What can Raspbmc do?

Raspbmc is a full-fledged media center and offers the following capabilities:

  • Hardware playback of HD (up to 1080p) content in formats H264, MPEG2, and VC1, and MPEG2 and VC1 codecs must be purchased separately
  • Playback of multiple music formats (MP3, AAC, FLAC, and more)
  • Streaming content from a computer over a variety of streaming protocols
  • Support for different looks via skins
  • Streaming content from attached hard drives via USB
  • AirPlay support (with compatible iOS devices)
  • Watch and record TV on your device
  • Raspbmc can be controlled via a USB remote, a CEC-compatible device, or via a smartphone
  • Using various plugins, you can use online video and music services such as YouTube, Spotify, and iPlayer
  • Ability to create a media library that automatically downloads TV shows, film information, and FanArt
  • Ability to share this media library across multiple devices, including Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX systems
  • Automatic updating means that Raspbmc is always running at optimum performance and has the latest version of XBMC

Note

Note that this is not a comprehensive list of all the features, and that more are added regularly with Raspbmc's auto-update system.

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