Download MediaPortal 1.0.1

Version 1.01 of MediaPortal was released on Friday. 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 plugins and extensions, the functionality can be expanded and the ‘look & feel’ of the program can be adjusted.

Version 1.01 contains various adjustments that should improve the usability and stability of MediaPortal and the TV-Server in particular. Furthermore, it is now also possible for the first time to update the program to a newer version, without losing the current settings. All you have to do is start the installation file and choose ‘update’. Below are the release notes for this release:

TV guide:

• Improvements concerning the speed of the TV guide
• New group button which allows switching between TV channel groups more easily

TV Server:

• Support for analog TV cards has been improved a lot, TV experience should be much smoother now

Performance:

• Animations of default skin feel a lot snappier
• Scrolling text is displayed smoother
• Subfolder navigation is much faster in certain circumstances
• Pictures plugin is more responsive during DB additions
• Better handling of network shares
• Faster channel zapping

Better error handling:

• Users will receive an error message when video files don’t play due to missing codecs
• GPU recovery in Windows Vista will no longer hang the system
• Better handling of system wake-ups from standby

Configuration:

• Configuration now remembers the removal of optical drives
• Support for the DVD Navigator or PowerDVD 8
• The previous limit of 20 shares was increased to 128

Various others:

• the Refresh rate changer is now integrated into MP
• Recordings can now be imported even if the channel does no longer exist
• Better handling of skin changes from within the MP GUI
• Subtitles can now be enabled / disabled from the GUI
• Integrate non-linear (smart) stretching or 4:3->16:9
• Automatic start of the TVService if necessary

And much more…

Installation notes:

Please be aware that the update function only works on MediaPortal 1.0.0 release installations. If you have a SVN build installed you will have to do a clean installation. If you want to keep your current settings then please take a look at the related wiki article.

If you have community skins or plugins installed then you should update them to the latest version as well or you will encounter issues.

As many systems might not need a reboot we do not enforce it. Nevertheless we heavily recommend to reboot your computer after the installation / update has completed to avoid any issues.

What happens next?

While we are slowly but surely shifting our attention to MediaPortal 2 we are already working on MediaPortal 1.0.2.

If you want to keep an eye on its development you should monitor the roadmaps of MediaPortal and the TV-Server.

Changelogs and Roadmaps:

Changelog: MediaPortal 1.0.1 final
Changelog: TV Server 1.0.1 final
Changelog: DeployTool 1.0.1 final

Skinchanges between MediaPortal 1.0.0 and 1.0.1

Roadmap: MediaPortal 1.0.2
Roadmap: TV Server 1.0.2
Roadmap: DeployTool 1.0.2

Skinchanges between MediaPortal 1.0.1 and 1.0.2