We've released a small follow-up stable release to address an issue that caused Media Browser Classic to crash under certain conditions.
In addition to this, let's recap everything that was introduced within 3.0.5445.5.
New Server Releases
As many of you know, we've worked hard to get the server released onto new platforms. Over the past two weeks we've had several releases, with more soon to follow.
ArchLinux: http://mediabrowser....-on-arch-linux/
CentOS: http://mediabrowser..
We're back with a small follow-up to our previous release in which we introduced Media Browser Connect. For those who have not seen that yet, you can catch up here:
http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-130-media-browser-server-305416-beta-released/
New Server Releases
As many of you know, we've worked hard to get the server released onto new platforms. Over the past two weeks we've had several releases, with more soon to follow.
ArchLinux: http://mediabrows
Introducing Media Browser Connect
As many of you know, we have a lot of really smart people here in our community, and great things happen when we put our minds together. We've been longing for a way to make it easier to access your server when you're away from home, and we're pleased to announce our solution. It's Media Browser Connect.
Now you can use your forum username and password to sign into any Media Browser app from any location, and it will know how to locate your server in the
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
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
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 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
This is just a bug fix release. Changes:
Fix direct streaming with Windows 8.1 app
Fix Added value not being read from local xml metadata
Fix Dlna Play To/Server issues with WDTV live devices (may benefit other devices as well).
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
Team,
Ever since the announcement of the Xbmc to Kodi rebranding, Media Browser communities, call centers and offices around the world have been inundated with phone calls and emails from millions of curious users, all wondering the same thing. Will Media Browser retain it's compatibility after the Kodi name change and Helix release? Today we are here to answer those questions with a resounding yes.
Kodi is a great front-end and we think Media Browser is the perfect companion. Our Kodi a
Media Browser on Xbox One Media Player
As many of you know, the new Xbox One Media Player has been released and it's a great way to show off Media Browser's DLNA features. Your entire library is supported, including movies, music, tv, photos, home videos, live tv and internet channels. It even includes personalized features such as:
Support for your user profile audio & subtitle language settings
Favorites
Next Up
Recently added
Resumable videos
And this all comes
Earlier this week, Luke and myself were on the Digital Lifestyle's podcast talking about Media Browser and what's coming up, including the new Media Browser Connect that went into beta last week.
If you want to take a listen to it, head over the TDL website http://thedigitallifestyle.com/w/index.php/2014/11/05/the-digital-lifestyle-show-474-media-browser-special/
The Latest Release Date: Saturday, March, 1, 2014
Speech Training is still very important for Media Browser Kinect.
I have attempted to write the application to need no speech training, however the Speech recognizer could not handle
the number of commands it takes to run Media Browser. So we'll stick with the current one.
You can visit the NUI Thread to get the Download.
http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/850-media-browser-nui-natural-user-interface-kinect/
LED C
Not that I ever released a version 1 that wasn't beta, but Here it is.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/46151346/Media%20Browser%20Kinect%202.0.zip
If you haven't used MBKinect before , or you have never heard of it then please visit:
www.mediabrowserkinect.com, and read through some of the literature there before you try and use this app.
Face recognition works! Train your face profile under "users" in the slide out menu.
Press the "left" arrow after Media Browser Kinect
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!
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
A couple of weeks ago, we were really excited to announce our first app was out in the wild on iOS. Today, we're just as excited to announce the general availability of Media Browser for Windows Phone.
This app is available for both Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8, although it should be noted that currently, video streaming is only available on Windows Phone 8.
What can you do with this app? Well:
Stream your videos (WP8 only)
Stream your music
Browse your collection
Start a v
Now with Sync and Offline Support !
Important: This feature is coming soon to Android, iOS and Windows Phone
Full Featured Sync Management
The app provides the same functions to create and manage your sync jobs as does the web client. No need to switch between two different apps to get the job done.
Offline Browsing
Offline content is accessible with the same rich metadata you're accustomed to when online:
To access offline content, simply sign in using
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.
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
This update includes the following changes:
Improves back button handling when playing a video playlist
Resolves a crash when pressing play on a poster
Expanded bitrate options for more granular control
Support for the new Roku Thumbnail Plugin
Please Rate the Channel
We think our Roku channel is the best around when it comes to streaming your personal media. Please take a moment to rate the channel and show your support.
Installation:
http://www.roku.com/...rowser-f
This is a bug-fix release that resolves the following issues:
Inability to remember login information under certain conditions
Crash when playing video playlist
Crash when browsing plain folder menus
Enjoy
Now Supporting Media Browser Connect
We've been longing for a way to make it easier to access your server when you're away from home, and we're pleased to announce our solution. It's Media Browser Connect.
Now you can use your forum username and password to sign into any Media Browser app from any location, and it will know how to locate your server in the most efficient way possible. This means you no longer have to fumble with IP addresses. Not only does this make it easier to access your
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
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