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<blockquote data-quote="morpheus_xx" data-source="post: 965688" data-attributes="member: 48495"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>MediaPortal 2 Alpha 1 - Winter release!</strong></span></p><p> </p><p>Time for another <strong>Alpha</strong> release of the next generation in HTPC software: <strong>Med</strong><strong>iaPortal 2</strong>!</p><p> </p><p>A lot has been done since the autumn release, so the path to Alpha 2 is nearly gone.</p><p> </p><p>Please be aware that this is still an <strong>Alpha release</strong>, meaning that it isn't either feature complete nor bug free, and therefor is not meant to be used on a productive system. Make sure that you read the instructions at the end of this news regarding installation, upgrade and extension compatibility.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Summary of changes</strong></span></p><p> </p><p>Here is a list of major changes since the MP2 Alpha 1 Autumn Release:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The internal player handling of MediaPortal 2 got extended to control an unlimited number of players, which allows us nice things like Video Backgrounds</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Better input handling including support for key shortcuts (see <a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/2_MEDIAPORTAL_2/Reference/Keyboard_shortcuts" target="_blank">Keyboard shortcuts</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Copy and paste support for Text Controls / Virtual Keyboard</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Added UPnP compression support, which improves network performance</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reworked the Fanart handling both on server (extensible provider structure) and client (faster loading)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Multiple monitors are now supported correctly, MP2-Client can also run fullscreen on secondary screen</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Integrated news plugin, using news ticker in home screen</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Support for more power options. This will be used later for an advanced shutdown menu (WiP)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Support for reading metadata from video MP4-tags</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Support for picture geo location (lookup country, state, city from GPS coordinates inside EXIF)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Several tweaks done to further improve performance</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">And last but not least: The new skin for MediaPortal 2 -<strong>Titanium! </strong></li> </ul><p></p><p>Additionally there are new plugins available, ready to be used with the current Winter Release:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Now it's possible to use MySQL instead of Microsoft SQLCE, resulting in much better performance and no size limit for database. The required plugin can be downloaded separately from: (<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/plugin-mysql-database-provider-better-performance-and-no-size-limit-for-your-mp2-medialibrary.114158/" target="_blank">MySQL database plugin</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Online Videos MP2 has been updated for Winter Release (<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/onlinevideos-for-mediaportal-2-alpha.106275/" target="_blank">OnlineVideos MP2</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(<strong>coming soon</strong>: Integrated TVE3.5 test build: <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/testbuilds-for-native-mp2-tv.114068/" target="_blank">Test builds for Native MP2 TV</a>)</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="morpheus_xx, post: 965688, member: 48495"] [SIZE=6][B]MediaPortal 2 Alpha 1 - Winter release![/B][/SIZE] Time for another [B]Alpha[/B] release of the next generation in HTPC software: [B]Med[/B][B]iaPortal 2[/B]! A lot has been done since the autumn release, so the path to Alpha 2 is nearly gone. Please be aware that this is still an [B]Alpha release[/B], meaning that it isn't either feature complete nor bug free, and therefor is not meant to be used on a productive system. Make sure that you read the instructions at the end of this news regarding installation, upgrade and extension compatibility. [SIZE=5][B]Summary of changes[/B][/SIZE] Here is a list of major changes since the MP2 Alpha 1 Autumn Release: [LIST] [*]The internal player handling of MediaPortal 2 got extended to control an unlimited number of players, which allows us nice things like Video Backgrounds [*]Better input handling including support for key shortcuts (see [URL='http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/2_MEDIAPORTAL_2/Reference/Keyboard_shortcuts']Keyboard shortcuts[/URL]) [*]Copy and paste support for Text Controls / Virtual Keyboard [*]Added UPnP compression support, which improves network performance [*]Reworked the Fanart handling both on server (extensible provider structure) and client (faster loading) [*]Multiple monitors are now supported correctly, MP2-Client can also run fullscreen on secondary screen [*]Integrated news plugin, using news ticker in home screen [*]Support for more power options. This will be used later for an advanced shutdown menu (WiP) [*]Support for reading metadata from video MP4-tags [*]Support for picture geo location (lookup country, state, city from GPS coordinates inside EXIF) [*]Several tweaks done to further improve performance [*]And last but not least: The new skin for MediaPortal 2 -[B]Titanium! [/B] [/LIST] Additionally there are new plugins available, ready to be used with the current Winter Release: [LIST] [*]Now it's possible to use MySQL instead of Microsoft SQLCE, resulting in much better performance and no size limit for database. The required plugin can be downloaded separately from: ([URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/plugin-mysql-database-provider-better-performance-and-no-size-limit-for-your-mp2-medialibrary.114158/']MySQL database plugin[/URL]) [*]Online Videos MP2 has been updated for Winter Release ([URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/onlinevideos-for-mediaportal-2-alpha.106275/']OnlineVideos MP2[/URL]) [*]([B]coming soon[/B]: Integrated TVE3.5 test build: [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/testbuilds-for-native-mp2-tv.114068/']Test builds for Native MP2 TV[/URL]) [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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