I started this website in 2004, when the only platform for XBMC development was a modded XBox. XBMC has come a long way since then, and much of the material that once made this website a go-to source for XBMC Python development has become entirely obsolete.

Still, this page has been linked from dozens of forum posts and tutorials and blogs over the years, and as a programmer I understand that even obsolete material often contains nuggets of truly useful code, whether it's the logic of a workaround or a snippet of clever data manipulation. For that reason alone, I've decided to preserve the scripts and emulators that were once the main draw of this page.

I don't mean to suggest that the page itself is now obsolete. I'm updating the begginer's scripting tutorial that still works after all these years (although the age shows when you try to follow it in XBMC for Windows). I also intend to develop a more advanced scripting tutorial, and one for plugins as well.

In the meantime, if you're looking for one of my older projects, you can probably find it in the list below.

Deprecated Projects

• XBMC Emulator Scripts
  Allows PC development of XBMC scripts (Version 0.5 - August 27, 2004)
  Download - Details - View PDF Manual
  
  
• AdToVideo
  Custom Script Requested by j0ly, periodically alternates between a video playlist and a list of JPG images.
  Download - Details
  
  
• Notepad
  A simple line-by-line text editor, to change configs and edit scripts on the fly! (Version 0.6 - Aug. 11, 2004)
  Download - Details
  
  
• PlayByDay
  Custom Script Requested by j0ly, plays a different playlist depending on the day of the week.
  Final Version
  
  
• XMovieGuide
  Find local movie listings, using Hollywood.com (Version 0.8 - July 29, 2006)
  Download - Details
  
  
• Scriptionary: Script Management Utility
  Sort, Organize, and Launch Scripts Easily, from one location
  Version 0.3 - July 19, 2004
  
  
• Slideshow
  Custom Script Requested by j0ly, recreates XBMC image slideshow, with constant updates (and a couple new transitions. Intended for autoplay. Excellent example script for seeing how to use the new transitions library.
  Version 1.0 - July 26, 2004
  
  
• Transitions Library
  Powerpoint-like Image Transitions to jazz up scene changes. Fade-to-black (and back), Zoom in/out, amd Slide in.
  Version 1.0 - July 26, 2004
  
  
• XMonitor
  Desktop Stream Utility: Relays constant screenshots from your PC's desktop to your XBox.
  Version 1.1 - November 17, 2004 - Details
  
  
• XRadar
  Looping Weather Radar from NOAA: Get your local weather radar on your XBox.
  Download - Details