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XBMC.2005.0925-MEDUSA
RELEASE DATE: 09.25.05
Added Weather information modification to home.xml
Added XBMCLyrics to dialog submenu xml for usage from home window.
Added Milkdrop selected presets (so you skip the gay ones :p)
Added PM3 web interface
Loads of Python scripts included.
Disabled RSS feeds it caused crashes in combination with weather in home screen
Stay Tuned.....
props to the XBMC team and the rest of the homebrew scene.
//Updates since Last compile :
added/fixed: (dd-mm-yyyy) (please specify date in CET)
- 25-09-2005 updated: Xboxmediacenter.xml, added .SPC to music extensions
- 24-09-2005 fixed: Visualization NONE resulted in 1 logentry / frame
- 24-09-2005 updated: kai-vectors.xml
- 24-09-2005 changed: added more default paths for MyPrograms bookmarks (emulators/apps).
- 24-09-2005 fixed: Potential crash in NSF codec.
- 24-09-2005 added: SPC (Super NES sound file) codec for paplayer. Based on snes9x's APU.
- 24-09-2005 added: New Screensaver: "Slideshow"! You can define the folder, where your pictures are. Recursive Slideshow! [GeminiServer]
- 23-09-2005 fixed: AlarmClock command parser.
- 23-09-2005 fixed: Release build wouldn't compile due to missing file
- 23-09-2005 fixed: very short wavs (< 1 second) could not be played (PAPlayer)
- 23-09-2005 fixed: mono mp3's could not be played (PAPlayer, MadCodec.dll)
- 23-09-2005 changed: [ 1286764 ] slightly modified, added E:\Games\ & G:\Games\ to Myprograms Games bookmark.
- 23-09-2005 fixed: site help or any xbmc.* command without parameters had to be called as site() to work. alarmclock's parameters still has this "bug"
- 23-09-2005 fixed: playback from daap bookmarks, mplayer is used as workaround
- 23-09-2005 fixed: "skipnext" on the last item of a video playlist returns back to gui
- 23-09-2005 fixed: queuing of stacked items in my video files view
- 22-09-2005 added: support for prefix and suffix in regexp matching. (specific matches without removing what was matched from displayed name)
- 22-09-2005 added: parameter validation for logpath
- 21-09-2005 changed: reversed and fixed double xboxmediacenter.xml settings issue if home path was set [GeminiServer]
- 21-09-2005 fixed: reading settings from xboxmediacenter.xml was broken! This should solve other issues! [GeminiServer]
- 21-09-2005 changed: reorganized the Homedir log structure! [GeminiServer]
- 21-09-2005 changed: disabled software upsampling for multichannel audio (>2). (MPlayer, DVDPlayer)
- 21-09-2005 fixed: manual authentiction for smb wasn't working
- 21-09-2005 fixed: when set to dhcp, samba wouldn't be set to use the correct interface.
//Updates this month :
added/fixed: (dd-mm-yyyy) (please specify date in CET)
- 19-09-2005 added: wrapper class for dll's (See DynamicDll.h for more info)
- 19-09-2005 added: Milkdrop now supports stereo 3d mode.
- 19-09-2005 added: AC3-wav, AC3-cdda, DTS-wav and DTS-cdda playback to paplayer.
NOTE: DTS-wav and DTS-cdda will always output as AC3.
- 19-09-2005 changed: disabled upsampling for multichannel audio (>2).
- 19-09-2005 changed: disabled crossfading for cdda.
- 19-09-2005 fixed: with crossfading enabled a new track with a different amount of channels as the currently playing file could not be started.
- 19-09-2005 changed: context menu Audio & Video & Picture -> to avoid large context menu, grayed out context menu items are now removed! They will displayed if required!
- 19-09-2005 added: MasterPassword: Audio & Video & Picture -> Context menu - Settings will now also check for MasterPassword if Lock Settings is enabled! [GeminiServer]
- 19-09-2005 fixed: Audio Context menu - Rip CD Audio: AudioCD Detection was brocken/wrong. Also add. CDExtra and MixedMode detection to enable Rip CD Audio! [GeminiServer]
- 17-09-2005 fixed: dvdmenu jumps when selection is changed
- 17-09-2005 changed: minor improvement for vertical chroma alignment in PixelShader Renderers. it was off by half a pixel.
- 17-09-2005 added: logpath for xbmc.log file! Set the path where the log file should be created. [GeminiServer]
If no path is set the Default Q:\ path will be used. Example: <logpath>E:\TDATA\0face008\</logpath>
- 16-09-2005 fixed: z: is now mapped to the correct drive.
- 16-09-2005 added: New builtin command: XBMC.Notification(<header>,<message>). Will show a KAI toast dialog with the specified header and message.
- 16-09-2005 changed: XBMC.AlarmClock() can now execute any builtin. NEW SYNTAX! XBMC.AlarmClock(<builtincommand>,<time>).
- 14-09-2005 changed: Playlists skip to next song when it an unplayable item is encountered
- 13-09-2005 fixed: DVDPlayer was unable to play .ac3 files
- 13-09-2005 fixed: DVDPlayer wouldn't display subtitles unless the subtitles visible option was toggled of and on in osd
- 13-09-2005 fixed: DVDPlayer didn't display anything when in the background
- 13-09-2005 fixed: DVDPlayer would play horribly choppy when there was no audio stream present
- 13-09-2005 added: Display of type of audiostream (Commentary, For Hearing impaired on those dvd's that support it)
- 13-09-2005 changed: dvdplayer now select and show audio and subtitle streams, soly based on what's specifed in ifo files. mapping of this to the mpeg streams should now be correct too
- 13-09-2005 added: Alternative ascii-gfx Filezilla (FTP) Welcome MSG. Disabled by default, to enable, first disable (comment) org. MSG, then uncomment new MSG. Use an ASCII capable font for display in ftpCLIENT. Thx to h8!
- 12-09-2005 changed: XBMC DVD-Player is public now, and is now used by default when playing dvd's
- 12-09-2005 fixed: id3 tags with ISO 8859 1 textencoding may not display correct, q:\system\libid3tag.dll got updated
- 11-09-2005 updated: Polish language file (Thnx to napek)
- 11-09-2005 updated: Norwegian language file (Thnx to vnm)
- 11-09-2005 updated: German language file
- 11-09-2005 fixed: charset conversion from id3 tags was wrong
- 11-09-2005 changed: libid3tag closes files immediately after reading and writing
- 11-09-2005 changed: libid3tag only opens files on the hdd with write access
- 11-09-2005 changed: my music files view now uses a true numeric sort for starting digits, like the library
- 10-09-2005 fixed: play button in movie info screen now plays back in full screen
- 10-09-2005 changed: my music files is now strictly the files view. if you want to open up to the LAST open music window, use window ID of 5, or the window name "mymusic". this is a virtual window which will open up music to the last window.
- 10-09-2005 added: skin <hyperlink> and xboxmediacenter <startwindow> tags now accept window names
- 10-09-2005 CRITCAL FIX: After libid3tag was added, music files opened over smb could be destroyed if write access was enabled on the share. It is sometimes enough to enter directory....
- 10-09-2005 changed: added display of default player when selectring player. moved Play Using... up in context menu
- 10-09-2005 added: ability to select player for music and video from context menu
- 09-09-2005 fixed: when playing an audio file with the dvdplayer, switching between visualisation and menu resulted in a crash
- 09-09-2005 added: libfaad to dvdplayer
- 09-09-2005 fixed: replay gain info from an id3v2 tag was never read
- 09-09-2005 changed: replaced id3lib with libid3tag (much smaller and better performance), needs libid3tag.dll in q:\system
- 09-09-2005 fixed: replay gain info created with MP3gain was never read
- 08-09-2005 added: NSF (Nintendo Sound File) codec to paplayer. Based on nosefart.
- 08-09-2005 updated: Dutch language file (Thnx to nightspirit)
- 08-09-2005 updated: German (Austrian) language file (Thnx to CEOMR)
- 08-09-2005 updated: Spanish language file (Thnx to jose_t)
- 08-09-2005 updated: Finnish language file (Thnx to jutski)
- 08-09-2005 updated: Korean language file (Thnx to AkoXko)
- 08-09-2005 updated: Chinese (Traditional) language file (Thnx to omenpica)
- 08-09-2005 updated: Norwegian language file (Thnx to vnm)
- 08-09-2005 updated: German language file
- 07-09-2005 changed: made section unloading delayed same as dll unloading. (speeds up filelisting over daap://)
- 07-09-2005 added: MP2 audio for Paplayer
- 07-09-2005 added: MP3 decoder based on libMAD for Paplayer, this replaces winamp's in_mp3.dll for mp3 decoding. If you still want to use in_mp3.dll instead rename in_mp3.dll to MADCodec.dll
- 07-09-2005 added: Startwindow examples to xboxmediacenter.xml
- 07-09-2005 changed: increased progressbar timeout to 3 seconds on startup instead of 2
- 07-09-2005 fixed: audio stutters when playback is started.
- 06-09-2005 fixed: mplayer would leak about 300k on each run, du to UnrarXLib not cleaning up when failing
- 06-09-2005 updated: mplayer.dll (reverted change for no seek after fastforward)
- 06-09-2005 changed: iso9660 now prefers rockridge extension instead of joliet extension.
- 05-09-2005 added: libdts to dvdplayer
- 05-09-2005 changed: video scan enables stacking for best results. this should fix the issues with dvd folders being added to the database multiple times.
- 05-09-2005 added: video scan button is hidden in context menu unless in files view
- 05-09-2005 fixed [ 1281328 ] + [ 1281330 ] fixed navigation in imdb lookup thx to bubbadood
- 05-09-2005 fixed: when dvdplayer was paused, its timer was not paused.
- 05-09-2005 fixed: when deleting an item from my video title view, the top item would be the selected item
- 05-09-2005 added: libmad decoder to dvdplayer
- 04-09-2005 fixed: libcurl consumed 100% cpu when downloading data
- 03-09-2005 fixed: clashes between mplayer and filerar progressbars.
- 03-09-2005 added: sf.net patch [ 1257055 ] - instable behaivour in cddb.cpp - thanks to pade2!
- 03-09-2005 fixed: filerar would fail to open first file in an archive if the archive had a comment.
- 02-09-2005 fixed: filerar would fail if seek was called immediately after construction (broke e.g. mp3s with id3v2-tags).
- 02-09-2005 added: httpapi exposed more values to GetGuiStatus
- 02-09-2005 fixed: Build.bat now works again *blush*, works better if it actually builds...
- 01-09-2005 fixed: music .pls and .strm files inheriting folder.jpg
- 01-09-2005 fixed: [ 1276498 ] Build.bat didn't work for all Windows languages. Thx to Pade2
- 01-09-2005 fixed: dvdplayer would stutter when OSD was up (due to criticalsections stalling renderthread)
- 01-09-2005 fixed: dvdplayer would lockup if OSD was open and player came across a stillframe
- 01-09-2005 fixed: thumbnails for .strm files
- 01-09-2005 added: big list view to my video title view
//Style Never Goes Out Of Fashion