Last week we released 1.2.0 final which has been a huge success already!  The Team could have taken a break after the hard work on 1.2.0, and relax a bit, but we did not. 

During the last week we have been working on a 1.2.1 hot fix, that will address a few issues in 1.2.0.  The focus of this release is on major issues. The hot fixes to come later will contain more fixes and also address some minor issues.

Changelog:

• 3715 - MediaPortal crashes on exit
  Under some circumstances it is possible that MediaPortal.exe crashes when you close it. Mainly systems running for a very long time are affected.
• 3688 - scanning for analog radio stations makes TV-Guide unusable
• 3718 - under special circumstances, TV-Service will crash on start up
  This occurs if the WMC plugin for the Hauppauge Colossus or HD-PVR is installed.
• 3720 - update of satellite transponders inside TV-Server Configuration is not working
  We previously grabbed the transponder lists directly from the FastSatfinder.com website. Due to load issues this cause for FastSatfinder.com, this is no longer possible, and when you attempt to update them in 1.2.0 or ealier, all your transponder lists are deleted.
  The team from fastsatfinder has kindly agreed to continue support for us with updated transponder lists which we will host on our own web servers. So 1.2.1 will now download the transponder lists directly from our server.
  1.2.1 has the latest Transponder lists integrated.
• 3723 - default graph behaviour for TV-Cards entering idle state is "pause" instead of "stop"
  In 1.2.0 we introduced a new feature that can decrease the time required to tune/change channels by not destroying the graph when the card enters idle state. The related "Advanced Tuning" options are "pause" (keep the graph) and "stop" (destroy the graph). Sadly, during a clean installation of 1.2.0, the default option was set to "pause". Although the "pause" option does give you the speed improvement, it is not supported by many TV-cards (drivers issue). Thus, in 1.2.1 the safer "stop" option is now set as the default. If you did a clean installation of 1.2.0 and now upgrade to 1.2.1, the current setting will change to "stop" for all your TV-Cards. This should ensure maximum stability for all users. If you want to use "pause" instead of "stop", then you have to reset that option in TV-Server Configuration.

Installation, Upgrade, Download and Feedback

Installing 1.2.1

When doing a clean installation of 1.2.1, then there is nothing special to worry about.

Upgrading from 1.2.0 final to 1.2.1

Again, nothing to worry about, all 1.2.0 extensions are compatible with 1.2.1. 

Upgrading from 1.2.0 Beta or RC to 1.2.1

If you are running MediaPortal 1.2.0 Beta or RC, then all your installed extensions (plugins and skins) will continue to work after the upgrade to 1.2.1! 

Upgrading from 1.2.0 Alpha or earlier to 1.2.1

All MediaPortal installations starting with 1.1.0 RC1 can be upgraded to 1.2.1, without losing your settings.

If you are running MediaPortal 1.2.0 Alpha or earlier, then none of your extensions (plugins and skins) will work after the upgrade to 1.2.0! You must update your extensions after the upgrade!  So, please make sure that 1.2.0 compatible versions of your extensions are available before you start the upgrade!

General note about Upgrades

Manually stop TV-Service!
On some systems our installer is not able to update the TV-Server installation because its files are locked or the service can not be stopped. In 1.3.0 we will completely rework our Installer to take care of this problem once and for all.

For upgrades to 1.2.x we recommend you manually stop the TV-Service, and make sure, via Windows Task Manager (enable the "all users" option), that the TvService.exe process is really gone before starting to upgrade.

Feedback

Skin related

We are very curious what you think about our new design which we have introduced in 1.2.0. Please share your thoughts in the dedicated forum section.

Bugs

If you think you found a bug then please post a detailed report in our Bug Reports Forum.

Make sure your report includes all the required information. Incomplete reports will be removed to keep the forum clean.

Download

Finally - the download. We hope that you took the time to read this release news entirely because it includes vital information about the major changes.

If you would like to support MediaPortal, we would be happy to receive a small donation.

The team wishes you a lot of fun with this new release!

.::. Download - MediaPortal 1.2.1 .::.

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