- published: 01 Apr 2015
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XBMC Media Center is a media player application developed by the XBMC Foundation, a non-profit technology consortium. XBMC is free and open source software available for multiple platforms, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play videos, music and podcasts as well as browse and view photos from local and network storage media and the internet.
It is a popular alternative to Windows Media Center and Front Row for home theater PC use. One of XBMC's main features is its customizability. A variety of skins can change its appearance and various add-ons allow users to access online content on services such as YouTube, Grooveshark and Pandora Radio.
XBMC was originally created as a media center application for the original Xbox game console but since 2010, is officially available as a native application for Linux, Mac OS X, iOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is also available as a bootable Live CD and Live USB standalone version referred to as XBMCbuntu.