Released: Xbox Media Center (XBMC) 2004-04-27 build

Xbox Media Center (XBMC) 2004-04-27 build

>> A new CVS Compile of XboxMediaCenter has been released.
What's new/fixed:

* added: better xml error reporting.
* added: if xbmc fails to start you can reboot with the start button.
* added: If xbmc can't load it's settings correctly it will go into recovery mode:
- The screen is set to the default res for pal or ntsc as appropriate.
- Error text is displayed informing the user what happened.
- The network is initialised from dash settings, or DHCP if that fails, or static (192.168.0.42/255.255.255.0) if DHCP fails.
- The FTP server is started on port 21 and a default login of xbox/xbox is enabled with access to C: D: and E:
- XBMC will then "hang" leaving the FTP server running, users can FTP in, fix the problem and power cycle to reboot.
* added: height,width tags to home.xml for (hopefully) better viewing in 720p/1080i
* added: New option in My Videos for upsampling videos to GUI resolution
* added: samba configuration options in xboxmediacenter.xml
* added: option in xboxmediacenter.xml how ISO/UDF discs should be treated
* added: Powerdown on button press (hold for 3s)
* added: Sub enlargment now configurable from 0% to 200% in 10% steps
* added: 2 new visuals: "StarBurst" and "Boxalizer"
* changed: id3 tags always loaded for currently playing file
* changed: settings skin/language, the delayed skin load is canceled when skin/language spin control loses focus
* changed: settings skin/language, skin/language is not reloaded, if its the current
* changed: Auto widescreen switching only does widescreen switching now
* changed: Put Headroom adjustment and High Quality resampling under an "Experts Only" setting.
* changed: Disabled the z-buffer again (memory saving), except for in vis, vis now uses 16-bit float z-buffer.
* changed: scr ipts window, parent to virtual directory removed
* fixed: seeking in ogg video is buggy, updated demux_ogg.c to current mplayer cvs plus fixes for audiostream switching.
* fixed: SMB - Move up to parent directory goes to root (sf bug #939530)
* fixed: Playlist now shows sequence (play order) number instead of track number (SF bug #910831)
* fixed: Rss Reader now handles html characters like í properly
* fixed: Rss Reader now handles CDATA sections in xml feeds
* fixed: Bug in widescreen switching (thnx Deltop)
* fixed: OSD bugs (sf bugs: 940686, 940687, 940689)
* fixed: Weird sort order of viz selection in the UI (sf bug #941118)
* fixed: shoutcast stream names not displaying in playlist view
* fixed: Streaming of mp3 and ogg is broken (sf bug #941662)
* fixed: Shoutcast recording is broken
* fixed: Shoutcast title streaming not working
* fixed: if id3tag is disabled, some info like duration is not shown on LCD.
* fixed: smb sessions not closed when media finishes playing
* fixed: Large playlists crash XBMC (sf bug: #929356)
* fixed: My Programs would allow to browse back higher than bookmark when flattening was off (SF bug #939590)
* fixed: small skin problems in Audio options
* fixed: samba workgroup setting in xboxmediacenter.xml didn't work
* fixed: samba, external file based database didn't work. Now we use the internal in memory database for saving nameresolving results
* fixed: Added ability to set the audio headroom used. Defaults to 6dB
* fixed: xbmc would crash (no error dialog is shown) when xboxmediacenter.xml is corrupted
* fixed: disabled 'wins' in samba by default (this will result in faster network browsing).
* fixed: seperate ISO and UDF share doesn't work for ISO/UDF discs
* fixed: my video, items where added unsorted to the playlist
* fixed: my video playlist, last selected control was not remembered
* fixed: prevented OSD drifting too far off the screen
* fixed: Location text only works for location 1 in weather screen
* fixed: Weather search accepts weather.com codes
* fixed: settings skin/language, selecting language was slow
* Fixed: Play lists gave invalid handle or did not show if first share in My Music was not a HD
* Fixed: My Weather settings jammed if search not found and cancel button selected (SF Bug #938133)
* fixed: my files, source/destination label was not shown
* fixed: my music songs, autoswitch list/thumb control does not switch to list for folders without thumbs
* fixed: my pictures remembers large icons but shows normal icons
* fixed: music overlay does not show filename (tnx to tagevm)
* fixed: Text no longer extends outside of dialogs - all text is clipped to dialog borders.
* fixed: some WMV files don't finish playing. it's random for how long they play each time (see milkshake.wmv)
* fixed: Scanning in My Videos now works properly. Progress dialog wasn't being closed before recursive call to OnScan.
* disabled immediate hd spindown upon starting network play, just reset spindown counter at start instead