This is a small maintenance release that adds a few new features and lays the groundwork for some bigger and better things to come.
New Cinema Mode Feature
Many of you are familiar with Ebr's Intros plugin, which allows you to play trailers and custom intros before movies. This is a great plugin but we've decided to implement a small subset of the features as a core server feature.
With cinema mode you can choose to play trailers before movies or episodes, as well as your own custom
Now available:
http://www.roku.com/channels/#!details/44191/media-browser-for-roku
First, a big thanks to everyone who has helped test the beta for the past couple months. This release is feature packed with all of your favorite toys, including:
Playlist & Instant mix support
Live TV
Internet Channels
Photo slideshows
Remote control from other Media Browser apps
Cast & Crew information
Instructions for Now TV users:
http://mediabrowser....wser-on-n
I know, I know, it's been a while since the app last got updated, I apologise for this. I also apologise that this is mostly a minor update too, but it's still quite an important one.
So what's changed? For the most part, this update is all about bringing the app up to speed with all the recent under the hood changes that have been going on with the Media Browser server, making sure it's ready for some future updates to the server itself.
That's not to say those are the only changes, the
Windows 8.1 store app Version 2.1.1 has been released.
Once again the Win8.1 app gets a refreshing update,
this time it's a couple of new features, usch as support for Photos and Movie specials, but also a lot of "under the hood" changes with improved playback and security amongst others.
The new features are.
Support for user -views.
The static main menu has been replaced with the users configured views
Support for Photos, you can now watch your pictures in your favorite app.
Add Videos from the Web to your Media Browser Server!
The latest update to Media Browser Chrome Companion includes the ability to add your favorite web videos to Media Browser. This new functionality requires that you have the Video Bookmarks plugin installed on your Media Browser server.
Navigate to the video source page (on Youtube, Vimeo, etc.). Click on the Chrome Companion plugin
Click the Find Videos tab (video icon on the bottom right).
Click the plus symbol.
Put in
Those of you enjoying Chromecast with the web client have been treated to a new update. Here's what's new:
Support for WebP Images
The recent server release introduced support for WebP image output, which allows as much as a 34% reduction in file sizes over the same quality as JPG and PNG. The Chromecast receiver is now using this to improve the speed of downloading and displaying images.
Logo on the Pause Screen
Now when you pause your movies you'll enjoy the logo in the u
Now get two of the most popular server plug-ins free by becoming a Media Browser Supporter (Help/Donate from the server dashboard).
CoverArt - Dress up your MB experience with a wide range of customizable cover treatments for your posters and image overlays for resolution, audio, subtitles and more.
MB Intros - Create that true cinema experience with highly customizable intros before movie playback in both MBC and MBT. Add current trailers, trailers from your collection, audio/video int
I have just pushed a large update to the TuneIn Channel Plugin
The plugin now supports
Presets
Location Support (LatLon)
We are now a partner with TuneIn
While we wait for our new public channel to be approved, the private beta channel has been updated.
https://owner.roku.c...ediaBrowserBeta
Home screen layout now utilizes your user preferences from the web client, displaying the structure you've already configured.
Resolves issues when seeking via remote control apps.
Play All supported for music albums and playlists - just focus it and hit play on the remote.
The app now accepts remote control commands to play entire playlists, m
This is a big update that includes user requested features and bug fixes.
Features:
- Audio Track Picker support.
- Subtitle support.
- DLNA Remote support.
- Direct Stream for supported files.
- Completely revamped video player.
- Motion effects to background images in the detail page.
Bug fixes:
- Loading spinner bug in player.
- Player seek accuracy improved.
- Add server issue with http prefix
- and more.
Stay tuned for future updates.
The following req
The wait is over, the new version of Media Browser for Windows 8.1 is here.
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/media-browser/ad55a2f0-9897-47bd-8944-bed3aefd5d06
Even though the app has a lot of cosmetic improvements such as rotating backdrops, more artwork used etc etc, the biggest changes are under the hood. Playback is vastly improved and performance is even better.
Here's a list of the biggest changes
Playback
Support for HLS streams, providing a more reliable trans
We're releasing a follow-up to the previous release to address a Samsung DLNA issue that crept up on us. But we also managed to squeeze in a few more goodies.
Chromecast 2.0 in the Web Client
I think the title says it all, but now you can send media to your Chromecast using the web interface. A separate blog post will be coming with full details and a walk-through. In addition, our Chromecast look and feel has been revamped. Look for the Android and iOS apps to incorporate this soon a
nuVue is pleased to announce support for Media Browser
https://play.google....ignstudio.nuvue
nuVue is a companion app for Media Browser users that displays rich notifications when new items are added. There is nothing additional to install on your Media Browser server. Just sign in with your credentials and nuVue does the rest.
Know when there is something new to watch without opening a client app
Perfect for cord-cutters who use automated downloads
Group notifications and listi
Give me my playlists!
With this new release we've added the ability to create playlists in the web client, but it also brings some other improvements and fixes. Here's the rundown:
Create playlists in the web client
Improved DLNA compatibility and image support
Increased server localization
Chrome will now direct stream compatible mkv's
New People metadata settings
New channel downloading settings
New folder view setting
New local password setting
There are als
While we wait for our new public channel to be approved, the private beta channel has been updated.
https://owner.roku.c...ediaBrowserBeta
It updates the application to the server's new security standards and adds a new setting to hide the clock from the home screen.
Instructions for Now TV users can be found here:
http://mediabrowser....wser-on-now-tv/
Remember this is the only Roku Channel that officially represents the Media Browser project.
Did you hear of XBMB3C ?
It's a fantastic add-on for XBMC to connect to your Media Browser server and browse your libraries. That way you can take advantage of the great things XBMC has to offer like PVR-support, large amount of plugins and a large support of devices/platforms without giving up the fantastic features of Media Browser.
If you just install the XBMB3C add-on, you have to open up the add-on to browse your Media Browser libraries. Not that user friendly as you might want to just
Beginning June 1st, we will be removing support for previous MB 2 Supporter keys in the MB 3 Server and removing this field from the product.
As long as you get your MB 2 key in before this date, you will get credit for any MB 2 registrations. After that time, it won't be possible to enter the old key and the system will stop checking against the old database.
We aren't making this move to try and take anything away but the old MB 2 database is being shut down and we want to remove this
If not, why not? XBMB3C brings together the vast feature set of Xbmc with the power of Media Browser Server. It also has some beautiful skins and runs on just about any platform.
Here are some recent feature highlights:
New Gotham repo, supporting Gotham skins and features
Channel support
Let's take a look at some of the skins it has to offer.
Xperience1080++
Any user of Neo, Pearl or Square should appreciate this one. It's minimalistic, easy to use, and keeps the focus on
This is a small bug fix released designed to resolve a few issues that were introduced with the previous release. Among the fixes are:
Degraded performance when retrieving lists of music artists
OpenSubtitle password encryption errors in Linux
Windows service repeatedly reporting new version available
Windows service startup fixes (thanks to simpleimplement-e for the pull requests)
Web client backdrop setting not saving
Custom order for image extractor not saving
There are
There may not have been a lot of public activity on the MBT development side for a while, but behind the scenes, there has been some significant movement. Media Browser Theater is currently going through a significant architectural re-write. Most of the changes are there to make the developer's lives easier, while also greatly improving the extensibility of the software (to support themes and more powerful plugins in the future). However, there are also major changes to the GUI incoming.
Thi
While we wait for our new public channel to be approved, the private beta channel has been updated.
https://owner.roku.com/add/MediaBrowserBeta
It features faster seeking while transcoding, improved subtitle support as well as other enhancements.
It also includes some live TV fixes submitted by rewster. We like contributors so if you're enjoying the app feel free to download the source code and hack away.
Instructions for Now TV users can be found here:
http://mediabrowser.tv
The Infrastructure Release
That's probably the best way to describe this as it brings a lot of improvements to existing features. Let's jump right into the highlights:
New text subtitle delivery system
New metadata refresh options
DLNA Improvements
New Channels
New Channel Improvements
Unified web interface
New Text Subtitle Delivery System
The server now has the ability to deliver text subtitles directly to the client, thereby eliminating the need to "burn them in
This is largely another infrastructure release. Here's the highlights:
Xbmc metadata support out of the box (plugin is now obsolete)
New video player layout in the web client
Improved seeking while transcoding for the web client & roku, coming soon to other apps
New mobile tap-hold menus
Improved log page
Subtitle download scheduled task
Latest item groupings
Season overview fetching from Tmdb
Episode image fetching from Tmdb
Chapter images now part of regular re
We are happy to announce that a new version of the Windows Store app is now available for download.
So what is new in this version?
First off:
The "Resume" and "Resume On" funtionality has changed.
We have now removed the resume button and resume to buttons.
If a movie has the possiblity to resume, a flyout is presented with the options of either "Play" or "Resume".
PlayTo, when you've decided that you wan't to watch a movie on another device the app will now Auto-navigate to the
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