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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).

This is going to be a bit ranty so if that is not your thing stop reading now. Back in the day (10 or so years ago) when I first started contributing to community media projects one of the first tools I ever wrote was Virtual VCR (http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualvcr/) registered on SF on 2002-12-29. It was an enhanced recorder based on an example from the DirectShow SDK. For its time it had a bunch of features that were not available in other tools and as such got picked up by mags for CD covers etc all the time, a lot of them being German for some reason. It was not a huge hit but people were very appreciative of the hard work that went into making it and while I made zero money form the hours of dev time I put into it I felt it was worth it at the time to help the community and to get the odd nice comment from someone. Never did I receive a comment that to tool was lacking or that it just needed to be a bit better before people would consider it. People were happy that the tool was available and the source was there for others to build on. Since then I have worked on many community media projects and tried to contribute where I could. Flash forward 10 years and we now have such a whiny entitled self absorbed community in the media space that the first comment on an open project blog that is highlighting the hard work of many people developing and contributing their time for free is that it is "lacking" and that it would need to improve its game if it were to be considered as an option for the poster. It is not just this project but nearly all media projects I have followed over the last few years, some people have a feeling of entitlement. To be fair a majority of the community including this one is excellent, helpful and very willing to give constructive feedback and help out where they can, unfortunately it only takes a few to taint the feeling of a community, and that is just it, community is a collection of like minded people working for a common goal and when a small few come across as entitled twats it can change the feeling of being part of that community. This line from the first post hits it home for me "what you can offer the community", we are all the community, everyone should ask themselves today what one thing can you do TODAY to contribute to the community, coding, testing, art, feedback, suggestions, answering other members questions, writing FAQs, writing Wiki page how to's etc, whatever you can do you should. Not just here in this project but on all projects. If you cant contribute for whatever reason then just be thankful that there are others out there that can, for without them you would have nothing.

Awesome! It would be that great if someone can adapt choclate theme to xbmc too, including video backgrops and themes. :-) Thank you for your hard work. I will give XBMC another try next days.

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 playback and skinning engine, and combine it with the awesome meta-data and database management capabilities of MediaBrowser3. This strips away a lot of the somewhat cobbled together XBMC back-end database scripts and makes for a much cleaner user experience, while opening MediaBrowser3 to 7-foot low-end devices powered by Android or OpenElec. So - what is new? XBMC 0.9.0 adds: Search capability Better skin integration Added Favorite Shows node Update NextUp widget on stop Check that service is running Error handling for non-UNC paths Photo widget support Better MB3->XBMC art mapping Meta-data for playback in-progress items More granular debug logs No meta-data cache for less than 25 items (helps with TV status updates) XBMB3C 0.9.0 is available in to official XBMC Video AddOns repository. In addition, we are announcing the XBMB3C skin repo - available here: http://im85288.no-ip.org/xbmc/addons/xbmb3c-repo/repository.xbmb3c-1.0.0.zip Here you will find a great, growing collection of XBMC skins modified specifically for MediaBrowser3 functionality: Aeon MQ5: Arctic: Confluence: Eminence Xperience 1080++ Aeon Nox 4.1.9 Gotham coming VERY soon! We hope you will give XBMB3C a shot - if you need ANY help feel free to ask here: http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/forum/99-xbmb3c/ And... we aren't stopping here. Coming soon to XBMB3C: Multiple fanart support Actor images, data and searches Theme music support xnappo

@PhAzE yes the image updates on the server will propagate to the client automatically

Question - Lets say I have MB3 server setup with a movie list, and xbmc is using this plugin. I then go to MB3 and change the fanart for one of the movies. Will that change show in the XBMC plugin immediately or do I have to reload the cache? Currently, this is the biggest draw back of XMBC on its own, is that caching makes things faster but changes aren't reflected and thus you have to keep reloading things if you change them. Also, does this pass along clear-art and disc-art files for skins like Aeon MQ5?

I mean really, what were you expecting??? Unicorns to fly out of your HTPC shoot rainbows at your mobile device of choice and a dozen non-threating munchins sing your viewing options to you as a nude swimsuit model pushes the play button? LOL. Trust, I'm very critical and have been so in the past and continue to do so but really what more could these gentlemen have offered outside rewriting an entire new XBMC/MB3 experience? The devs work hard and while you haven't said anything derogatory, let them have their moment in the sun. There's plenty of room for constructive criticism within the confines of the forum. As always, just a thought.

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 also in development, and we also have a few more on our wish list - Argus TV, DVBViewer and DVBLink. If you would like to get involved and help develop one of these plugins, please let us know. So let's get down to live tv. You have the ability to view the guide, watch a channel, and full recording management capabilities. And the web client design is responsive so that you can use it on your smartphone to schedule a recording when you're not home. Transcoding Engine Improvements Perhaps just as exciting as live tv, we've made significant improvements to our transcoding service that will really help reduce server cpu usage. Everyone should thank Tikuf for all of the research that he's put into this. We couldn't have done it without him. There are new configuration settings in the advanced area to fine tune this: Please note that for now there is not a dramatic difference between these settings. As we continue to evolve and gather more data, we'll keep refining them. Web Client Direct Streaming The web client now has additional quality settings along with direct streaming options to allow you to play files directly without transcoding. This will allow some mp4's and m4v's to be direct streamed. Please note you will only see the option when we've determined the browser is capable of playing the file directly. The web client will also remember your quality setting, and apply it to all content played. Other enhancements: Web client view is remembered (e.g. poster, thumb, etc). Added nifty new flyouts with quick access to commonly used functions Support automatic de-interlacing when transcoding To be consistent with metabrowser, movie plot keywords are now saved into a new PlotKeywords field. Tags are now intended to be user-defined only. Added an advanced option to automatically restart the server when needed. It will only auto-restart once all users have idled for at least 30 minutes. Defects Fixed: Fixed pgs subtitles scaling incorrectly when transcoding Fixed text subtitle delivery when transcoding Fixed dvd runtime probing Stay tuned for more. Great things are happening with Media Browser Theater. We've assembled a really strong team and there's several great enhancements in progress. Linux and OS X server releases are getting closer. Please join us and be a part of the testing effort: http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/3634-mono-server-linux-os-x/