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Redshirt
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When will the latest RC expire please ??

pretty soon

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Found MB3 android folder. Last log is from Nov 4th ???

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pretty soon

Best go buy it then :)

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Red, never got around to installing RC5. went straight to the play store version. I see you got it figured. do you want a log?

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Bought, Reviewed, Happy!  ;)

 

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Redshirt
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Red, never got around to installing RC5. went straight to the play store version. I see you got it figured. do you want a log?

only if it still happens with 1.0.1 which should be visible shortly.

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I know what both issues are. I'll take care of them tonight

 

Sweet. Just purchased the app. The update will be hitting play store copy? So I can just sit back and let the auto-update joy happen?

 

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Redshirt
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Found MB3 android folder. Last log is from Nov 4th ???

can you delete all thise logs and see if a new one generates. I have no idea why logging would just stop

swhitmore
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Congrats Red!!!!

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Redshirt
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aye. the app is far enough along now all future updates and bug fixes will be published through the store rather than side-loading

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Do you think the monkey (on the screen shots) gives it away  :P .

 

Well done Red It has been a long path so happy it's now in the wild.

 

Gotta hate typos tho  :rolleyes:

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Had to run out and buy a GooglePlay Gift Card for this... Amazing Product redshirt...

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Could someone please tell me the default LAN\Wifi bitrate?

 

I've changed mine and now get wildly different performance from my videos.

 

Some play fine, some take ages to load and some start but the transcode is killing my server (HP Micro Server).

 

TBH I don't really understand how to set this bitrate properly if anyone can explain that as well.

 

Cheers!

Redshirt
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The default is 6.0 mb/s for wifi and 850 kb/s for cellular.

 

You want to set the value as high as possible, while still remaining lower than what the network connection can sustain. If you are connected to cellular which is capable of 1.4 mb/s (for example) and have your cellular bitrate set to 10.0 mb/s... The server is going to send a 10.0 mb/s stream unaware that the network can't maintain that speed. That would cause the client to have to stop and buffer constantly.

 

The client takes the source files bitrate into consideration when requesting streams from the server as well. If you have your cellular bitrate set to 1.4 mb/s and the source file bitrate is 4.0 mb, then the client is going to request a transcoded stream of 1.4 mb/s. Even if the file is a supported codec.

 

The startup time is dependent on whether files are being transcoded, stream-copy or direct-streamed. Transcoding being the slowest. The reason being is that the server doesn't start streaming the video until a certain amount of segments have been created.

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Thanks Redshirt, looks like I'll need to test my Wifi out a bit to determine the optimum setting.

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MediaBrowser Android client is now in the play store

 

I'll write a full blog post about it this evening and provide thoughts as to where the client is going to go from here in terms of features and such.

 

The play store link is here.

 

I'd like to thank everybody for being a part of this ride. I've had a blast and I hope you guys have too. Auto-update here we come :)

 

 

 

All beta/RC users must uninstall this client before installing from the store. Release apps are signed with a different security key than dev builds and the installer will complain if you try to install over top of the RC.

Well done! 

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@@Redshirt - if you have a user profile with the "Hide this user from login screens" option set, there's no option to manually login using it in the app, like there is in the Dashboard.

 

Is it possible to add this?

 

Also, I'm unable to uncheck the "Stay signed in" option.

 

TIA.

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Redshirt
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At some point. It's on my to-do list, but not at the top.

seanbuff
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Hi Red, I'm finding that when sorting my 'Movies' by 'Date Added' and then toggling between Ascending and Descending - - the order randomly changes.

 

This doesn't seem right. Are you able to confirm?

Redshirt
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I just tried, I'm not able to confirm that. Are you seeing it on other clients?

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Red is there going to be another way to purchase the app?

 

I have a Nabi 2 which is an android device but as its aimed at kids it doesn't have google play store installed on it, when the app was in development I had to side load it onto the Nabi 2

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Thanks for the great app. Ive been using the beta versions and have been more than happy with it :)

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Red is there going to be another way to purchase the app?

 

I have a Nabi 2 which is an android device but as its aimed at kids it doesn't have google play store installed on it, when the app was in development I had to side load it onto the Nabi 2

 

@ Jasoon - you could try "This" to root and install Google Play.  Once Google Play is installed on the Nabi and you've logged into it using your Google Play account, Google play will show up on your device list and MediaBrowser is an accepted device.

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You should be able to install the Play Store apk without rooting.

 

Use something like ES FILE EXPLORER to back up the Google Play Services on your Android device, copy the backed-up apk to the Nabi and install.

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MediaBrowser Android client is now in the play store

 

 

All beta/RC users must uninstall this client before installing from the store. Release apps are signed with a different security key than dev builds and the installer will complain if you try to install over top of the RC.

 

Congratulations Redshirt!!!

 

It's been a long process but certainly worth the work with the excellent product you have released.  So many enhancements since the early pre-beta version and it has always just gotten better and better!

 

I'm only a tinsey-bit upset because all my devices have one version or another of Media Browser on it so I can't just blast through the Google Play store and click "Install on all devices!!!"  :lol:   

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