Software update: MediaPortal 1.1.0 RC2

Wednesday the second release candidate of MediaPortal was released. With this program, a Windows machine can be used as the heart of the multimedia hardware in the living room. This makes it easy to listen to radio and music, watch videos and DVDs and record TV programs. By means of plug-ins and extensions, the functionality can be extended and the ‘look & feel’ of the program can be adjusted.

Version 1.1 completely says goodbye to the old TV engine TVE2. Furthermore, a clean installation now uses MySQL 5.1 instead of SQL Server, although the latter can still be used as usual. This was done because MySQL requires less resources and also works fine under Windows 7. Below is an overview of the most important changes that have been made since the first release candidate:

Important changes since 1.1.0 RC1:

• [fixed] Random crashes when starting / stopping playback
• [fixed] several memory leaks
• [fixed] several issues in the TvGuide which caused that scheduled recordings were not displayed correctly
• [fixed] Channel Linkage Scanner did not work anymore since Premiere change its name to Sky Germany
• [fixed] Issue with Technotrend where CI MEnu could trigger a crash
• [fixed] Stuttering on tv channels from the ProSieben/Sat.1 Mediagroup
• [fixed] removed blacklisting of FFDShow in TsReader – now it can be used again for the TV-feature and playback of ts files – make sure you use the latest version of ffdshow!
• [fixed] several issues with tv channels which are using dual-mono audiotracks.
• [fixed] various issues with the MTN – video thumbnail creator
• [fixed] Playback of recorded radio is not working
• [fixed] Changing audio language to AC3 does not work

Community Skin Designers should review the list of skin changes since 1.0.1 .
There were some changes done which require Community Skins to update to be fully 1.1.0 RC2 compatible.

Please have a look at our changelogs for a complete list of changes.

• Changelog: MediaPortal
• Changelog: TV Server
• Changelog: Installer – DeployTool

Installation notes:

MediaPortal 1.1.0 RC1 installation to RC2:

• The installer will allow you to simply “upgrade” to 1.1.0 RC2.
• Please also update your community skins and plugins to their latest version right after you installed 1.1.0 RC2!

MediaPortal 1.0.x or 1.1.0 ALPHA/BETA installation to RC2:

• these installations can not be upgraded to 1.1.0 RC2
• these installations will be uninstalled
  (No data will be lost, you will find MediaPortal_backup and TV-Server_backup folders which contain the plugins,skins and userfiles of the 1.0.x installations)
• refer to the upgrade guide if you are moving from an existing MediaPortal installation, older than 1.1.0 RC1.
• a present TV-Server database will be upgraded and can be reused
• do not reuse any skins, plugins, databases or configuration files from MediaPortal 1.0.x or 1.1.0 ALPHA/BETA with this Release Candidate!