7illusions 1249 Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Ok, what has happened is that the Beta has expired. I never thought it would take this long for the server to go stable and assumed that the end of March would be sufficient. I'll release the app today and then I'll most likely create a new Beta, the Emby rebranding version. Sorry for the inconvenience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicpa 559 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) No problem!! Thanks!!! Edited March 31, 2015 by Vicpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37099 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 yea i'm sorry guys too. this beta has taken longer than i expcted. hoping for stable today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicpa 559 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 @@Luke No problem !!! Good stuff.. You know us stinking users are just over anxious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjviii 48 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I'm just glad it wasn't something I was doing wrong Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7illusions 1249 Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 If anyone who's fluent in English would like to help creating a release note for this update, feel free to help out. @@Vicpa, do you have some time to spend on this? I will publish a blog post tomorrow, but when I write it it's always something wrong with grammar etc.. (being Swedish and all..) So all the help I can get is welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37099 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Good, I got mine in there first about the stable release. better to have yours after so it can occupy the first spot for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicpa 559 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Hi, Happy to help. Send my a draft and I will go through. I maybe fluent in English, can't promise I am a grammar expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7illusions 1249 Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Great! I actually haven't started writing yet at all. What I got is what's i the First post of thiis thread and I think it will have the format of this in the end: http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/blog/1/entry-175-media-browser-for-windows-8rt-31-released/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicpa 559 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Whenever you have something. I like the list, think it shows all of your hard work Maybe start with some highlights Maybe some screenshots of the hubs redesign. Favorites are going to be big. The playback improvements. Then the sync info, Fact that you can pick target device. Have the list at the end Maybe call the list the "Complete Change Log" and also have it as separate post (maybe pinned at the top of the forum. EBR does something like that which is really nice) . "For the complete change log click here". I think a lot of users would like the idea of a change log Hey and get the keeper of the "Emby Site" to show a little love and list the app under "Living Room Apps" as well as mobile. Just my thoughts you know I always got to throw in my two cents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjviii 48 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 If anyone who's fluent in English would like to help creating a release note for this update, feel free to help out. @@Vicpa, do you have some time to spend on this? I will publish a blog post tomorrow, but when I write it it's always something wrong with grammar etc.. (being Swedish and all..) So all the help I can get is welcome. I can help with this. Sort of, My wife is published author with a Masters in English writing!! She would love to proofread anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37099 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 it sounded like he was looking for help with the actual writing. 7 - if that's the case, just write the changelog and include a nice screen for each major feature and then i'll do the writing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7illusions 1249 Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 Layout: Restructured layout of Movies, Series and Music hubs, now with FavoritesAdded support to Mark/Unmark favorites) Favorites: Sync: Added support for selecting TargetDevice when creating SyncJobs, including FolderSync Added support for playing FolderSynced files Playback: Added FastForward/Rewind for DirectStream && Offline PlaybackAdded Slowmotion for DirectStream && Offline Playback Vastly improved playback by almost eliminating full transcode (using streamcopy where possible) Other:Make sure MainMenu is cleared when logging out Respect the View-preferences Automatic Subtitle-selection if available Changed to ArtistID instead of artist name in album-retrival (Requires dev-erver) Playlist no longer sortingLoadig-spinner on Artists viewsMusicGenre ImagesFixed transparancy issue when using CoverArtAdded Playlist-support to MainHubAdded Screensaver to Video PlaybackView Added MCE support to MB-Connect View Fixed a problem with LiveTiles and LockscreenImagesMinor redisgn of SignIn Views Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7illusions 1249 Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 OHH, btw, the app is in store, so Luke feel free to post once written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicpa 559 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) Hi 7 and Luke Thought I would take a stab at adding to 7's post, hope that is ok. Not a draft but maybe some stuff that can be used. 7 you didn't highlight all the cool stuff you did Mostly some reordering.... needs verbiage As they say I think you "buried the lead" New Release: Enhanced Playback, Design and Content Playback: Vastly improved playback by almost eliminating full transcode (using streamcopy where possible) --Results: Enhanced MKV playback h264 AC3/ACC, Improved Channel playback Added FastForward/Rewind for DirectStream & Offline PlaybackAdded Slowmotion for DirectStream & Offline Playback Design: Restructured layout of Movies, Series and Music hubs, now with FavoritesAdded support to Mark/Unmark favorites) Favorites (7 In keeping with your Interstellar theme do you have a similar shot the big thing is the Selection) Sync: Added support for selecting TargetDevice when creating SyncJobs, including FolderSync Added support for playing FolderSynced files Content: Respect the View-preferences Added Playlist-support to MainHub Automatic Subtitle-selection if available Added Filmography to Actor Detail. (Again Interstellar screen shot would be better) Other Highlights: Music Screen Saver: (needs some verb "Experimental, Initial Iteration ") Other Changes: Fixed MainMenu is cleared when logging out Changed to ArtistID instead of artist name in album-retrival (Requires dev-erver) Fixed Playlist no longer sorting Fixed Play button on What's On TVAdded Loading-spinner on Artists viewsMusicGenre ImagesFixed transparancy issue when using CoverArtAdded Screensaver to Video PlaybackView think this was pulled? Added MCE support to MB-Connect View Fixed a problem with LiveTiles and LockscreenImagesMinor redisgn of SignIn Views Just my suggestions Luke, 7 use as you like. Great Release Thanks to both of you!!!! Good Stuff. -Vicpa Edited April 1, 2015 by Vicpa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37099 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 ok, i'll write it up today i was so busy with this release I hadn't seen how incredible the app looks now. Job well done. I also really like the coloring on the sync slide out menus, I may take some inspiration from that. by the way, in regards to the blue resume progress bar, if by chance you're matching the web client in IE, it's actually a bug. IE isn't using the overridden color I'm assigning and is falling back to the browser default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37099 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 ok, working on this now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37099 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Couple requests Can I get some nice screens of the new TV and Music views? I'm on 2560*1440 resolution, so everything is small with tons of empty space and not good for screenshots Also the screen saver. This is brand new? It's kind of a big deal. How about a screen of that? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37099 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Also I think a screen and more info on MCE would be nice. There's a lot of MCE users out there that it could appeal to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vicpa 559 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Hi 7, Thought I would post something about the playback enhancements in the forum if it is ok. Luke buried the lead as well. Want to make sure I have the terms right. [Direct Playback Format Video Audio MP3 Mp3 m4a AAC mp4,mov h264,mpeg4 aac,ac3,eac3,mp3,pcm asf wmv2,wmv3,vc1 wmav2,wmapro,wmavoice AVI mpeg4,msmpeg4,mjpeg mp3,ac3,eac3,mp2,pcm Direct Stream (This is where I am a little confused) Is it the above formats but dependent on the various sources. So it works with Channels but not LiveTV yet ? Stream Copy or Change my container please. Does anything else stream copy? Format Video Audio mkv h264 aac,ac3,eac3,pcm Transcoding\Hybrid Video Stream Copy Audio Transcode Format Video Audio mkv h264 Audio other than aac,ac3,eac3,pcm As noted DTS is absent from the supported audio formats. DTS is unfortunately not supported natively in Windows 8.1. A solution is still being investigated but is not available at this time. Stay Tuned In the interim the player will use a stream copy of video and a default audio conversion of your choice. See separate post on Streaming Profile. Transcoding Everything not highlighted above. ] Is the stuff in the brackets correct? Minus my questions of course Thanks! -Vicpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7illusions 1249 Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 The app doesn't actually do direct play. It only does Direct Stream. The difference between them is that direct play is when the app accesses the actual file, which is almost impossible in win8.1 apps, whilst Direct Stream the server provides a stream with the original file. Otherwise, good initiative about the post , much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7illusions 1249 Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 But when we do StreamCopy we call that direct stream also, but with a little help from ffmpeg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techywarrior 688 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Noticed a minor bug with the change to using the server side preferences for movies/tv. When I go to Movies the "latest" list shows movies from a folder that is NOT part of the movie preference as set on the server. When I go into any of the other sections everything appears to be working right. I don't have a new TV show in a folder that is not part of TV but I would recommend checking that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicpa 559 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Hi, Thanks Maybe after the post I will polish it up for the wiki. Yes I am volunteering to work on the wiki if you would like Least I can do after all my crazy questions and requests. Another crazy question. flac...... I don't use flac normally but know some folks do. I found this http://sourceforge.net/projects/mfflac/files/ which I am thinking should work. I added a line <DirectPlayProfile container="flac" audioCodec="flac" type="Audio" /> to the streaming profile. Should that work? I got this error Date/time: 2015-04-02T16:14:30.7393564+00:00Level: ERRORThread: 3Logger: PlaybackService------------------------Gertrude : Media Failed Error: Windows.UI.Xaml.ExceptionRoutedEventArgs------------------------Session: {"PackageArchitecture":"Neutral","PackageFullName":"436337Illusions.com.MediaBrowser_3.2.0.281_neutral__77hd5e1v1hqs4","PackagePublisher":"CN=CA9FBA89-9B8C-4501-9177-37B89E41D3FF","PackagePublisherId":"77hd5e1v1hqs4","PackageResourceId":"","PackageVersion":"3.2.0.281","InstallationId":"986b2c5a-50b5-4537-b167-7521141f3815"} The file plays in Win Media player. I think flac is going to be supported in Win 10. Not there yet as far as I can tell. It is not a big deal if evolves player changes or maybe it is the flac media foundation addin that is flawed. Anyway Just thought it would be another Big win for Direct Streaming. -Vicpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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