Xenon Beta is here!!
Available thru MBC config Plugins page.
Forgot to blog this, but certainly looking for any help to test. Its very stable and functional.
This is a beta and the time to ween out any final bugs your are seeing and probably a good time to through in any suggestions.
I still have a tonne of backlog stuff i know I need to finish, but it's 90% there and should give you an enjoyable experience.
Thanks for your help and patience!!
I would also like to persona
MaxCDN (http://www.maxcdn.com) has graciously offered to provide space and bandwidth for Media Browser on their content delivery network. MaxCDN has a history of supporting FOSS (Free Open Source Software) projects and we are thankful to join the list of beneficiaries of this generous company. Their own software infrastructure makes use of FOSS, and this is their way of giving back to the open source community. For more information on FOSS projects supported by MaxCDN, visit http://www.maxcdn.co
Android development has been a busy place these last few months. Behind the scenes a lot of work has been done to provide some great features. I'm going to do a series of blog posts showing off some of the progress leading up to the final availability this summer. So without further ado, here's some of the good stuff that's coming.
Android in the living room
The Android client will provide the mobile layout that everyone is used to. Users will be able to enable a new UI that is meant for
This is just a quick update with mostly bug and stability fixes. We have a lot more features planned for both the near and long term, so stay tuned!
- Fixed a bug that sometimes prevents the local player from seeking correctly
- Fixed the forward / rewind buttons
- Fixed sort crash bug on movie/tv show list
- Fixed the hostname/port fields on the add server screen
- Now with less memory leaks!
Don't forget to leave us a review!
Version 3.0.187.0 of Media Browser Classic has just been released.
There are several fixes and enhancements in this release but the biggest one is a brand new interface during video playback. This new interface is much more modern looking, provides more information and great functionality including customized skipping, direct access seeking and full, interactive chapter access with chapter images.
Please see the new interface usage guide for a complete description of how it all
We are happy to announce that Media Browser for iPad has been approved in the Apple App Store.
Appstore Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/media-browser-client/id879475585?ls=1&mt=8
We know this has been a long time coming and we are glad the community has been so patient with us while we worked on it.
There is still a lot of work to come. We plan to make this a universal app so that you can also use it on the iPhone. We also have a slew of features that we plan to implement in the
The official private beta channel has relaunched with a new store address:
https://owner.roku.com/add/MediaBrowserBeta
The public channel is soon to follow.
This release adds a long list of new features:
* Added remote control support
* All video features are now consistent across all video types (movie, episode, home video, etc)
* Most data is now background loaded for a more responsive presentation
* Image indicators are now available on all screens
* Display clock in top r
New release, v1.8.0
Glad to announce that today we've released a new version of the Windows 8.1 app.
What's new:
Basic Multipart-video support
Support for 480p -720k transcoding
Hide Music-Section when no music is available
Support for .mov files
Navigation buttons (Up,down,left,right,Select,Back,Home) on remotecontrol view if the client supports it.
Fixes:
Fix for audioplayback
Correct sorting of Media Folders
Fix for LiveTile
Check it out: http://apps.microsoft.com/w
This has been a longer than usual development cycle and as a result we've got some great things to introduce. Let's get right to the release highlights:
New Internet Channels Infrastructure
Improved DLNA Support
Improved Server Localization
Live TV H264 Optimizations
Subtitle downloading via OpenSubtitles.org
Newly designed web client home page
Design and customize your web client
Expanded user audio/subtitle language preferences
Improved remote control in the web clien
The latest version of the official Roku channel has been published. With this release we have added Live TV to the client. Not only that, but a ton of additional features:
New Features include:
New Design
Photos (including slideshows)
Local trailers
Special features
Additional toggle options including suggested movies, genres for tv/movies
Remember user specific toggles
Ability to browse your collection by letter
Live TV
Intros Plugin support
Remember or forget user on eac
We are very excited to introduce you to the new iPad app that we have been working on for the last few months. We wanted to create an app that goes beyond just basic functionality and also has a great user experience.
The central theme that we focused on for this application was speed, speed, speed.
Media Caching
All media information is cached using a combination of both disk and memory caches. On startup we prime our memory caches with our disk cached media list information for a give
The forum will be unavailable starting at 9:00pm EDT on Sunday, May 11th. The public website should become available on our new (actually returning to the old) address of http://mediabrowser.tv.
We are going to be upgrading our web infrastructure over the weekend. This is going to mean an interruption in all of our web-based services including this forum for, hopefully, a very brief period.
The website, forum, plug-in catalog and registration information will be temporarily unavailable starting Sunday, May 11 9:00pm EDT
We hope this interruption will be minimal and the new infrastructure should improve our ability to handle both the forum and new version deliveries of all our co
Hi All,
We have reached a couple of new milestones with XBMB3C - release 0.9.0 AND a new skin repo!
But before going into the details, a few words...
We really would like to invite both MediaBrowser users who have previously tried XBMC and found the database capabilities lacking, and XBMC users who have tried or heard about MediaBrowser but found the hardware support lacking to give XBMB3C a shot!
What we are trying to do here is take the very powerful, VERY multi-platform XBMC p
It's been a while, but we're pleased to announce the Windows Phone 8 app has been given a massive update.
What's new?
- Video seeking when streaming video to the app
- "Play on" button moved to app bar
- Now Playing bar in the app for easier access (when listening to music only)
- Added the "Upcoming" section for TV Collections
- Added artist background image to now playing screen (music)
- Added support for Live TV (requires additional server configuration)
- Local trailer support
-
To celebrate this slew of releases and announcements today, for one week all of our apps can be purchased for $.99:
Android @ Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GVH9O0I
Android @ Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mb.android&hl=en
Windows 8.1:
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/app/media-browser/ad55a2f0-9897-47bd-8944-bed3aefd5d06
Windows Phone:
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/media-browser/f4971ed9-f651-4bf6-84bb-94fd98613b
Highlights:
New translations
DLNA Play To improvements
New DLNA Server
Enhanced DLNA profile editing
New server notification system
New transcoding audio boost setting
New collection grouping setting
Improved mobile layouts in the web client
Display mirroring added to the web client
Theme songs in the web client
New translations
Thanks to the community effort, Media Browser Server is now about 60% translated, and new languages have been added. We're still l
Finally got some time to update Subdued with a new feature that has been requested by numerous members.
You'll find this addition on you Final Details page to select along with your Cast and Chapters.
Hope you enjoy.
Please support Redshirt's excellent app by purchasing it from the Amazon App Store:
http://www.amazon.com/Mark-Linton-Mediabrowser-Android-Client/dp/B00GVH9O0I
We're looking to move up Amazon's store rankings so for a limited time, the app is available for $0.99. Please consider purchasing to show your support even if you already have the Play Store version.
Important note: Chromecast requires Google Play Services and is therefore not supported by the Amazon app. Please factor this i
New release, v1.5.1
Glad to announce that today we've released a new version of the Windows 8.1 app.
This time it’s mostly about playback and minimizing the the server cpu usage.
Thanks to changes made in the server on the latest release combined with changes in the app we can now play mp4’s and avi’s directly without the need to transcode nor remux if the codecs are supported natively.
That means that we now also support ac3 5.1 audio. J
We’ve also improved the Playback OSD to give you
We've been pretty busy over the past few weeks and have added quite a bit thanks to the help of some new contributors. Let's run through the highlights:
Beginning to localize Media Browser Server
DLNA Play To improvements
DLNA Profile editing
Multi-version movie grouping
Anime TV fixes
More efficient transcoding
The web client now has a 'selected player'
Live TV news - Next Pvr launching
Beginning to Localize
We are working hard to translate all of our apps into
We decided it was time to update the face we present to the world, so we've spruced up our website a bit.
We needed to do more to show off what we can do with this incredible set of applications, and let people know what a fantastic community of users and developers we have here. Hey if you've got it, you might as well flaunt it, right?
It is a work in progress with improvements and additions still to come, so stay tuned!
So, without further ado...
http://mediabrowser.tv
A new version of the Windows 8.1 app has seen the day of light.
This is mostly a bugfix release, but we've added a few new features for you as well.
Artist detail view, just click an actor and the details will be displayed.
Lockscreen image, the app now uses Movie backdrops as lockscreen image.
Transcoding, alot of new settings are now available which should sort out the stuttering on high def Movies.
You can now define resolution and bitrate.
We've also localized the app an
The long overdue iOS update is in the app store now. The changes include:
Chromecast support
New Custom Video Player
Video Streaming options - direct play, direct stream, stream copy and transcoding
New search feature
Image and media list caching
Numerous bug fixes, UI and performance enhancements.
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