I don't think the team would welcome any custom builds before 1.2 Beta is released. But have to check with others
Indeed.
The problem is, everyone would be so excited by this, that they would jump on it very quickly.
You can guarantee that there will be problems with the patched part of this, but a lot of the people testing will just assume that MediaPortal 1.2.0 is buggy. They won't make the distinction between and official and unofficial build or a beta versus a final.
I know this is a shame, but at least if we have got the official beta out, then things will be clearer and people will not need to test a cutting-edge feature in order to get the other good stuff in 1.2.0.
Mark