Download MediaPortal 1.2.1

An update has been released for the version 1.2.0 of MediaPortal, which was released last week. 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. Version 1.2.1 fixes some of the most annoying issues, while minor issues will be addressed shortly.

MediaPortal 1.2.1 RELEASED!

Last week we released 1.2.0 final which has been a huge success already! The Team could have taken a break after the hard work on 1.2.0, and relax a bit, but we did not. smile

During the last week we have been working on a 1.2.1 hot fix, that will address a few issues in 1.2.0. The focus of this release is on major issues. The hot fixes to come later will contain more fixes and also address some minor issues.

Changelog:

• 3715 – MediaPortal crashes on exit
  Under some circumstances it is possible that MediaPortal.exe crashes when you close it. Mainly systems running for a very long time are affected.
• 3688 – scanning for analog radio stations makes TV-Guide unusable
• 3718 – under special circumstances, TV-Service will crash on start up
  This occurs if the WMC plugin for the Hauppauge Colossus or HD-PVR is installed.
• 3720 – update of satellite transponders inside TV-Server Configuration is not working
  We previously grabbed the transponder lists directly from the FastSatfinder.com website. Due to load issues this cause for FastSatfinder.com, this is no longer possible, and when you attempt to update them in 1.2.0 or ealier, all your transponder lists are deleted.
  The team from fastsatfinder has kindly agreed to continue support for us with updated transponder lists which we will host on our own web servers. So 1.2.1 will now download the transponder lists directly from our server.
  1.2.1 has the latest Transponder lists integrated.
• 3723 – default graph behavior for TV-Cards entering idle state is “pause” instead of “stop”
  In 1.2.0 we introduced a new feature that can decrease the time required to tune/change channels by not destroying the graph when the card enters idle state. The related “Advanced Tuning” options are “pause” (keep the graph) and “stop” (destroy the graph). Sadly, during a clean installation of 1.2.0, the default option was set to “pause”. Although the “pause” option does give you the speed improvement, it is not supported by many TV-cards (drivers issue). Thus, in 1.2.1 the safer “stop” option is now set as the default. If you did a clean installation of 1.2.0 and now upgrade to 1.2.1, the current setting will change to “stop” for all your TV-Cards. This should ensure maximum stability for all users. If you want to use “pause” instead of “stop”, then you have to reset that option in TV-Server Configuration.