----------! Note that this is the Plex Home Theater tree of XBMC !----------About-----XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player andentertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for multiple platforms.Created in 2003 by a group of like minded programmers, XBMC is a non-profitproject run and developed by volunteers located around the world. More than 50software developers have contributed to XBMC, and 100-plus translators haveworked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages.While XBMC functions very well as a standard media player application for yourcomputer, it has been designed to be the perfect companion for your HTPC.Supporting an almost endless range of remote controls, and combined with itsbeautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, XBMC feels very natural touse from the couch and is the ideal solution for your home theater.Currently XBMC can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formatsaround. It was designed for network playback, so you can stream your multimediafrom anywhere in the house or directly from the internet using practically anyprotocol available. Use your media as-is: XBMC can play CDs and DVDs directlyfrom the disk or image file, almost all popular archive formats from your harddrive, and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives. It will even scan all ofyour media and automatically create a personalized library complete with boxcovers, descriptions, and fanart. There are playlist and slideshow functions, aweather forecast feature and many audio visualizations. Once installed, yourcomputer will become a fully functional multimedia jukebox.------------Installation------------See docs/README.xxx for specific platform build information.