Supported hardware platforms and Xbox options:
- Compatible with modded retail Xbox, Debug/Development-Xbox and DreamX
- Fully control XboxMediaCenter and its features via a Xbox™ IR DVD-Remote
- Fully control XboxMediaCenter and its features via Xbox™ game controller

Supported output media formats and devices:
- TV-output: 50hz/60Hz NTSC-M/J (America/Asia) and PAL (Europe/Africa)
- RCA, SCART, RF Coaxial, S-video, Component/RGB adapters available
- Widescreen (16:9) and normal-TV (4:3) aspect ratio video output support
- NTSC playback on PAL Xbox/TV and PAL playback on NTSC Xbox/TV*
- HDTV support (multiple resolutions 480p/720p/1080i and progressive scan)*
- VGA-output is also possible via third-party adapters or VGA-hacked BIOS
- LCD-display output support to view status and control XBMC with TV OFF*
- Analog audio-out (stereo/mono) via phono (RCA) connection or scart-adapter
- Digital audio-out (mono/stereo/surround) S/PDIF optical (adapter required)

Supported input media formats and devices:
- Read files directly from a CD, VCD or DVD media in the Xbox's DVD-ROM drive**
  (Support CD/DVD formats:  ISO 9660 - Mode1/2/XA, UDF 1.02 and XDVDFS/CDX)
  (DVD-ROM playback is on-the-fly only** (no option yet to auto-cache to HDD first)
- Play files directly from Xbox built-in hard drive (copy first from DVD** or network)****
- Stream media files from a computer over a local network via XNS*, XBMSP or SMB,
  (including all NAS, Network Attached Storage devices that support SAMBA/SMB).
- XBMC XBMSP-client code updated to support "Auto-Discovery of XBMSP servers"
- Stream supported media files from the internet (if stream format is supported too)*
- iTunes Music Shares via DAAP (network stream from Apple iTunes on Mac or PC)*****
- Xbox Memory Cards (note that only FAT-X formated memory cards is supported)****
- USB Mass Storage Devices (USB-HDD's/memory) with FAT-X file-system****

Supported file/container formats:
- Audio-CD (CDDA) playback for normal audio CD's
- VCD and SVCD (Video CD) (SVCD/VCD menu's are not supported yet)
- DVD-video directly from Xbox DVD-ROM (no DVD-menu's support yet)*
- MPEG, MPG, M2V formats (inc. VCD's .dat and .bin and DVD's .vob)
- MPEG-4, MP4 (MPEG-4 video) (including DivX video containers)
- RIFF AVI (AVI 1.0) container
- OpenDML AVI (AVI 2.0) container*
- BivX (AVI with several audio streams) container
- Microsoft ASF/ASX/WMV/WMA containers *****
- QuickTime QT/MOV containers (inc. those with raw audio) *****
- Theora Video (VP3) format
- Nullsoft Steaming Video (NSV) containers*
- Nullsoft Steaming Audio (NSA) containers
- MPA, MP2, MP3 and WAV containers
- AAC, M4A, MP4 (MPEG-4 audio) unprotected containers *****
- Raw .AC3 and .DTS audio files, plus DTS with WAV-header*
- RealMedia (Real Video/Audio) RM/RAM/RA/RV/RMVB containers
- OGG and OGM containers
- Matroska (????????) MKV containers
- VIVO (VIV) containers
- PVA containers
- NuppelVideo containers
- FLI and FLC containers
- Tracker Mods (18 formats supported) audio  
- M3U, PLS and STRM* audio/video playlists

Supported video/audio codecs and picture formats:
- MPEG-1 (VCD/MPG/DAT) and MPEG-2 (MPEG/SVCD/DVD/VOB/DV/TY) video
- MPEG-4 ASP: DivX;-) 3.11, OpenDivX 4.0, DivX 5.x (Pro), and XviD 1.0.x video
- MPEG-4 AVC - Advanced Video Coding (H.264): Nero Digital AVC video codec
- Windows Media Video v7, v8 and v9 (MSMpeg4/WMV v1, v2 & v3) (WMV9 via DLL's)
- RealVideo: 1.0, 2.0 (RealPlayer G2), 3.0 (RealPlayer 8) and 4.0 (RealPlayer 9)
- RealAudio codecs: 1.0 (14.4), 2.0 (28.8), SIPRO, COOK, DNET and ATRAC3
- QuickTime 5.0, 6.0, 6.3 video and audio codecs (QDMC / QDM2) (via QT DLL's)*
- 3ivx D4 / 3vi1 MPEG-4 video (inc. MSZH/ZLIB Compressed-Header containers)*
- Sorenson v1/v3 (SVQ1/SVQ3) QuickTime video
- Apple Graphics (SMC) video
- Theora Video (VP3) video
- On2 Technologies VP4 (VP4.0), VP5 (VP5.0), and VP6 (VP6.2) (all via On2 DLL's)*
- On2 Technologies VP3 (VP3.0 and VP3.2) video
- Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 (Indeo3)
- NuppelVideo (NUV)
- VIVO 1.0 and 2.0 (VIV)
- ITU H.261 video
- Creative Labs YUV (CYUV) video
- Supermac Cinepak (CVID) video
- ASUS V1 (ASV1) and ASUS V2 (ASV2) video
- Autodesk FLI and FLC Animation
- WAV and PCM audio format
- MPEG-audio layer 1, 2, and 3 (MP1, MP2 and MP3)
- OGG (Ogg Vorbis audio codec)
- WMA - Windows Media Audio v1 and v2 (WMA1/2 / DivX Audio v1/v2)
- WMA - Windows Media Audio v9 (WMA9) (via WMA9 DLL's)
- AC3 (Dolby Digital) 2.0, 5.1 and 7.1 audio in video AC3 pass-through (S/PDIF-out)
- AC3 (Dolby Digital) 2.0 and 5.1 audio in video software decoded to stereo analog-out
- DTS (Digital Theater Sound) 48Khz audio in DVD-Video (DTS digital pass-through)
- DTS (DTS and DTS-WAV) 44.1Khz/48Khz audio in DVD-Video (software decoded)*
- AAC - Advanced Audio Coding (Profiles: HE, Main, LC, LTP & LD, + ER)
- M4A and MP4 (MPEG-4 Audio) (including Nero Digital MP4) *****
- FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) audio
- BMP picture/image
- JPG/JPEG picture/image
- GIF picture/image
- PNG picture/image
- TIF/TIFF picture/image
- TGA picture/image
- PCX picture/image
- ICO picture/image
- SID (Commodore 64 tunes) audio
- Tracker Mod's audio, see list bellow: 
  (MOD/AMF/669/DMF/DSM/FAR/GDM/IMF/IT/M15/MED/OKT/S3M/STM/SFX/ULT/UNI/XM)

Features available for video playback:
- Full-screen playback display of all supported video formats/containers via a TV
- Auto PAL50/PAL60-switching support and auto 4:3/16:9-switching support
- Adjust Framerate (23.98<->25fps), another NTSC <=> PAL workaround solution*
- SQL database with view by file/genre/actor/year/title and sort by year/name/rating
- Selectable options from OSD (On Screen Display) Control Panel during playback
- FF/RWD seeking and PAUSE in AVI/OGM/MKV/MPEG/MPG media
- MPlayer seeking (2%/10% jumping) backward and forward
- Video-Autorun, auto-plays VCD/SVCD/DVD/CD's with video file(s) upon insert
- DVD-video playback* (only IFO/VOB and CSS decode. No menu support yet***)
- Play supported video files directly from BIN, IMG, NRG and ISO CD/DVD-images*
- Subtitle support (MicroDVD, srt, smi, vplayer, rt, ssa, aqt, sub, jss, mpl & VobSub)
- International-language fonts for subtitles (via TTF-Fonts, configurable in UI-Settings)*
- Bi-directional (Right to left) subtitle support (flip subs for Hebrew, etc. languages)
- Switch between multiple subtitles in DVD-video, AVI and OGM, (but not in MKV yet)
- Video Calibration: Adjust for TV overscan compensation and edit subtitle positioning
- Play internet files/streams of HTTP and MMS (Microsoft Media Streaming Protocol)*
- Play Nullsoft Steaming Video (NSV) internet files/streams (a.k.a. NTV - Nullsoft TV)*
- Play QuickTime internet files and streams over HTTP (Hyper-Text-Transfer-Protocol)*
- Streaming video from a TiVo over network (requires hacked TiVo running ccXStream)*
- Streaming video from a ReplayTV (4500, 5000 or 5500 series) DVR box over network*
- IMDb information (The Internet Movie Database) lookup for movie info and thumbnails
- Extract IMDb URL and info from a .nfo file (if selected from under My Videos)
- Optional media file and/or folder thumbnails for easy localization
- Smart stacking for multi-file videos option, (show/play files with 90% name similarity)
- Switch between multiple audio-streams/tracks in DVD, AVI and OGM (not MKV yet)
- Video bookmarking via OSD (so can resume a movie later, even after reboot)
- Different Post-Processing filters for better video quality*
- GPU YV12 to RGB converter for movie playback (greatly reduces CPU load)*
- Brightness/Contrast/Gamma controls (restores to default after after each video)
- Flicker-filter (optional video flicker-filter with five levels, disabled by default)
- Soften-filter (optional filter to decrease video sharpness and thus artifacts)
- De-interlace filter (for interlaced video) implementation option
- Multiple zoom/stretch options: Zoom, Stretch 4x3 or 14x9 or 16x9, Original Size, Custom
- Screenshot capture function (including video overlay support and OSD)
- AC3 (Dolby Digital) 2.0, 5.1 and 7.1 audio in video AC3 pass-through (S/PDIF-out)
- AC3 (Dolby Digital) 2.0 and 5.1 audio in video software decoded to stereo analog-out
- DTS (Digital Theater Sound) 48Khz audio in DVD-Video (DTS digital pass-through)
- DTS (DTS and DTS-WAV) 44.1Khz/48Khz audio in DVD-Video (software decoded)*
- Option to output mono or stereo to all speakers (for 5.1 surround speakers)

Features available for audio playback/backup:
- Playback of all supported audio formats via a TV and/or external audio receiver
- AudioCD-Ripper, backup CDDA's to HDD in WAV, OGG or MP3 (LAME) format*
- Karaoke CDG-file support for music files (enable *.cdg via Xaraoke Visualization)*
- SQL database with view music by Top100/Albums/Tracks/Artists/Filenames
  or Recent Albums and also option to sort by Track/Filename/Date or Size
- CDDB lookup support when playing/ripping Audio-CD's (done via freedb.org)*
- Thumbnail and album information lookup for MP3's (via AMG/Allmusic.com)*
- Audio CUE sheets (.cue) support (works with all XBMC supported audio codecs)
- Audio-Autorun, auto-plays CDDA and music DVD/CD's with audio file(s) upon insert
- Play internet files/streams of HTTP and MMS (Microsoft Media Streaming Protocol)*
- Play soundtracks ripped by/in Xbox dashboard (add path "soundtrack://" to XML)
- Play supported audio files directly from BIN, IMG, NRG and ISO CD/DVD-images
- Reads ID3v1/ID3v2 tags from MP3's, also tags from OGG, FLAC and WMA
- Reads information tags from M4A, MP4 and AAC (MPEG-4 Audio) audio-files*
- Display embedded Thumbs from info-tags in WMA, M4A, MP4, AAC audio-files
- M3U and PLS audio playlists (inc. create/save M3U audio playlists)
- SHOUTcast Internet Radio (MP3 .pls M3U playlists) playback support
- Local/native SHOUTcast recording (to MP3) onto the Xbox hard drive
- Audio Visualizations API (and several visual generators and spectrum analysers)
- FF/RWD seeking and PAUSE during audio playback/visualization*
- Optional media file and/or folder thumbnails for easy localization
- Option to output mono or stereo to all speakers (for 5.1 surround speakers)

Features available for picture/image viewing:
- Full-screen display of all supported picture and image formats via a TV
- Picture slideshow, including option for adding recursive to slideshows
- Picture thumbnails (automatically generated on demand)
- Optional folder thumbnails for easy localization
- View pictures directly from BIN, IMG, NRG and ISO CD/DVD-images
- Picture Zooming, rotate, move around, info, pause, next/previous picture
- Kodak PictureCD compatible* (auto-launches slideshow on CD insert)**
- Auto-launches any picture CD's on insert if images in root directory

Other and generic Graphical User Interface (GUI) features:
- Controllable via either Xbox™ DVD Remote or Xbox™ controller/game-pad
- Controllable via USB-(HID)-Mouse (Left/Right/Middle buttons and Wheel supported)*
- Flexible XML based skinning engine with GUI skin switching (many skins available)
- View file media listing By List, By Small Icons or By Large Icons option
- Virtual-Keyboard for manual IMDb searches and settings configurations
- Dashboard replacement mode (launch other applications and/or games)
- Show original XBE (games and applications) icons under "My Programs"
- Flatten Directory Hierarchy setting option for use under "My Programs"
- Show only default.xbe setting option for use under "My Programs"
- "My Files" file-manager, move/copy/delete local and copy from network
- "My Weather" weather forecast module (done via The Weather Channel)
- Screensavers (dim, black-screen or Matrix trails) on configurable timer in GUI
- RSS feed in main meny (can manually disable or change feed in home.xml)
- Python Script Interpreter Engine (execute Python scripts from within XBMC)
- Shutdown-timer, to shutdown XBMC when idle, on configurable timer in GUI
- Flicker-filter (optional GUI flicker-filter with five levels, high enabled by default)
- International-language fonts for the GUI (via TTF-Fonts, configurable in UI-Settings)*
- Language files for translated GUI (over 28 languages so far), switch from GUI
- GUI and video calibration (including storing calibration settings per resolution)
- Displays system info under Settings (Build date, free space, IP, temperature)
- Screenshot capture function, take snap shots of GUI (inc. video overlay support)
- Configurable memory cache buffer for video/audio playback, configured in GUI

Other non-GUI features, functions and options:
- Profiles for Settings (configure + save different hardware-setups and/or user profiles)
- Fully re-mappable keys for DVD Remote and the game-pad (via keymap.xml)
  (inc. possibility to map and use all RCA-5 IR codes from a universal remote)
- Submenu control to add/remove/edit skin buttons easy (edit dialogSubMenu.xml)
- Volume control (by default mapped to right thumbstick up/down, edit in keymap.xml)
- Auto-detection of UDF 1.02, XDVDFS/CDX and ISO9660 - mode1/mode2/XA*
- Auto-launch Xbox game on insert with enable/disable optional from within GUI
- Option to auto-launch other application upon Audio-CD/CDDA insert (set in XML)
- Option to auto-launch other application upon DVD-Video media insert (set in XML)
- Clock/date synchronization from a (NT SNTP) Time Server on the network/internet
- Built-in WebServer for remote control of XBMC (http//:xboxIPaddressHere.asp)
- Built-in FTP-Server, connect to it via a FTP client to copy files to/from Xbox HDD
- Supports Static-IP/Subnetmask/DNS and alternative DHCP-client for auto-config
- Network-Configuration and Setup via Graphical User Interface (Settings => Network)
- Auto-temperature and fan-speed control options (Settings => General => System)
- Harddrive (HDD) spindown (spin-down disk when XBMC is idle or use network)*
- Emergency Recovery Console (enables the FTP-server if corrupt xml/media files)*

* = Experimental, unfinished, unstable, buggy and/or limited
** = Most Xbox DVD-ROM drives are very picky with CD/DVD media disks, see FAQ
*** = XBMC currently only have DVD VOB and IFO parsing support, (no menu support)
**** = Xbox's hard drive file-system has file & folder name/character limitations, see FAQ
***** = DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected files are not supported by XBMC

 

XboxMediaCenter CVS source code in addition to above supports the following:
(WARNING! XBMC CVS code can be very unstable and is not meant for normal users)

Supported file/container formats:
- CD-TEXT support for Audio-CD (CDDA), audio CD's that have CD-TEXT information*

Supported video/audio codecs and picture formats:
- Improved MPEG-4 AVC - Advanced Video Coding (H.264) decoding/playback

Features available for video playback:
- Play RealMedia internet steams of HTTP + RTSP/RDT (Real Data Transport Protocol)*
- Switch between multiple audio-streams/tracks support in MKV (Matroska) container
- Left, Right and Stereo channel selection available for all two channel audio-streams
- Simple stacking for multi-file videos option, (like "-CD1" & "-CD2", "-part1" & "-part2")

Features available for audio playback/backup:
- Play RealMedia internet steams of HTTP + RTSP/RDT (Real Data Transport Protocol)*
- Karaoke CDG-file support for music files updated and improved (plus more integrated)*

Features available for picture/image viewing:
- Improved slideshow function/feature

XLink Kai (online gaming) front-end features:
- Kai connection/cummunity front-end******
- Kai hosting options******
- Kai text-chat******
- Kai Voice-chat (using SPEEX)******
- Kai Toast - pop up notifications for XLink Kai******

Other and generic Graphical User Interface (GUI) features:
- Context Menu feature (mapped by default to the TITLE button on the remote)
- USB-(HID)-Keyboard support, (US-layout only), (re-mappable via keymap.xml)*
- Screensaver API for XBMC, support .xbs screensavers specially designed for XBMC*
- New File-manager (more logical filemanager with split windows, 'commander' -style)*
- Python Script Interpreter Engine updated and improved, (for XBMC python scripts)
- Optional splash-screen on start-up of XBMC (displayed if "media\splash.png" available)

* = Experimental, unfinished, unstable, buggy and/or limited
** = Most Xbox DVD-ROM drives are very picky with CD/DVD media disks, see FAQ
*** = XBMC currently only have DVD VOB and IFO parsing support, (no menu support)
**** = Xbox's hard drive file-system has file & folder name/character limitations, see FAQ
***** = DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected files are not supported by XBMC
****** = KAI tunneling engine running on networked PC with internet access required