Debian-Based OSMC Linux Media Center Updated with Better Raspberry Pi Support | Linux Today

Debian-Based OSMC Linux Media Center Updated with Better Raspberry Pi Support

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Marius Nestor
May 8, 2017

The latest release, OSMC 2017.04-1 is here with UUID support and better boot times for OSMC installations based on Raspberry Pi Foundation’s NOOBS images, better HEVC playback performance on Raspberry Pi SBCs, Live TV audio passthrough support on Vero 2, as well as Btrfs file system improvements for Vero 4K. Among other improvements implemented in the OSMC 2017.04-1 release, we can mention USB-only boot support for Raspberry Pi single-board computers when using a NOOBS image, a better user experience when installing OSMC via NOOBS, new icons for the default OSMC skin, and the ConnMan 1.34 network manager.

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Marius Nestor

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