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[firth]

I installed this for the first time today and I must say in big bold letters, I AM OFFICIALLY IMPRESSED! with this plugin. As mentioned above, there are few hicups, but considering it's a BETA...

Where do I make a donation or purchase a license?

[sambo99]

I just uploaded version 2.0.5.0, if you have beta updates enabled you should get it automatically. This hopefully should resolve the hanging issues people were having.

Changes:

* Fixed to serialization of metadata to cope with possibility of of nulls in director and genre lists.
* Frame grabber no longer runs for the first (fast) pass of metadata fetching as it can cause us to generate frames unnecessarily that get replaced by downloaded ones.
* sorting out threading in loading of children, it was possible to end up duplicating the children when entering folders very quickly during the load of MB, hopefully this is no longer possible
* pull any pending metadata refresh to the front of the async queue when entering an item
* Ensure our current playstate is not set more than once a second (For win7)
* When switching from detail to thumb strip, vertical scroll option was missing
* Fixed deadlock, this was causing the application to potentially hang during cache population
* stop case sensitivity in finding season folders
* ensure items are resorted if relevant metadata changes
* add option to sort by production year

As always, your feedback is much appreciated.

You can download it here:
http://videobrowser....ser_2_0_5_0.msi

[bonestorm]

Tried this out last night, really impressive. Keep up the good work.

[BladeRoNNeR]

Quick random question regarding the metadata/database ...

Does this add this information in each folder of your collection (such as with MyMovies) or does it store all this info in a central location.

I trialled MyMovies many months ago and I think have only just got rid of all the left over files it created .. hoping to avoid this again

Screenshots looks very nice by the way, and if not already included would be great to have sortable by genre and some options to setup TV Series easily (once again sorry if this is already included or mentioned previously).

Coolies

[sambo99]

We do not muck about with user's folder structure, all of the data media browser collects is stored in a central location (c:\program data\media browser)

[mick5au]

What are the limitations on file naming and can I add words to be ignored when looking up the film information? I would love to have it replave underscores and fullstops with spaces and remove DVDRip etc so I do not have to rename all my files.

[RavenMad]

what are the limitations on file naming and can i add words to be ignored when looking up the film information? I would love to have it replave underscores and fullstops with spaces and remove dvdrip etc so i do not have to rename all my files.

+1

[danger55]

I had a brief look at this last night and it's looking good. All previous movies are shown with covers and metadata (which I used to use My Movies to get metadata/ covers then videobrowser to view in MC- was a bit messy).

But any movies I've added to my movies folder since installing mediabrowser have no metadata. Does mediabrowser automatically download this data and if so, when? I've enabled it in the configuration but the data ain't coming.

Also, what's the best way to add several folder to monitor. Should I just place shortcuts for all locations in the C:\Users\Videos folder like with videobrowser?

[blontic]

I think (could be wrong) that there is currently an issue where MB doesn't automatically update movie posters. Meta data should update once you close and enter MB. I think also pressing the recored button over a movie should force it to do a lookup.

[sambo99]

I just uploaded MediaBrowser 2.0.6.0 (FlickerFree), if you have beta updates enabled you should get it automatically.

Changes:

* Should install on Windows 7 - though you will not get a strip for it (its in the extra tab)
* Brand spanking new Movie Details page, actors and directors are linkable, background is in full technicolor
* Optional clock - so you never loose track of the time
* Brand spanking new configuration page. So much sexier than our last one.
* Black is back, we now have a new black theme, keep in mind there is a little bug there and the default movie page under black theme may look a little blue ...
* IMDB ratings now goes from 0-10 as opposed 0-5
* Fix so external players mark the watched flag
* Fixed flickering when cache was initially populating
* Fix to stop posters becoming the wrong size/aspect in certain circumstances where folders are just being found
* Fix spelling of BluRay
* Ensure we recognise folders with BDMV and HVDVD_TS folders in as movies
* Create separate logos for HD720/1080, thanks to kohaXun for the images
* Fix to ensure we pick up changes when vf files are modified
* Ensure we only try external player if we are not on an extender
* External player support, add section to config file for
<ExternalPlayers>
<ExternalPlayer>
<MediaType>Avi</MediaType>
<Command>wmplayer.exe</Command>
<Args>"{0}"</Args>
</ExternalPlayer>
</ExternalPlayers>
Where ExternalPlayer element is repeated for each required mediaType.
Valid MediaType values (case sensitive)are Avi, Mkv, DVD, BlueRay, HDDVD
The {0} in the args parameter will be replace by the name of the item that is being played - i.e. the folder name but excluding the video_ts bit etc.

* Fix for episodes with s01e04 type names directly in the series folder (i.e. no season folder)
* Assorted fixes to the movied db provider and thetvdb provider ( * support in movies, support for languages other than english for the tvdbprvider, see config file)

As always, your feedback is much appreciated.

More details are available here:
http://www.mediabrow...c.php?f=5&t=560

[Circuit]

Looks great can't wait to give this new release a go.

[drnibbles]

I have downloaded the latest version that you have here and i have an issue with ISO files.. If i mount the ISO file manually with deamon tools it plays fine but when your plugin automounts the file it waits for a couple of seconds and then says it cant play the file. If i hop out of media center and look at deamon tools it has mounted successfully but your plugin says it can play the file.. so how do i solve this.... ????


nevermind i have solved it

Edited by drnibbles, 30 January 2009 - 10:27 PM.

[Minotaur]

This is a pretty sweet program. After using it for less than a day I have "retired" TV Library and am now using this instead. Would be very nice to be able to force a manual refresh of a single item though - as well as a watched/unwatched toggle

[firth]

I think hitting the record button on the MC remote forces a refresh of that item.

[sunnyvali]

I have been using this for a while and it gets better with each new update. However, I was wondering when we'll see movie ratings, such as R, PG, etc. on the main or detail view screens. This will be of great help when we have kids/folks over.

Thanks!