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:
• MPEG-1
• DV
• MJPEG
• 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