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Media Browser Server Beta 3.0.5518 Released

Luke

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We're back for another go round and we have a pretty exciting beta headed your way. It's packed with features, bug fixes, security improvements, and more.

 

Server Dashboard refreshed for 2015

 

The server management interface has been given some minor touchups to stay up to date with trends and make it easier than ever to find what you're looking for.

 

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And it's just as easy when mobile.

 

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Improved Mobile Details

 

The mobile detail view has been simplified, making it prettier and easier than ever before.

 

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Introducing Media Browser Offline for Windows 8.1

 

Coming soon to Android, iOS and Windows Phone.

 

We know that sometimes you'd like to have access to your content when you're offline, and we've been working hard to deliver that to our mobile apps. You'll notice sync buttons all througout the web interface:

 

Sync from Categories:

 

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Sync from detail pages:

 

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Sync from context menus:

 

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These buttons will allow you to create sync jobs to move content to your mobile devices for offline viewing. Sync jobs have a number of options at your disposal, such as:

  • Quality levels, to save space on the device
  • Limits to the number of items being synced
  • Ability to monitor folders and continuously sync newly added content
  • Ability to remove watched content from the device automatically

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Note that the Offline Sync feature will require a supporter membership. As always we appreciate your donations as they help keep us running so that we can continue to pursue new projects.

 

Your users can sync, and you can manage them

 

As the administrator of your server, you'll have full control over who can sync and who can't.

 

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Users can even monitor their personal sync jobs using the web client:

 

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Offline even supports Parental Control

 

The server now allows configuration of an easy pin code for offline access. If utilized this will allow user-specific content to remain protected even when offline, perfect for families and shared devices.

 

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Shorter URL's

 

The API now supports url's without the /mediabrowser suffix. When you open the web interface from the tray icon you'll now have a shorter, easier to remember url.

 

 

SSL now supported

 

Thanks to the efforts of Jabbera, SSL is now supported by configuring an HTTPS port and certificate.

 

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Subtitle Encoding Improvements

 

Thanks to the efforts of Somy and Serios, a number of new character encodings are now supported. We've adopted Mozilla's UniversalDetector library to try and make sure the right encoding is picked for each file.

 

 

Roku Thumbnails!

 

Thanks to the efforts of a new community member, a new plugin is available in the catalog to generate Roku seek thumbnails.

 

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This provides a nice visual experience when seeking on the device.

 

In Roku language this is called Bif trick mode, and the thumbnail generation process creates a .bif file. It even has an option to save the .bif file alongside your media for easy archiving.

 

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Important Note: The process to create these thumbnails is slow and will affect your server's CPU. Please take this into consideration when installing the plugin.

 

This will require an update to the Roku app and will take time to go through Roku's approval process. The update is already available in the beta channel. More information on that can be found at:

 

http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/8001-media-browser-for-roku-channel/

 

 

Revamped web client search

 

Searching is much faster and more accessible than ever. Just start typing to see visual results. Expect more improvements with this to come.

 

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Play All From Here

 

This function is now available for episodes, allowing you to quickly queue up several at once for playback. These can be played locally or sent to another device.

 

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Improved Collection Management

 

You'll now see the Add to Collection function in many more places throughout the web interface, making it easier than ever to manage them.

 

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New Download Button

 

Now you can easily download your personal media directly from the web interface.

 

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You can even control which users are allowed access to it:

 

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Opt-In Access Permissions

 

The permissions for library and channel access have been slightly re-worked. Previously you've been accustomed to having to opt-out, that is, new libraries become visible to users by default. You can now stop this from happening by unchecking the option to enable access to all. This means that if you add a new library or channel, your users may not be able to see it until you've granted them access.

 

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Supply your Personal Fanart.tv API Key

 

At the request of both Fanart.tv and fans of Fanart, we now have a space where you can enter your fanart personal api key. This will get you access to new images faster as well as other benefits that fanart provides.

 

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Create your own custom CSS

 

Now you can design your own CSS rules and apply them to the web interface. Let us know what you come up with!

 

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Bugs Resolved

  • Fixed multi-disc folder recognition
  • Artists tag in audio files is now read
  • External subtitles in Dlna profiles not being used
  • Fixed Tmdb foreign language fallback
  • Unable to parse Nfo's containing only a single url

Join the Community

 

What makes this release so awesome is the number of people who stepped up to contribute to it. In fact, the goals of the release were even shifted as a result of input and contributions that were made. If you're looking for a project, say hello and we'll find a place for you :)

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Luke

Good Morning Luke,

 

If I browse to the localhost address on the server machine with the "mediabrowser" in the URL then it does work however externally the site does not seem to work through the reverse proxy (even when using the full link "Https://mydomain.com/mediabrowser/web/index.html") the page begins to load and I see the familiar black bar with the words like "latest" and "next" then the pages jumps over to a white page that indicates an error occurring (the updated url specifies it is the login page). Is it possible that the page still makes calls to another link outside the Mediabrowser path? This would mean that the calls would not be forwarded.

 

Thanks!

 

Post in the forum with more info please, thanks.

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silverscout

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quick question about SSL.  If we have this turned on, will all Apps (chromecast, mobile, Roku, ect...) connect to this port or is this just Web currently?

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MSattler

Sync currently only works with the Windows 8.1 client (available on the Surface tablet, hence Luke's tablet).

 

The mobile clients are all in the process of being updated to support this feature.

 

Did you mean Windows RT 8.1?  I just bought the $4.99 MediaBrowser app for my Surface Pro, and I don't see the option.  I'm guessing it's for RT 8.1 only at this time?

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Luke

Did you mean Windows RT 8.1?  I just bought the $4.99 MediaBrowser app for my Surface Pro, and I don't see the option.  I'm guessing it's for RT 8.1 only at this time?

 

That app supports sync. It requires an update and we'll have that released any day now. Thanks.

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StealthDefender

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What is this sync all about??? I dont really get it!

Is this for watchedstate or profress, they are always in sync?

Maybe i dont get the sense on this? :)

Oh and that feature costs a few bucks am i right?

Greetz Stealth

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millgeek

Finally - Downloading and syncing!  So excited!! My only disappointment is that the download feature doesn't seem to work for any of the formats that GameBrowser supports, particularly exe, zip and gbwin. Any chance this might change?  I was planning to zip up PC games in zip files renamed to gbwin so that the games, manuals, soundtracks, etc. could be downloaded together direct from MediaBrowser while GameBrowser managed the metadata.

 

Keep up the great work guys.

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archangelz

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Great update!! So far not seeing any issues except a minor one with collection image handling?

So if I go into collections in the metadata manager and download another image from the "browse images" button in the images tab for the primary poster and I hit save in the metadata tab, if I restart and log off, log back it all of the changes same to revert and the image change seems to be lost. Is anyone else seeing this issue?

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godbodian

Honestly, I LOVEDED the new server interface. It's trendy as well as useful, sexy as well as functional and talented, colorful as well as understated... MediaBrowser you ARE the Taylor Swift of multimedia playback, functionality and user controlled content. LOL.

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heula

Nice work but I'm missing the clear buton in auto-organize. I only see the organize button.

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rewsteruk

Mediabrowser is just getting better and better.

 

Having the Auto-Organize button is great, but it would be nice if we could have the Clear button back.

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Nollog

This new UI is aweful, it takes control away from me, and I now believe it to be causing an error which I could have fixed myself before.
 
The main area of concern is the auto-organiser.
Previously I could clear it whenever I wanted to, now I can't.
There is no option.
 
And now, because I had some files inside several folders inside more folders and so-on, it won't auto-organise at all, since it errors at "The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and the directory name must be less than 248 characters"
I can't even diagnose it myself because I have no idea which file it is, all I've been able to do is move every file from the directory, and the error still persists after restart.

 

GUI's in 2015 do indeed take away options from the user, but I really hoped at least this one wouldn't.

I like having options.

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randomizer

And now, because I had some files inside several folders inside more folders and so-on, it won't auto-organise at all, since it errors at "The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and the directory name must be less than 248 characters"

I can't even diagnose it myself because I have no idea which file it is, all I've been able to do is move every file from the directory, and the error still persists after restart.

That error is a standard .NET error message so naturally it includes no details unless the developer handles it explicitly. Restarting won't help, you need to shorten your paths. This is a Windows API limitation.

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insename

quick question about SSL.  If we have this turned on, will all Apps (chromecast, mobile, Roku, ect...) connect to this port or is this just Web currently?

Super curious about this as well.

I can connect via android to the server but only via http. Support coming for clients soon?

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