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XHub Media Center - 2.1

Front Row replacement app

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All Time:	(4.2)
Version 2.1:	(5.0)
Selected Version:	2.1
Release Date:	2007-08-17
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 2.1):	510
Downloads (all versions):	17,801
Price:	$24.95

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Product Description:

XHub Media Center is one of the most popular alternatives to Apple's Front Row software. Developed exclusively for Mac OS X Tiger, XHub Media Center is fast, feature-rich and highly customizable, yet amazingly easy to use. Just connect your Mac to your living room TV and enjoy all of your digital media on the big screen from the comfort of your sofa. In addition to the essential music, movies, and photos modules, XHub Media Center also offers internet radio, web browsing, and EyeTV integration.

XHub Media Center has an appealing interface and is fully themable, with a wide range of skins and sound sets to choose from. You can even design your own theme for a truly personalized media center experience.

With built-in support for Salling Clicker, an award-winning software that allows you to use a Bluetooth/WiFi-enabled cell phone or PDA as a high-end remote control, XHub Media Center has the most sophisticated control options available on any system. It also supports remotes from Apple, ATI, Keyspan and many other manufacturers.

What's new in this version:

New, greatly enhanced Photos module: enable/disable slideshow music, choose between various photo effects and slideshow transition styles, watch slideshow preview
Animated desktop effect (optional)
Adjustable menu font size
New/redesigned skins
Added new sound set "Space"
Smooth transition between all menu images
Added iTunes movies menu to Videos
User may set default Movies folder
Lists volumes if default Movies folder is empty
Long menu items are clipped rather than truncated
Improved fading in/out of track info in Music module
iTunes movies, TV shows, music videos and video podcasts are listed by artist, show, name, etc (was CoverFlow view)
iTunes movies, TV shows, music videos and video podcasts are played by XHub (was by iTunes)
Added pref pane option to use Custom interface font setting for all interfaces
Added pref pane option to disable all iTunes video contents in Videos
Added pref pane option to set audio visualizer sound sensitivity
Added pref pane option to set slideshow photo style
Added pref pane option to set slideshow transition style
Added pref pane option to set slideshow transition interval
Added interface preview to pref pane
Added sound effects preview to pref pane
Shuffle/repeat displayed in all Music menus
Shuffle/repeat menu items only displayed if allowed
Resolves aliases in iPhoto library
Supports iPhoto libraries in non-standard location
Movie posters take precedence over folder posters
Compatible with iTunes 7.3
Compatible with Safari 3
Custom skin supports Quartz Compositions
New sound effects structure
Fixed bug where successive pressing of launch hotkey could crash application
Fixed crashes in Photos and Videos module
Fixed bug where listing of songs in Music module wouldn't work
Fixed bug in song info scroller
Fixed cursor positioning issue when running XHub with constrained display size
Fixed bug where video podcasts artwork was not displayed correctly
Fixed bug where app would crash if a non-DVD disc was inserted when opening DVD module
Fixed bug where you could not move to next/previous news article after closing web browser view
Fixed bug where you could not return to main menu after "Eye TV was not found" error
Fixed minor bugs in TV module
Fixed memory leaks
Fixed graphical bugs
Fixed various performance issues

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

1 GHz processor or better recommended

Feedback Summary:

Version 2.1:
Overall Rating:	(5.0)	Features:	(5.0)	Support:	(5.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(4.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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Buggy - Version: 2.3.1, 2/10/2008 12:00AM PST

(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)

Daniel123456

This is such a great alternative to Front Row; XHub has many wonderful capabilities. I only wish it worked well enough with other processes on my computer. It frequently causes Leopard to freeze up when launched (and the difference is almost immediately noticed), as well as disabling another preference pane entirely. I contacted the developer about this, but he doesn't seem to care. He seems more interested in telling other people how they're wrong than actually accepting the fact that there's something wrong with his work.

It's a crying shame, since the latest release of Front Row, while stable, has an even more pathetic interface.

Just Great! - Version: 2.1, 8/17/2007 08:22AM PST

(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)

xain092

This is just the best mediacenter app out there.
Forget about all the others. Trust me.
Five stars and great support too.
Why? It looks great! There are skins. Easy to manage. Just works. Coverflow on your lcd-tv!
All content available via a remote. Plays almost every video file even from mounted volumes!
Got a MacMini? Got a big Tv? Got loads of movies, music and pictures? Try it! Simple as that.

Excellent - Version: 2.0.1, 8/13/2007 08:37AM PST

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iceman4

One of the...if not the best, media center out there for the mac. Have used it from the early versions and it has evolved quite a bit. The support is excellent and its great to have the author actually take into account suggestions and implementations.

XHub integrates very well with Salling clicker and together they provide quite an experience in the Mac Home Media Center!!