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MediaPortal / TV-Server 1.0 RC2 released!

Written by Team MediaPortal, on 18-07-2008

Nearly 3 months after the release of MediaPortal 1.0 RC1 we are pleased to announce that MediaPortal RC2 is available for download.

This Release:

We have put our main efforts into bug fixing for stability and usability again. According to our roadmap every RC1 specifc bug could be fixed.

Unfortunately we had to remove the "MyTrailers" and "MyMusicVideos" plugins from the installation package because both plugins are broken and unmaintained. Their original developers are not active anymore and trying to get the code working again would delay the complete product for another few weeks.

We want to thank everyone who took the time to created proper reports and to those who submitted patches.
You pushed MediaPortal forward.

A detailed list of changes is available on the following pages.

MediaPortal

TV-Server

Installer - DeployTool

What happens next:

Next step on our Roadmap is to get rid of the remaining issues and verify that the changes we did for RC2 are working.

If all goes as expected then it will be a quite small step between RC2 and RC3. And (hopefully) a even shorter one from RC3 to final.

Installation:

Before you install MediaPortal 1.0 RC2 please verify that your system meets the requirements.

During our tests we had noticed that in some cases the uninstallation of a running TV-Server might fail. We will try to fix that for the RC3 release.
To avoid issues we recommend that you manually uninstall MediaPortal and/or the TV-Server before you launch the RC2 installer.

If you recently installed the ServicePack 3 for Windows XP then it is essential that you re-apply the dvb-fix mentioned on the requirements page.

Bugs in this Release:

If you find any issues or bugs then please report them in the appropriated bugreport forum.

MediaPortal 1.0 RC2 Bugreports

TV-Server 1.0 RC2 Bugreports

Installer-Feedback

Please make sure that you read and follow the bugreport and support thread guidelines or you might find your thread deleted without further notice to keep the forums clean.

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Posted by RCW, on 18-07-2008, , Registered

1. Thanks

A big thanks to all responsible for this project. MediaPortal is magnificent.

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Posted by SSSputnik, on 18-07-2008, , Registered

2. Thankyou.

Many thanks people, all the work is really appreciated.

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Posted by 4IRM, on 18-07-2008, , Guest

3. THANKS

...you guys have pushed it forward most!

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Posted by metropolis, on 18-07-2008, , Registered

4. install

Hi, how do I install this without distroying all my channels, channel order and settings, etc?

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Posted by fraseyboy, on 18-07-2008, , Registered

5. Thanks!

Thanks guys! Another great release.

Just a note, Comodo Firewall broke the installation for me. It kept coming up with warnings and stuff, even though i put it in installation mode and set it to treat mediaportal as an installer. Best to just disable before install.

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Posted by LabRatt, on 18-07-2008, , Guest

6. Good news

More progress is fantastic, and this is a great piece of software. I have one niggle so far though - you seem to have decided to use the "Language (country)" convention in the installer, and as an Englishman I am disappointed that you've joined Microsoft in the "English is from the US only" camp.

Now I'll get on with the installation and see how everything else goes.

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Posted by CHli, on 18-07-2008, , Registered

7. Thanks

Congratulations guys ! You have made a really good job ! Thank you.

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Posted by Sypher, on 18-07-2008, , Registered

8. Check this before installing!

Hi,

It is recommended to backup your MP-folder. Keep an eye on your Languages folder. This folder will be cleaned out when RC2 installs (and removes RC1). After this, some plugins that reply on the languages folder (like MP-TVseries, Worldmap etc) will cause problems. Errors like "error or missing myHome.xml", missing items in your mainmenu etc will be the result.

So: Make a backup of your MP-folder! If you have problems, you can replace the files you are missing.

Just a friendly notice ;)

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Posted by revs, on 18-07-2008, , Guest

9. Upgrade

Can you update RC1 to RC2 or do we have to do a clean install?

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Posted by Epstone, on 18-07-2008, , Registered

10. Thanks!

Thanks again for that great software!

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Posted by Leiws, on 18-07-2008, , Guest

11. Big fan of RC1

but alas RC2 seems not to want me to watch TV ... to the Forums !

thanks for the hard work guys

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Posted by emphatic, on 19-07-2008, , Registered

12. Bug?

Very nice release guys.

Before I forget, If you play music with a playlist and have "auto shuffle on playlist load" on with a 5 second buffer, the playlist plays the first 5 seconds of the track that originally "should" have been next then goes off to play another track.

This has happened for a couple of builds now, but I seem to forget to report this.

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Posted by Sejer, on 19-07-2008, , Guest

13. Great work!1 Thanks :-)

I just want to thank you guys for all the hard work you've put into this great media-software.

Thanks :-)

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Posted by Luke Roberts, on 19-07-2008, , Registered

14. Weeeeha!

Guys,

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

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Posted by Karel Moen, on 20-07-2008, , Guest

15. Yay!

Really Rad! Now pleeeeease look at getting Hauppage HVR 1100 hybrid cards analog support :) I love tvserver, but my wife hates me for no tv...

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Posted by colgate, on 21-07-2008, , Registered

16. New release

Nice! But I can't find the config option for serial IR anymore :|

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Posted by rooky, on 21-07-2008, , Guest

17. Vista 64 bit

Is Media Portal running on Vista 64 bit or Vista 32bit?

Thx

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Posted by Andor, on 22-07-2008, , Guest

18. hmm...back to RC1

Hey guys and gals,

Thanks for your hard work. I was pretty exciting about installing RC2. However, I ran into so many problems, I am now reverting back to RC1:

- I cannot get ANY plugin to work (TV-series, TV Gemist...)
- MP crashes when using any other skin than BlueTwo (even BlueTwo Wide causes a crash)
- Very tricky getting my information back in (like all my movie thumbnails and data, which the install program of RC2 so nicely deleted)

I never had much problems with RC1. With RC2 I cannot get anything to work :(

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Posted by Redin, on 23-07-2008, , Registered

19. I can not see any videos

in last version rc1 i had see any videos very well. avi, mkv, etc etc. But after new system because formated pc, this new version rc2 i can not see any video. Any problem related?

BTW: I can see all videos in Media Player Classic and XBMC but not in MediaPlayer.

Thanks.

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Posted by RedEnzo, on 23-07-2008, , Guest

20. My movies

Hi everyone! Very big thanks for the great job you´re doing. I have one question. When I want to watch a movie I press enter on the cover deamon-tools mount the iso/img file but the movie will not start, I must go to the menu on the left side and press "play movie". I wonder how the movie can start direct when I press enter on the cover? It works in RC1. Thank You

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Posted by ste kelly, on 24-07-2008, , Guest

21. no evr?

i cant find the part where you can select evr or vmr9 so i am getting tearing on my videos, please correct me if im missing something.

great work on everything else though

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Posted by Cas, on 24-07-2008, , Guest

22. Nice

Will be installing this tonight when I get home. I hope hardware support for the Emuzed Maui III has been fixed! Keep up the good work!

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Posted by wlgspotter, on 26-07-2008, , Registered

23. Chinese / Asian subtitles

Hi:

Just tried RC2, and while the movie now list correct al my movie names with Chinese/Asian characters, my Chinese subtitles are no longer displayed correctly. Is there a way to get this Chinese subtitle going again properly? Thanks.

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Posted by AoP, on 28-07-2008, , Guest

24. Small "bug"

The splash screen to MP still says RC1, to configuration is fine.

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Posted by ChriZ, on 29-07-2008, , Registered

25. Looks even more promising

Thanks, even better than RC1 :)
If only we could get rid of SQL for the TV Database at some point ;o)

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Posted by AC, on 31-07-2008, , Guest

26. Bring back My Trailers!

Great job guys - hope somebody can bring My Trailers back to life - loved that feature.

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Posted by u tippmann, on 07-08-2008, , Guest

27. Mr

How can I make Mediaportal to recognize my Compro Hybrid T750 TV Card?

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Posted by SSSputnik, on 12-08-2008, , Registered

28. RC2 works nicely.

Just upgraded my HTPC. Fresh install of XP and went to a Core 2 Duo 2.5GHz, (Was running a AMD Sempron) 3Gig RAM, separate HDD for record/time shifting.
Works very nicely. Thanks team.

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Posted by Carlo, on 27-08-2008, , Guest

29. Thanks

I would to thank everyone involved in this project. I'm a very happy user of MediaPortal.

Keep up the good work and keep it open!

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Posted by sheldon, on 17-09-2008, , Guest

30. thanks

Great work thanks very much

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