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As many of you know we are working hard to localize Media Browser so that it can be displayed in your native language. Many have volunteered to help translate and we thank you for that. If you'd like to see Media Browser in your language, please drop us a line and we'll set you up to help translate.

I know, I know, it's been a while since the app last got updated, I apologise for this. I also apologise that this is mostly a minor update too, but it's still quite an important one. So what's changed? For the most part, this update is all about bringing the app up to speed with all the recent under the hood changes that have been going on with the Media Browser server, making sure it's ready for some future updates to the server itself. That's not to say those are the only changes, there have been various bug fixes and enhancements done that will improve your browsing experience, as well as your streaming experience (no, not a change of bitrate, yet). A full list of which can be found here. Now, I know this blog post is about the release just gone out, but I just wanted to take a moment to give an idea of the roadmap for the next release and what that will include. Basically: Server Playlists, Channels, ability to change the bitrate of videos, and a few other things. In the meantime, the update (8.0.62.0) should be appearing in the store shortly. NOTE: This update will require to sign back in again, the server details you had previously will be there, you just need to authenticate with the server again.

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. Support for Movie specials, Grouping of "new episodes" into shows to give a better overview Added option to disable backdrop-images Bugfixes: MCE does not have initial focus on MainPage TV Shows Have Thumb w ClearArt Overlaid ffmpeg.exe does not terminate when stopping a Movie Check out the latest version: http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/media-browser/ad55a2f0-9897-47bd-8944-bed3aefd5d06