FlickrXBMC is a well laid out XBMC client for Flickr. Possibly the largest photo management site on the planet. One can only wonder at the size of the data centres behind this huge photo album. One of my few treasured formal qualifications in a city and guilds in photgraphy. My whole family take the piss [...]

Today we are going to be looking at a new feature here at HD420p, Navi-x Playlist’s. For all those who don’t know navi-x is content aggregator that provides access to all kinds of multimedia content on your media center. You could call it an app that runs from xbmc with its own interface and features. [...]

 The Big Picture has been hanging around on the XBMC forum for a while now. Written by rwparris2 the addon aims to show images from boston.com’s Big Picture blog. The Photo Journal from the Wall Street Journal. The Sacramento Bee’s The Frame and The Atlantic’s In Focus . It does this pretty well with a [...]

Yesterday saw the release of Artwork downloader 1.0.0.The new replacement for Extrafanart Downloader. We did briefly take a look at RC3 of this release. Even blogged about it. Unfortunately that post disappeared into the ether while I’ve been messing with the site. Schoolboy error. Artwork downloader automates the process of downloading a multiple fanarts Movies: [...]

Those lads have been at it again. Extra Fanart Downloader just gets better. Machine-Sanctum is claiming “A small extra” in the recent update but I beg to differ. The welcome addition of Extrathumbs capability makes the world of difference. Extrathumbs are the little screenshots on some skin library views This may not seem like much [...]

XBMC’s default weather app/addon is pretty good. With the addition of Weather Plus we can improve on it in a couple of ways. Aeon Nox has the ability to display weather backgrounds based on current weather conditions. So lets do it, download a weather pack. The official one is here but I managed to find [...]

Yet another in what is becoming a long list of what I’d consider to be essential plugins. Install it out of the box from the XBMC.org repo. A great addition to our usenet PVR setup. XBMC Library Auto Update will update your movie (and or music) Libraries at regular intervals. Thats it. No bells or [...]

OK, this is a no brainer. After installing XBMC for the first time on ANY platform you are going to want to install the passion-xbmc repositories Installer. This script puts most of the unofficial repo’s within easy reach. Unofficial repo’s are where a majority of community add-ons are held. The main advantage of installing add-on’s [...]

In this guide we are going to show you how to run Boxee from XBMC. You can now enjoy the best of both worlds with XBMC and Boxee on the same system without a dual-boot grub. Firstly sign up for a free account at http://www.boxee.tv/ if you don’t have one. Download boxee for  Ubuntu Linux [...]

To install Advanced Launcher, you need first to install the XBMC Angelscry Repository. This repository allows you to stay informed when a new version of the Advanced Launcher is available and to automatically install the last version of the Advanced Launcher add-on. You can download the last version of the XBMC Angelscry Repository from this [...]