Comments on: OSXBMC for Mac re-named: Say hello to Plex http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/07/osxbmc-for-mac-re-named-say-hello-to-plex/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:29:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Tas Harris http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/07/osxbmc-for-mac-re-named-say-hello-to-plex/#comment-950189 Tas Harris Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:19:06 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=29293#comment-950189 Any chance of a PS3 version of this software happening anytime soon? Any chance of a PS3 version of this software happening anytime soon?

]]> By: bear http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/07/osxbmc-for-mac-re-named-say-hello-to-plex/#comment-772250 bear Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:12:17 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=29293#comment-772250 is it going to be for gaming console's like the xbox or some other game just wanted to nkow is it going to be for gaming console’s like the xbox or some other game just wanted to nkow

]]> By: Claudio http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/07/osxbmc-for-mac-re-named-say-hello-to-plex/#comment-765362 Claudio Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:26:52 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=29293#comment-765362 Where does one go about getting these Skins for Plex, or OSXBMC or XBMC -- whichever one is best. The skins look purdy, and a lot better than the default one. But when I try to go to the site for the "Aeon" skin (shown?), it's down down down. Where does one go about getting these Skins for Plex, or OSXBMC or XBMC — whichever one is best. The skins look purdy, and a lot better than the default one. But when I try to go to the site for the “Aeon” skin (shown?), it’s down down down.

]]> By: Gamester17 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/07/osxbmc-for-mac-re-named-say-hello-to-plex/#comment-761669 Gamester17 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:23:39 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=29293#comment-761669 Another clarification of the XBMC name and its ports and forks: To start with the title of this article should to stay correct be renamed from "Xbox Media Center Mac Port Called "Plex"..." to the complicated "XBMC for Mac's OSXBMC fork renamed to Plex". You see, the original XBMC is no longer named "XBox Media Center", since it was made cross-platform (ported to Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows) it was a few months back officially been renamed to "XBMC" (and that is not an abbreviation any longer, see xbmc.org which is the official website). XBMC (at the xbmc.org website) is and always will be the original upstream version of XBMC (and forks like Plex, Boxee, and MediaPortal will probably always continue to copy code updates from the original XBMC, same as we do from them if they implement a new feature or function that we like, that iss the nature of open source). Now to the recent history and reason of OSXBMC being renamed to PLEX; Elan Fieldgold, as then Team-XBMC developer member, originally ported XBMC for Linux to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard later forked away from XBMC and called his fork OSXBMC (I will not go into details but the fork was due to development practice differences), Elan and Team-XBMC at that time agreed that it would then be best if he renamed it from OSXBMC to something else as Team-XBMC plan on continuing our version of XBMC for Mac to avoid the confusion from having two Mac OS X version out there with "XBMC" in the name. Now almost months later Elan has announced that the new name of OSXBMC is Plex, and that a new domain will be followed soon called plexsquared.com So to sum up: OSXBMC (www.osxbmc.com) becomes Plex (www.plexsquared.com) XBox Media Center (xboxmediacenter.com) is now just XBMC (xbmc.org) Team-XBMC (xbmc.org) will continue developing XBMC for all platforms XBMC for Linux XBMC for Mac XBMC for Windows XBMC for Xbox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBMC Another clarification of the XBMC name and its ports and forks:

To start with the title of this article should to stay correct be renamed from “Xbox Media Center Mac Port Called “Plex”…” to the complicated “XBMC for Mac’s OSXBMC fork renamed to Plex”.

You see, the original XBMC is no longer named “XBox Media Center”, since it was made cross-platform (ported to Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows) it was a few months back officially been renamed to “XBMC” (and that is not an abbreviation any longer, see xbmc.org which is the official website).

XBMC (at the xbmc.org website) is and always will be the original upstream version of XBMC (and forks like Plex, Boxee, and MediaPortal will probably always continue to copy code updates from the original XBMC, same as we do from them if they implement a new feature or function that we like, that iss the nature of open source).

Now to the recent history and reason of OSXBMC being renamed to PLEX; Elan Fieldgold, as then Team-XBMC developer member, originally ported XBMC for Linux to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard later forked away from XBMC and called his fork OSXBMC (I will not go into details but the fork was due to development practice differences), Elan and Team-XBMC at that time agreed that it would then be best if he renamed it from OSXBMC to something else as Team-XBMC plan on continuing our version of XBMC for Mac to avoid the confusion from having two Mac OS X version out there with “XBMC” in the name. Now almost months later Elan has announced that the new name of OSXBMC is Plex, and that a new domain will be followed soon called plexsquared.com

So to sum up:
OSXBMC (www.osxbmc.com) becomes Plex (www.plexsquared.com)
XBox Media Center (xboxmediacenter.com) is now just XBMC (xbmc.org)

Team-XBMC (xbmc.org) will continue developing XBMC for all platforms

XBMC for Linux
XBMC for Mac
XBMC for Windows
XBMC for Xbox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBMC

]]> By: Elan http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/07/osxbmc-for-mac-re-named-say-hello-to-plex/#comment-760949 Elan Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:39:02 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=29293#comment-760949 Just to clarify Al's comment above: The OSXBMC team ported XBMC to the Mac, contributed the changes back to XBMC, and the forked the code for a variety of reasons. Just to clarify Al’s comment above: The OSXBMC team ported XBMC to the Mac, contributed the changes back to XBMC, and the forked the code for a variety of reasons.

]]> By: AlTheKiller http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/07/osxbmc-for-mac-re-named-say-hello-to-plex/#comment-760832 AlTheKiller Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:01:32 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=29293#comment-760832 XBMC for MAC and OSXBMC are two different projects. OSXBMC forked from XBMC's MAC port and changed its name to plex. XBMC for MAC is still alive and well. XBMC for MAC and OSXBMC are two different projects. OSXBMC forked from XBMC’s MAC port and changed its name to plex. XBMC for MAC is still alive and well.

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