Release Notes for Server Release 1.2.0 Build 48
Connected Server 1.2.0 Build 48
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New Features in Server 1.2.0 Build 48:
- User selectable themes to customize the look of Connected
(if you’re tired of the fuchsia fascia).
- 4 New Services: EPIC-FU, Frederator, Indy Mogul &
Pulp Secret
- If you have plug-ins installed on your PC prior to this
update, that plug-in folder will be renamed to
‘plugins-old’ and an information message will be
displayed during the upgrade to Server 1.2
- New packaging system for Connected plug-ins and
themes. A Connected plug-in or theme can now be installed by
simply double-clicking on the package file.
- Out-of-box support for more media formats:
- Improved zoom-by-number for photos with extreme aspect
ratios – zoom regions (1 through 9) are lined up horizontally
for wide panoramic photos and vertically for tall shots, and adapt to a
3x3 grid once zoomed in to a filled screen.
- Stage6 has been removed from the
‘Services’ section
- Stage6 button on DSM-330 remotes is now mapped to the top
level ‘Services’ menu
- Themes and plug-ins are now installed to the user profile
directory instead of Program Files
- Auto-marquee scroll in list view for long titles for all
media in the 10’ UI
- Updated documentation
Bug Fixes:
- Sorting by ‘Artist’ and
‘Genre’ in music, now displays ‘All
Artist’ and ‘All Genre’ depending on the
sort option chosen.
- Album tracks are displayed by ‘track
number’ first and then by ‘title’ in meta
data based views
- The Programmable Button (PB) on the remote control
maintains the ‘plug-in’ originally assigned to even
after additional Plug-ins are added to the server.
- Video and/or Music files with more than 172 chars in the
file name now get added to server.
- Support of Music & Videos playback from the
Playback screen when Media is monitored from Neighborhood Networks
- Media with long file names can be viewed now (this applies
to files names longer than 100 chars)
- Improved functionality around ‘Resume’
playback
Known Issues:
- There might be a delay with playback of some large videos located on some types NAS devices.
- DV Video/PCM audio clip freezes after skipping forward
- Subtitles do not display when the SUBTITLE button is pressed for clips that do not have a DMF menu option to enable them.
- Entering the Funspot service causes music playback to stop.
- When shuffle mode is on and a file is selected (music or video) only files that appear after that in the folder will be played back
- Selecting the last file of a folder with Shuffle mode turned on only plays that file then the user is returned to the folder menu
- Pressing the UP ARROW at the end of a streaming video from a service (i.e. EPIC-FU, etc) the video will freeze until the user presses the UP ARROW again.
- Pressing the LANGUAGE or SUBTITLE buttons during playback of a WMV, DV, MJPEG file causes the video playback to jump ahead ~15 seconds
- Pressing the UP ARROW at the end of a video clip moves the time indicator from the info overlay to the end of the file and the video frame freezes and does not continue or end play back
- The same video or music item should continue to repeat & not the next item in the playlist when the Repeat & Shuffle is set on the fly
- Navigating to the 'Plugins' section for the first time is jittery & not smooth when there are more than one page of plugins available
- When playing back a wma file the progress bar fills as though it has reached the end then resets to the beginning and playsback as expected.
- Enabling "Repeat File" for the last file in a folder after playback is initiated does not loop as expected
- No message is displayed when selecting to play content from a playlist that does not exist (XP only Issue)
- Setting your PC desktop to an abnormal DPI setting will effect HTML based services such as Funspot
- Selecting Resume playback on a DMF file displays the main menu of the file instead