	O
code	O
may	O
only	O
be	O
legally	O
distributed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Accordingly	O
,	O
code	O
compiled	B-Language
with	O
an	O
unauthorized	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
Development	I-Application
Kit	I-Application
may	O
not	O
be	O
legally	O
distributed	O
by	O
anyone	O
other	O
than	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
while	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
's	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
made	O
publicly	O
available	O
by	O
the	O
developers	O
under	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
(	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
)	O
license	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
themselves	O
are	O
legally	O
unable	O
to	O
distribute	O
executable	B-Application
versions	O
of	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
because	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
requires	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
proprietary	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
compile	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
the	O
only	O
publicly	O
available	O
executable	B-Application
versions	O
of	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
are	O
from	O
third	O
parties	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
pre-compiled	O
versions	O
of	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
may	O
be	O
illegal	O
to	O
distribute	O
in	O
many	O
countries	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
for	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
which	O
are	O
not	O
natively	O
supported	O
via	O
FFmpeg	B-Library
,	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
via	O
MPlayer	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
DLL	O
loader	O
which	O
can	O
load	O
third-party	O
made	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
codec	B-General_Concept
DLLs	O
to	O
decode	O
unsupported	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
some	O
third-party	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
builds	O
incorporate	O
all	O
available	O
third-party	O
DLLs	O
that	O
XBMC4Xbox	B-Language
can	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
redistribution	O
of	O
these	O
without	O
a	O
license	O
is	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
.	O
</s>
