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XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) 2004-09-25 CVS build
>> A new 2004-09-25 CVS build of XboxMediaCenter(info) has been released. Includes Sep 25 dated mplayer.dll based on mplayer 1.0pre5. Full TTF support, visualisations are now synced, now ships with Project Mayhem as only skin.
What's new/fixed (since 09-09 build):
* fixed: [ 1031511 ] Playlists with accents in characters will not play
* fixed: [ 1024803 ] Python and Mouse
* fixed: [ 1011940 ] Pause Movie Hangs
* fixed: [ 1034416 ] Difficult to read TTF subtitles
* fixed: [ 1033093 ] Movie Plots which contain HTML tags from IMDB
* fixed: [ 1001048 ] Return to Dashboard broke
* fixed: Graphical glitch when scrolling in thumbs view and another dir is brought up
* fixed: [ 1034040 ] Pressing x while calibrating screen causes blackscreen
* fixed: Spin controls don't remember which arrow was focused
* fixed: CDDA Player was using too much processor - added Sleep()
* fixed: [ 973399 ] Vizualisations are not in sync with audio
* fixed: [ 991442 ] .cda incorrect numbering
* fixed: Picture info (current number of picture was out by 1)
* fixed: [ 1023515 ] .GIF renamed to .JPEG crashes XBMC
* fixed: in thumbnail view the up arrow was not reachable
* fixed: list item is not centerally aligned when TTF fonts enabled
* fixed: song title text would overlap with the size/time when TTF fonts enabled
* fixed: thumbnail text would overlap with other thumbnail texts when TTF fonts selected
* fixed: slow scroll speed of RSS with TTF fonts
* fixed: remote not working properly on main screen when TTF fonts selected
* fixed: Crashes/Blackscreens in slideshow with large images.
* fixed: Bookmarks failed to work if stacking was enabled and a single file video was played.
* fixed: Album lookup would show "Unable to connect to www.allmusic.com" when actually no matching album was found on allmusic.
* fixed: button states in Video OSD eg. forwarding and rewinding inside and outside the osd [sf bug #997386]
* fixed: output to all speakers with ac3 2.0, (needs new mplayer.dll)
* fixed: [ 1026292 ] tags with blank album name would cause the display of wrong thumbnails
* fixed: Artists/Genres with ' in their name were replaced with '' in the database views.
* fixed: Loadfont crash when font did not exist.
* fixed: SF bug 1030531: Crash when skin change after python is used.
* fixed: thumb aspectratio in musicinfo screen
* fixed: previously set password was lost after enabling the webserver
* fixed: webserver could only be enabled if you set the password
* fixed: [ 1006147 ] music playback: SELECT, PAUSE & SELECT -> XBMC crashes
* fixed: [ 1011939 ] OSD Focus Bug
* fixed: HTTP Proxy use in Weather screens (sf patch #1028936 by kusskowe)
* fixed: ripping audio cd's to hd doesn't work anymore
* fixed: couldn't move left or right to a next control when spincontrol is focused
* fixed: my music songs, last control is always the list/thumb control when autoswitch list/thumb enabled
* fixed: left mouse doesn't work in my pictures
* fixed: when adding a directory to a videoplaylist the files where added in reverse order
* fixed: properly display non-Latin id3 tags which are UTF-16/UTF-8
* fixed: properly display non-Latin ogg tags
* fixed: retrieval of non $HOME location (sf patch #1026378 by kraqh3d)
* fixed: State of the Album/song info on Visualisation wasn't saved.
* fixed: Screensaver would not stop when mouse was moved/clicked
* added: Album info + Year now shown on the LCD during music playback (based on SF 935576)
* added: Make Music Info stay onscreen in vis by hitting INFO again. (sf patch #1028895 by kraqh3d)
* added: Auto update after 2 seconds when you select a new location in the weather screen. (sf patch #1028936 by kusskowe)
* added: support for TTF subtitles
* added: Portuguese (brazil) language file (Thx to wellingtontu)
* added: German (Austria) language file (Thx to CEOMR)
* added: [ 1026597 ] Polish language file (Thx to NaPeK)
* added: Korean language file (thanks kimp93)
* added: properly display non-Latin file names from ISO 9660 file system
* added: cdda disc ripping to samba shares
* added: support for international characters in GUI (skin and file names)
* added: move items up and down in playlists (remote: 3=up, 9=down, controller: not mapped)
* changed: Polish language file (thanks to NaPeK)
* changed: German (Austrian) language file
* changed: Database views now show a message if the database is empty.
* changed: Songs and Movies view renamed to Files view as it's more consistent.
* changed: Support for TTF subtitles for MKV and OGM files in mplayer.dll
* changed: add thin outline to TTF subtitles
* changed: Start services (ftp/web etc.) before loading the skin on startup
* changed: all settings windows remember the last selected control until going back to the prev menu
* changed: renamed a few language folders
* changed: restart XBMC instead of reset when changed network settings.
* changed: Video subtitles cleanup + fixed sizing of subs.
* updated finnish strings.xml (thanks nanite1k)

Official Site: http://www.xboxmediacenter.de / http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmc
Download binaries: n/a (built with XDK)
News-Source: Xbins server

 

[DaCocoBrova]

I really hate having to ditch the old skin. It's so perfect IMO.

 

[Kiriku]

So, uh...is it possible to scan forward and back in mp3 songs yet?

 

[op_ivy]

whats the deal with no .mov support? and is there an option to loop videos?

 

[The Faceless Master]

you can loop if you
1) add the file to your playlist (Y)
2) go to the Playlist (Black)
3) check on the Repeat option

and it plays some but not all mov's... i played that new GTA:SA mov on it

 

[Ecrofirt]

whats the deal with no .mov support? and is there an option to loop videos?

.mov support works. You might have to download the codecs for it to work, though. Don't know if they include them with the CVS builds.

 

[Ecrofirt]

I'll also comment that I'm upset about having to lose the Media Center skin. It was a lot nicer than PM.

I think they could re-tool the way they have the button stuff working. It's annoying that you can't really edit the key much anymore, because you'll make something in another screen stop working.

Maybe they could force skins to come with their own keymap.xml file or something, or atleast have very clear sections in the keymap.xml file for the specific screns (My Music, My pictures), etc.

 

[The Faceless Master]

well, you can't really blame them when the skin makers dont update their skins... you have to go with what still works...

 

[DaCocoBrova]

How complicated is it to make skins? I'm pretty patient. Any other skins avail for d/l?

 

[Marty Chinn]

I'm sorta getting used to the new skin. I don't mind it much now. I think I prefer the main menu of the old skin, but I sorta like the colors and how it looks when I'm actually browsing through media.

Does anyone know how to get the movie trailers and web radio stuff to work? I see there are links for htem but they don't do anything.

 

[op_ivy]

.mov support works. You might have to download the codecs for it to work, though. Don't know if they include them with the CVS builds.

where can i get the codecs? and where do i place them in xbmc?

 

[hethspd]

I think the rewind/fastforward controls are much better now. I like how they are taking advantage of the analog capabilities of the R and L triggers.

And the best thing for me is most definitely full support for true type fonts. I can actually browse my japanese-named files through SAMBA sharing (almost) flawlelssly. I guess it's time to ditch XBMP and XNS now

 

[FightyF]

Kiruku, there is a way...someone told me on this forum, try a search. You have to change something in an xml file AFAIR.

The analog fastforward/rewind, does that work with mp3s?

 

[mrklaw]

Maybe they'll reallow the skins once this bug fix phase is done.

Still, anyone tried ripping CDs to samba shares? I only have a laptop and its bloody noisy ripping CDs, so I'd like the xbox to be able to do it.

Also, anyone using a pocket PC web server? I tried it yesterday and its pretty good, but very slow to update, and it doesn't show what you are playing.

 

[Ecrofirt]

Hey guys. Back with more XBMC info, as I forgot about the thread.

To get the Movie Trailers/Web Radio to work, you need to have Python installed for XBMC, and you need the scripts.

Also, at the Xbox-Scene XBMC forum, there's a stickied topic at the top with links to the quicktime codecs, and *i'm pretty sure* there's a link to XBMC python.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

I've been bullshitting on getting this release due to the skin issue. But I'll go and grab it tonight I guess.

As for the mediacenter.xml, is it safe to just copy the old one? I'm using the 2nd to last XBMC release btw.

 

[Ecrofirt]

which one is the mediacenter.xml? Can't remember off the top of my head, and I'm at school so I can't check.

If it's the one with all your <bookmark> settings, I'd probably overwrite it.

You can always change your samba bookmarks through the webserver as long as you've got it enabled.

 

[Kiriku]

I don't like the new skin much. The pop-up menu during movies is worse, much worse. Why group the buttons together like that? I don't get it. Also, you can no longer see how far into a movie you are on the same menu (yeah, I know you can press a different button for that, but still). I guess I'll just have to change back to the old skin.
Wait, it's not possible to change skins anymore? Blast.

And Fight for Freeform, thanks for the tip! Gonna try it later tonight.

 

[Ecrofirt]

You'll have to change back to an older build of XBMC as well. There's freeze ups using MediaCenter now.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

The mediacenter.xml is the only think I make changes to.