XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) 2004-09-03 build
Date: Friday, September 03 @ 22:42:16 UTC
Topic: Xbox Media Player


' A new CVS compile of XboxMediaCenter has been released today '
What's been added/new/fixed (since 08-18 build):

WHAT'S ADDED:
- grouping of controls
- virtual keyboard now supports data entry with the numbers just like a cell phone. Also pressing "back" is same as backspace.
- network settings in the GUI and remove them from XBoxMediaCenter.xml
- applied patch for LCD-MOD contrast changes with minor modification.
- proper downmixing of more than 2 channel sources to dolby surround on the stereo output
- my music playlist: Showing progress dialog if loading takes more the 1,5 secs.
- mplayer.dll version info to SystemInfo screen when available.

- Failsafe patch from SF (Thanks Guybrush)
- tag works for buttons now.
- Popup subpanel to homepage.
- Two bugs to bugs.txt
- Hebrew xpr fonts
- Support for multiple font sets in a skin, switched from the GUI
- Hebrew language file by okets

WHAT'S FIXED:
- SMB did not handle files with non ASCII names properly (got NT_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND)
- eliminate crash that occurs when loading wma files which have non ASCII characters in its tags
- eliminate crash that occurs when loading m3u which have weird characters
- ac3/dts settings were reset to disabled on application stop
- my video: directory history for virtual directory was broken
- album info from allmusic.com
- Fan was always set to custom mode even if tempcontrol and fanspeed were both disabled
- Custom thumbnails will always be used if the thumbnail is on the Xbox.
- thumb aspectratio in videoinfo screen
- location of dialog windows did not scale correctly to other resolutions.
- Volume control using digital buttons (such as the remote).
- codecs.conf: DTS tracks wouldn't decode properly if DTS was not enabled.
- Possible font related crashes.
- Album view - some albums weren't treated as folders.
- Pause then play causes slowmotion for a few seconds. Due to autosync=30 in mplayer.conf
- cdg support, some cdgs (corrupted?) were able to make a crash and some scrolling issues fixed (Thx to stcogolin)

WHAT'S CHANGED:
- removed the need to restart because of audio channel mappings
- removed the need to restart because of hw ac3/dts output
- volumebar resources are allocated at startup to avoid hd spinup during movie
- A bit or reorganization and formatting changes for My Programs.
- New render code for video output (faster, less memory).
- Flip BiDi Charset has moved from XboxMediaCenter.xml to the GUI
- Used new seeking for better accuracy for .cue files.
- Passthrough of AC3/DTS is always used unless samplerate != 48kHz or Output to all channels is enabled, and the source is stereo.
- Audio settings now sets MS Dash settings for AC3 and DTS
- Music Database Reorg now Clean Music Database - just removes moved/deleted songs.
- Database updates for My music to better streamline queries + size.
WHAT'S UPDATED:
- polish language file (thanks napek)
- Spanish string.xml (thnx ezar2003)
- tinyxml to v2.3.2
Official Site(s): http://www.xboxmediacenter.de / http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbmc





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