XBMC4Xbox
| XBMC4Xbox | |
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XBMC4Xbox Home Screen | |
| Developer(s) | XBMC4Xbox Development Team |
| Initial release | 27 May 2010 |
| Stable release | 3.5.3
/ 27 February 2016 |
| Written in | C++ (with Python Scripts as plugins) |
| Platform | First generation Xbox |
| Type | Media center, Media player, Digital media receiver |
| License | GNU GPLv2 |
| Website | xbmc4xbox |
XBMC4Xbox is a free and open source media player software made solely for the first-generation Xbox video-game console. The software was forked from the XBMC project (XBMC stands for Xbox Media Center). after XBMC removed support for the Xbox console. Other than the audio / video playback and media center functionality, XBMC4Xbox also has the ability to catalog and launch original Xbox games, and homebrew applications such as console emulators from the Xbox's built-in hard drive.
Since the XBMC4Xbox is homebrew software that is not endorsed or supported by Microsoft in any way, it means XBMC4Xbox requires a modchip or softmod exploit installed to run on the Xbox game-console. Binary builds of XBMC can also not be legally distributed by the XBMC4Xbox project members, so all releases of binary-builds are made by independent third-parties who compile and distribute unofficial versions of the application.