Download MediaPortal 1.2.0 RC1

Friday the release candidate of version 1.2.0 of MediaPortal became available. 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, as well as watch videos and DVDs. TV programs can also be recorded. By means of plug-ins and extensions, the functionality can be expanded and the ‘look & feel’ of the program can be adjusted. New in version 1.2.0 is an improved skin engine, which allows customization of the appearance. Various improvements have also been made to the video feature and performance improvements can be observed. More than 150 bug fixes have been made since the beta release. The complete release notes can here are found, this is part of the announcement.

MediaPortal 1.2.0 RC RELEASED!

With the release of 1.2.0 RC we have almost reached the end of the 1.2.0 development cycle. After the release of 1.2.0 Beta, we entered a ‘feature freeze’. This means that in 1.2.0 RC you will find mainly bug fixes.

Notable changes since 1.2.0 Beta

With more than 150 bug fixes since the release of 1.2.0 Beta, it would be too much to list all changes here. So the following list focuses on a few highlights which we have done since the release of 1.2.0 Beta.