Hi All,
We are making progress towards a 0.8.0 release of XBMB3C.
Added a new developer - im85288 who has been helping a lot with skin intergration.
Check out our progress:
MB Classic Version 3.0.117.0 has been released as Beta. The two major features included in this release are:
The Chocolate Theme has become the new default face of MB Classic. It will be installed and selected automatically for any new installations. Current installations will not be modified (although Chocolate will still be installed). The old default theme has been re-named to "Classic" and can still be selected via the config page.
MBC now supports filtering any view by both Un-wa
Tired of the same old re-hashed ancient theme put in a new package? Enter Square a new theme built for Media Browser Classic (MBC) from the ground up.
Square is modern, intuitive, has media center live TV integration*, various built-in apps, and places media at your fingertips plus much more. With support for upcoming TV, intelligent home screen, chapters, multi-users, media folder filtering, and on and on Square leverages the latest from the MBC world for a richer, better media experience.
It has been a while since the iOS client release and thanks to you all your support, it has been a great success. In the last few weeks, I have been working on updating some the client to fix some critical bugs and add highly requested features including a new custom player with seek, playback mode (Direct Stream, Stream Copy etc), higher bit rate support, global search, etc. The update will also see some UI enhancements and huge performance improvements in the app loading times.
The update
I am happy to announce the release of XBMB3C version 0.7.5!
You can find the AddOn in the official XBMC repo.
This version has seen a lot of big changes since the last official version 0.6.5.
Many of these improvements are due to the addition of another developer to the project - null_pointer - so please get him a virtual beer and some up-votes!
Below are the changes since 0.6.5:
Removed local image copying - new image proxy service by Null_Pointer!
NOTE: You can delete the .png files
Media Browser 3 Chrome Extension Gives You Quick Access to MB3 Notifications and Features
I am pleased to announce the Media Browser 3 Companion for Chrome. With this extension, you can quickly access status updates, latest news, and other important MB3 features without the need to load up the MB3 web client.
Features include:
Notification status icon displays number of unread notifications
Click status icon to review notification details including: new plugins that are available for
This is an exciting server release that brings numerous new enhancements, including live tv to our web client and api. All of our app developers have committed to supporting live tv, so look forward to seeing it in all of your apps.
Live TV
We now support live tv through the use of a modular service provider system. You'll need to install a service provider plugin, and at launch we have one, ServerWMC. We'd like to thank krustyreturns for being a part of this.
A next pvr plugin is al
MediaBrowser 3 has a new theme launching very soon – Aztec. But this is no ordinary theme.
For the first time ever, you don’t just see the front covers of all the movies on your HTPC – you see the back covers too, beautifully animated. All the detail about every movie, just like you see on a DVD or Blu Ray case.
The folks at FanArt.tv may soon be adding full cover scans – front, back and spine – to the already extensive selection of images and artwork. Do you want to see back cov
Highlights:
Updated web interface design
More metadata fine tuning
Out of the box studio & genre images
Updated Web Client & Dashboard Design
The web interface has embraced flat UI. Large rounded elements have been replaced in favor of a new smaller, sharper design.
New Mobile & Tablet Layouts
You'll find it much easier to navigate now.
Redesigned Search
The new slide out panel removes clutter from the header and is mobile & tablet frien
UPDATE: prices are now back to normal I'm afraid.
Tis the season to be jolly, goes the song, and all of us here at Media Browser wish all our users a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays whatever your plans may be.
To celebrate, we're making selected Media Browser apps available at a discounted price:
Windows Phone - Was $4, now $2.49.
Windows 8 - 30% off
So if you've been on the fence about jumping into either of these apps, now's the time to go for it.
So whatever your plans
Today I'm pleased to announce that Media Browser for Roku is now available in the Roku store. The channel is available for all current models of the Roku devices.
https://owner.roku.com/add/mediabrowser
Features:
Browse your entire Media Browser collection
Stream movies, television and music
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
A new server beta has been released. This is primarily a bug fix release, but does bring some new features. Among the new features are:
Support for episodes directly in series folders
Added movie/series management filters
Added natural numeric sorting capabilities
Added server-side series display settings
Exposed new fields in episode editor
Important Note: This release will trigger a re-scan of your library, and it will update almost every plugin. So please be patient.
T
Version 1.0.4.0 brings Audio Nomalisation to its users.
Simply download and install the latest version and configure your preferred volume from the plugins configuration pages.
Note: in order for the normalisation to be performed, the themes need to be downloaded again.
Also in 1.0.4.0
Users will also notice a significant increase in speed when downloading the them theme videos.
A lot of time has been put into server side optimisations to ensure the plugins can perform as fast as
New, much easier way to switch user profiles in MB Classic
Starting with version 3.0.100.0 it will be much easier to manage a mult-user profile setup with MBC. As each theme gets it implemented, you should have an easy button somewhere on the interface to allow you to select a different user profile than the one you are currently within.
The below images show where this button is in chocolate and the default theme. Subdued also implements this new feature. If you don't use one of th
Breeze is a breath of fresh air and is the fastest theme available today and is in the MB Store right now.
Beautiful glass panels and silky-smooth animation make Breeze a delight to use.
For more details check out http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/2721-breeze-theme-for-mbc/
The waiting is finally over, The moment "Soon" is now.
The Windows 8 client is now available for download.
Get it here:
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/app/media-browser/ad55a2f0-9897-47bd-8944-bed3aefd5d06
New Release (1.0.2.1)
In the latest release of the TV and Movie Theme Video/Song Plugins, a new filter has been added to prevent the download of a theme if its not wanted it in your collection.
When the plugin downloads a theme in the future, a new filter item will automatically be added to the plugins configuration page. If that theme is then deleted from your collection, the theme will never be downloaded again.
If you change your mind, simply enter the plugins configuration pa
RUSH Theme for MBC is now available to the general public. From the author of previous themes Neo, Pearl, Rush is probably one of the fastest themes available.
For more details checkout the link below:
http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/2492-rush-theme-for-mbc/
Good news for all you kindle owners. The Android client has been approved for distribution on the Kindle store. Now let's see what awesome features I can add as we go forward from here.
ThemeVideo Backdrops
Bringing ThemeBackdrop Videos and Audio to MBC for All Themes
Hey All, i just wanted to introduce the ThemeVideo Backdrops plugin for Media Browser Classic, you may remember something like this back in the days of MB2 and well, we have brought it into the world of MBC.
A massive effort has come from @Cheesegeezer on this so please make sure you give him a like for this one. A massive thank you to you Cheese, it wouldn't have happened without you!
Version 3.0.96.0 of MBC brings chapter viewing and direct playback to themes that are modified to support it.
Currently default, Chocolate and Subdued support chapters with more themes coming. Legacy themes may never support this functionality so this may be a good time to investigate a new theme.
Today I'm pleased to announce that the MediaBrowser client for Android has been released to the Google Play store. The app is available for all devices running Android OS 4.0 (ICS) or newer.
Application Features:
Browse your entire MediaBrowser library
Stream Music, movies and TV from your library
Remote play to other MediaBrowser clients
Open Books (Requires MB Bookshelf server plugin and document readers installed)
