So the big new thing in the new Dev build of XBMC is AudioEngine. It's a complete new engine to replace the old out dated one that XBMC has been using since the days of the original Xbox. For more information check out this.
It supports 24bit audio formats up to 384kHz, and adds support for DTS-HD MA and TrueHD along with many other new features. In my opinion this is going to really bring the XBMC platform to the front of the HTPC world (even though I think it already has a huge share of the market as is) and bring it well into the future. We're now at the ability to play Blu-rays natively and support the new audio formats and they've been implementing TV tuner capabilities as well as PVR functions. So finally there may be a full solution to take over Windows MCE before too long.
It supports 24bit audio formats up to 384kHz, and adds support for DTS-HD MA and TrueHD along with many other new features. In my opinion this is going to really bring the XBMC platform to the front of the HTPC world (even though I think it already has a huge share of the market as is) and bring it well into the future. We're now at the ability to play Blu-rays natively and support the new audio formats and they've been implementing TV tuner capabilities as well as PVR functions. So finally there may be a full solution to take over Windows MCE before too long.
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