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+Transmission-XBMC
+=================
+
+A client for the popular [Transmission](http://www.transmissionbt.com/) BitTorrent application for [XBMC](http://xbmc.org/)
+
+Features
+--------
+
+Currently, Transmission-XBMC supports viewing, adding, removing, starting and stopping torrents. More advanced features may be added in future releases.
+
+### Screenshot
+![Screenshot](http://github.com/downloads/correl/Transmission-XBMC/transmission-xbmc.png)
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+This script is intended for XBMC version 9.11. For more recent builds, check out the `xbmc-svn` branch.
+
+To install, place the Transmission-XBMC folder in your XBMC scripts directory (usually `${HOME}/.xbmc/scripts`)
+
+If your transmission daemon is running on a machine other than localhost, using a port other than 9091, or requires authentication, you will have to change the script settings before running it.