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Coreplayer 1.2.3 and youtube

Version 1.2.3 came out this week and I have downlaoded it. However, far from solving the youtube problem (i.e. where the spinning wheel goes round forever) the spinning wheel just blinks for a second and then nothing.
Is anyone else having this problem? IIf not, what are your settings for buffering etc?

I had the problem with wheel spinning around forever but only if I had was connected via T-Mobiles WnW Plus GPRS. If connected to WiFi then the video would start playing. I just presumed that T-Mobile were blocking the ports, is that the case?

Wam7 said:
I had the problem with wheel spinning around forever but only if I had was connected via T-Mobiles WnW Plus GPRS. If connected to WiFi then the video would start playing. I just presumed that T-Mobile were blocking the ports, is that the case?
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I have t-mobile too and they definitely prohibit streaming video using WMP on the basic webnwalk tariff. However, youtube works for me using either VTAP or the tcmp/flashbundle. So I still don't understand why there should be a problem with Coreplayer

rienzi said:
Version 1.2.3 came out this week and I have downlaoded it. However, far from solving the youtube problem (i.e. where the spinning wheel goes round forever) the spinning wheel just blinks for a second and then nothing.
Is anyone else having this problem? IIf not, what are your settings for buffering etc?
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I'm with AT&T Wireless here in the United States, and I'm using The Core Player on my Tilt and YouTube works fine for me. My buffering settings are as follows-
Normal buffer size 2400 KB
Preload at underrun 70.0%
Preload for audio 64 KB
YouTube on Core Player works fine for me on EDGE, 3G and WiFi.

californiarailroader said:
I'm with AT&T Wireless here in the United States, and I'm using The Core Player on my Tilt and YouTube works fine for me. My buffering settings are as follows-
Normal buffer size 2400 KB
Preload at underrun 70.0%
Preload for audio 64 KB
YouTube on Core Player works fine for me on EDGE, 3G and WiFi.
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I have the same settings, but still no joy

You WILL be limited on the quality of the feed based on many factors... let me explain... CorePlayer is the first media player to feature Configurable YouTube quality control.... You control the bandwidth and quality that your platform can handle. From Low, Medium, to High quality (H.264) streams.
What happens if you get a 'buffering' icon forever.... that means that its a connectivity issue, BW or device capabilities.... So what we are going to do to make it easier for those less fortunite to have infinite BW resources is:
- Add our progressive download support sooner rather then later. This will help to cache/playback content
- Add an 'auto seek' for the quality setting to make it more seemless.
Here are some more things you may not be aware of.... as well as some things you can do with YouTube in CorePlayer:
- Disable YouTube 'Tools > Preferences > Select Page > Network' and uncheck 'Enable YouTube Support' Restart and its gone
- Set stream/quality 'Tools > Preferences > Select Page > Network > YouTube Format'
* Low (RTSP) default video resolution / audio
** Medium (RTSP) 448x336 44100hz
*** High (H.264) 480x360 44100hz
- Change the default YouTube Profile to be shown 'Tools > Preferences > Select Page > Network > YouTube User' change to the user you wish
- Use http://m.youtube.com on Pocket IE (mobile) or IE (desktop) and click "play' to play a video in CorePlayer.
- See previously played YT videos in the CoreTheque Media Library under 'Top 50', '100 Last Played' or 'Not Rated'
- Open YouTube Videos the 'EASY' way. 'File > Open URL' youtube://123456 (replace 123456 with the video ID, for example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=123456 )
Also note that SOME european users that sit behind a cell PROXY will not be able to connect... now we are getting reports that is some instances that our HTTP Tunneling support does work.... but there is not much we can do in this case as its a limition of the carrier.
ONE LAST THING.... this is just the beginning.... Starting with the next release we will have a HUGE new feature page called 'Channels' that will have many of the webs top video sites.... DailyMotion, Break.com, Revision3 (with DiggNation, TekZilla, The Digg Reel), CNET, etc.
Heres a sneak peak of just DailyMotion
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rienzi said:
I have t-mobile too and they definitely prohibit streaming video using WMP on the basic webnwalk tariff. However, youtube works for me using either VTAP or the tcmp/flashbundle. So I still don't understand why there should be a problem with Coreplayer
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The funny thing is that it worked fine on a slightly older version of Coreplayer so I can't be 100% that it is my provide T-Mobile as I do have the Plus version of the data package which should allow everything but VOIP.

Save as...?
Hey BetaBoy,
will there be a Save Video feature in upcoming releases?
In my opinion, the only missing feature...
Best Regards,
Nik

Guys, read my just-posted review of CP 1.2.4 at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=387986

nikjensie said:
Hey BetaBoy,
will there be a Save Video feature in upcoming releases?
In my opinion, the only missing feature...
Best Regards,
Nik
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We are thinking about how best to do this. IE; a similar function like Quicktime Pro where it allows you to 'save' video. We will however need to add progressive downloading first... but this is planned for 1.3.x anyway.

Menneisyys said:
Guys, read my just-posted review of CP 1.2.4 at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=387986
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For sure nice articel, and credit owned.
If only the current issues with 1.2.4 refelcting a black screen on 6.1 releases can be fixed
Looking forward to a solution!
Good work !

ceevee369 said:
For sure nice articel, and credit owned.
If only the current issues with 1.2.4 refelcting a black screen on 6.1 releases can be fixed
Looking forward to a solution!
Good work !
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are you referring to the QTv incompability? if so go to video settings and chose another renderer (DirectDraw works fairly well under the new 6.1 ROMs)

undac said:
are you referring to the QTv incompability? if so go to video settings and chose another renderer (DirectDraw works fairly well under the new 6.1 ROMs)
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Yes, but "fairly well" is not enough neither GDI is "good enough"
CoreCodec did confirmed yesterday on their community site that QTV is indeed not supported in WM6.1 and that they are looking into this now.
Which makes me thinking that HTC did changed rendering DLL's blocking QTV

I changed the Normal buffer size to 480kb as well enabled microdrive mode(not sure what it does or is) and now it works fine on Rogers 3G where as before it would just keep loading.

[APP] WALKMAN - FREE Version Available [U] 4/2/2012

WALKMAN7
DESCRIPTION:
WALKMAN7 provides you with access to a rich database of music.
Search for the latest songs, discover new artists and create playlists on the go.
All music can be streamed and will be stored for offline playback automatically.
WALKMAN7 features a beautiful designed metro-style UI with Icons adapting to your accent color.
The app is quick, remembers all your data, your latest search, your playlists and settings.
It can run under the lockscreen to quickly find and play the music you want wherever you go.
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
GET WALKMAN: FREE VERSION (Unlimited Full-Featured Trial) / PRO VERSION (Ad-Free)
FEATURES:
- Create a playlist on the fly
- Find tons and tons of online hosted audio
- Possibility to download content for offline-playback
- Shuffle playback
- Nice metro style interface
- Fast to load and easy to use
- Song already added in the playlist will be marked in search results (* Not anymore)
- Multiple playlists
- Rearrange songs in playlist
- Mass delete songs (multi-select mode)
- Mass add songs to playlist (multi-select mode)
NEW MANGO FEATURES:
- Live Tile --> Displays the current playing song
- Background downloading supported
- Background Playback
- Database
CHANGE LOG
RC1:
- UI
- Rearrange songs
- Speed improvements
- Stability improvements
- Mass adding of songs (multi-select mode)
- Mass delete (multi-select mode)
- Settings page
- Auto offline mode detection
- If Stream over 3G disabled, online songs automatically skipped during playback
- If No Connection, only offline songs are available for playback.
- And many more features/improvements
Beta 2.1:
- Merges databases
- Fixes improper handling of playback controls
- Fixes issues songs deleted from both library and playlist (due to bugs in the database APIs, fixed by merging separate databases).
- Minor UI tune-ups
SOURCE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11995173&postcount=1
GET WALKMAN: FREE VERSION (Unlimited Full-Featured Trial) / PRO VERSION (Ad-Free)

Does not work for me on Omnia 7 (7004), searching works, but streaming the music not. can switch between the songs in playlist through previous and next button but the music isn't playing

cndymn_ said:
Does not work for me on Omnia 7 (7004), searching works, but streaming the music not. can switch between the songs in playlist through previous and next button but the music isn't playing
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oke thanks for the report. Can u send me a pm? Ill send you a debug version soob and we can figure out why it wont work.. Tried to reinstall? Or restart the phone? Sometimes the streaming on wp7 is buggy, i have an omnia 7 as well and sometimes it has trouble to connect. Plus the service which im tapping into was updating its servers today so please keep trying n let me know.

well have flashed my omnia 7 cause had t-mobile germany branding. Have Pre-Update (7008) now and it does not work, too.
tried to restart and the same.
This app would be very usefull for me, if it works

cndymn_ said:
well have flashed my omnia 7 cause had t-mobile germany branding. Have Pre-Update (7008) now and it does not work, too.
tried to restart and the same.
This app would be very usefull for me, if it works
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just checked. Works flawless omnia 7 on tmobile holland. Maybe in germany some sites are blocked? Please send a pm and we will check a debug version. Can you stream other stuff? Which song are u trying? Do you get a cant get stream error? If you dont get this error there is a streaming issue with the device and not the app. If you get the cant get stream error, there could be a different issue.

Use on my HD7, it's look better than old but something doesn't work all all.
My Suggestion.
- Fast forward is not working.
- Can't search by using Artist name.
(with old release, I can search using artist name like "Benny Benassi" , "David Guetta")
- Should has a dedicate application volume control.
- Should has a connection status, sometime I little confuse after tapping my song and wait for a connection that I already have press to play or not.
Keep up the good work, Thank you.

Perlnx said:
Use on my HD7, it's look better than old but something doesn't work all all.
My Suggestion.
- Fast forward is not working.
- Can't search by using Artist name.
(with old release, I can search using artist name like "Benny Benassi" , "David Guetta")
- Should has a dedicate application volume control.
- Should has a connection status, sometime I little confuse after tapping my song and wait for a connection that I already have press to play or not.
Keep up the good work, Thank you.
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Fastforward does work, just drag the progresslider.
I agree with your suggestions, ill implement a progressbar as soon as possible.
im experiencing some problems today. The guys where updating the servers so thats why search was working improperly. You can also use an astrix so search for david*guetta
FIXED FOR THE NEXT RELEASE:
- space becomes astrix in search. So better search results.
- playlist will be updated and saved in the isolated storage after deleting items
- some small incosistencies
UPDATED TO VERSION 2.0.0

Updated to v2.0.0

Marvin_S said:
Updated to v2.0.0
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Great! Thanks for sharing such great app

first of all: your app works perfectly
problem here is only: i only have nice speeds for streaming at home (wifi) or in some areas outside...
It still downloads every music file i play everytime i click on it...thought it works offline?
One thing: Is it possible to make the files save to a directory where zune music on the phone can access it, too?

fiinix said:
Great! Thanks for sharing such great app
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Thank you.
Submitted to the marketplace, let's hope it will get trough. Since a youtube downloader was able to get trough there is hope

diboze said:
first of all: your app works perfectly
problem here is only: i only have nice speeds for streaming at home (wifi) or in some areas outside...
It still downloads every music file i play everytime i click on it...thought it works offline?
One thing: Is it possible to make the files save to a directory where zune music on the phone can access it, too?
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Haha no downloading to the zune folder thats not possible, and very piracy.
Well it does exactly what you say, and it downloads and streams at the same time. If the downloading text goes away the file that was downloading is now stored in your isolated storage. Now you are able to click a different file and download that one, if you click on the previous song it ill start playing instantly.
The reason why I implemented it this way is because of performance and because there is no direct way to capture a streaming file. So it has to be done separately and at the same time most people want to preview or instantly play the song before downloading so that is why it will begin streaming and than downloads whatever song is streaming one by one.
Dont worry, I thought a lot about the implementation, this worked best for me its not the most logical way, but thats due to the lack of mediaelement API's and not b/c of me
All data should be downloaded before it can be saved, if the file is fully downloaded the downloading text will disappear. There is no other way to implement streaming and downloading at the same time... however I can add a separate progressbar which will indicate the percentage downloaded. I might do that for the next release

For me the most use of the program comes by being able to listen to a song you dont have on the phone but u want to listen to right now. So its not really about piracy (at least for me).
As some might have a dataplan an option with ([on] streaming | [off] downloading) and ([off] streaming] | [on] downloading) would be cool

Yes that could be possible...
However I doubt it's really a must.
I'm still thinking about a way to improve the downloading. Maybe some kind of tap and hold and than click download or something.
I will add a progressbar underneath the file that is downloading anyway I think so at least the user can see which song is downloading and the progress.

Hi Marvin,
This is a great app. Very nice and fast. A few things I would like to see.
1. Be able to create multiple play lists.
2. Be able to delete individual files from play List.
3. Be able to move a song up/down in the play list.
4. Be able to move files to different play lists.
5. Option to download later, like a queue.
Thanks

@ Marvin_s
Your Walkman7 v2.0.2 work fine with 3G too!
;-)
@ GIPAQ +1
;-)

GIPAQ said:
Hi Marvin,
This is a great app. Very nice and fast. A few things I would like to see.
1. Be able to create multiple play lists.
2. Be able to delete individual files from play List.
3. Be able to move a song up/down in the play list.
4. Be able to move files to different play lists.
5. Option to download later, like a queue.
Thanks
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2. Is already possible. Same as in mailbox
3. I planned on doing this indeed, but its kind of annoying to implement since i could only do move current playing song up or down, bc if you select a song iylt will start playing.
5. Sounds good but can u explain what u mean? Like download only when tap and hold? This work method is kind of againt the app of having the entire playlist stored on the phone. And does this option disable streaming as well? Because if you stream why not download as well ur using data anyway. Or is the streaming too slow because its downloading as well?
Multiple playlists is a bit of a problem because it will download the songs and eats storagre fast. However i could do something that it will release all resources if the playlist is unloaded, the down effect is no more songs are stored when going back to a different playlist.
Again the suggestions are good however please come up with a way to implement or think about implementation, 30 songs is 90 mb which is isolated storage maximum, having 6 playlists of 5 songs in other words.... Kind of a problem

marvin hello!! i just d/loaded v2.0 in marketplace- 23.03- 00.30 cet!!
i had ur previous version(1.6 or similar) and i didnt pay any attention to the marketplace... just saw familiar name- and installed... could u confirm that the app "hit the streets"??

pasp1001 said:
marvin hello!! i just d/loaded v2.0 in marketplace- 23.03- 00.30 cet!!
i had ur previous version(1.6 or similar) and i didnt pay any attention to the marketplace... just saw familiar name- and installed... could u confirm that the app "hit the streets"??
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YES i just received a mail!! great news great news
lets hope we can get it into as many new hands as possible before it will be taken down
Thanks man

Since the app has hit the marketplace there is no need for the development thread anymore... so the development thread has been removed.
Please report any further suggestions here and provide feedback/rate or comment so I can keep improving the experience. Thanks a lot.

No Media Server Options

I'm trying to play music/video on my Xperia Z from my laptop.
I'm connected via wi-fi with a strong signal strength.
Apparently I should have a 'Media Server' option in the 'Menu' part of 'My Music', and within the 'Wirelss & Networks' menu, but I don't.
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Any ideas/thoughts on why this could be would be most appreciated.
Thanks.

Make sure your notebook is streaming-enabled. Its probably not, as the default setting is 'off'.

schaggo said:
Make sure your notebook is streaming-enabled. Its probably not, as the default setting is 'off'.
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Many thanks for the reply.
My laptop is definitely set for streaming. My PS3 sees it and can stream. In fact I'm able to see my Xperia Z on my laptop wirelessly and play content from the phone on my laptop. However, as mentioned, there is no option to see things from my Xperia Z. I would have thought there'd be an option once I am connected via wi-fi. But there's no option on my phone whatsoever for 'Media Server'.

If the notebook is setup correctly, the Walkman app on the phone will see the the laptop as a source. The Walkman app list's all DLNA compliant servers on the same network, no special setup is required for this.
What server do you use? Windows Media Player/Windows built-in? In case you do, did you check the security settings for the media streaming on your Windows-end and checked if the Z is allowed as a client? Default setting I believe is disallow for new clients.

schaggo said:
If the notebook is setup correctly, the Walkman app on the phone will see the the laptop as a source. The Walkman app list's all DLNA compliant servers on the same network, no special setup is required for this.
What server do you use? Windows Media Player/Windows built-in? In case you do, did you check the security settings for the media streaming on your Windows-end and checked if the Z is allowed as a client? Default setting I believe is disallow for new clients.
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I am certain that my laptop allows new clients. All 'NEW' devices are allowed. The only limited access I can find is that my PC states "This device cannot access your media when your PC sleeps". There is no other restrictions on the network. 2 PS3s, 1 XBOX, 2 laptops, 1 desktop are all connected to the network and can share content with each other.
What worries me is that there is absolutely no 'Media Server Settings' option on my Xperia Z. According to the user manual the option should be there like the last image -
Compared to what I see on my phone, the option simply isn't there. Shouldn't this be present regardless? Or even greyed out?

Media Server options on the device are to control exposure of the devices content to the network. This obviously works as you can stream stuff off your device, the device's DLNA server obviously works as intended. Other than that there is no option to be set on the device itself.
Please check again:
Router settings
Router firewall settings
Port forwarding settings
Access settings on PC
Firewall settings on PC
How is your PS3 connected to the network? Wireless or cable-bound? Your notebook, wireless or cable-bound?
Follow this guide to get to the device settings. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/139310-media-streaming-using-windows-media-player-turn-off.html Make sure all "Unknown" devices are set as allowed. Would you mind posting a screenshot of the share settings from your PC?

schaggo said:
Media Server options on the device are to control exposure of the devices content to the network. This obviously works as you can stream stuff off your device, the device's DLNA server obviously works as intended. Other than that there is no option to be set on the device itself.
Please check again:
Router settings
Router firewall settings
Port forwarding settings
Access settings on PC
Firewall settings on PC
How is your PS3 connected to the network? Wireless or cable-bound? Your notebook, wireless or cable-bound?
Follow this guide to get to the device settings. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/139310-media-streaming-using-windows-media-player-turn-off.html Make sure all "Unknown" devices are set as allowed. Would you mind posting a screenshot of the share settings from your PC?
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My PS3 is connect via a cable. However...
It's nothing to do with my router or my laptop - My sister has an Xperia Z and I've just used it to connect to my Wi-fi, and she can stream files to the phone from my laptop folders. She even has the option of "MEDIA SERVER" in the menu part of the Walkman app. This is something that does not appear on my phone as can be seen in the below pick...
Regardless of whether I can connect to wi-fi or stream files etc. The "MEDIA SERVER" option in the menu should appear between "Download music info" and "Visible items". However it is not there. I am missing a menu option on my phone. That's the issue I am having.

Apart from the fact that even I do not have media server, you can open the video app and there are 2 icons. One which contains all your movies and the other plays movies from DLNA devices. I used it once for playing videos via my Network hard drive but now I prefer using Skifta App.

[WP7/8][Android 4.0+][W8.1] MediaBrowser - Now supporting ChromeCast!!!!

MediaBrowser for Android now supports ChromeCast (03/05/2014)
THIS THREAD IS FOR INFORMATION AND GENERAL QUESTIONS ONLY. FOR SUPPORT VISIT www.mediabrowser3.com/community/
Take your media to the next level...
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
​
MediaBrowser is more than a media manager. It's a powerful open-source platform that you can use to manage, view, play and control your media on most mainstream hardware...
MediaBrowser consists of a server and any one or more of many clients to view and manage your multimedia collection. You are able to enjoy your TV, Movies, Music, E-Books, Games* and Emulators* around your house in a wonderful 10 foot interface. (*games and emulators can only be run on a machine on which it is installed)
The MediaBrowser Android, WindowsPhone 7/8 and Windows 8.1 clients connect to your MediaBrowser server and allow you to consume your media anywhere you are connected. (Playback not supported on WP7, only library and remote functions)
Don't have MediaBrowser? Visit http://www.mediabrowser3.com/
​
But wait!? You said open-source? but this is in the paid section?
Yes, while the MediaBrowser server and other clients are built on free open-source systems, the android, and windows phone, and windows 8 client applications are not. These 3 clients are the only of many pieces that require any type of purchase to use, if you choose to do so. Read on, and find out about the many other free open-source parts of MediaBrowser.
Developers:
MediaBrowser is an open source project and welcomes developers from all coding backgrounds. If you are a developer and wish to get involved head on over to our github repository and check it out. https://github.com/MediaBrowser
Our plugin store allows developers to make free, premium supporters only, and paid plugins available to users. While MediaBrowser is free, it does support itself on a supporter key system, where for a small donation, users have access to premium and paid plugins, in addition to the free plugins. **Plugins are currently only available for MB server, MB Classic and MB Theater, but you just may be the developer to change that!
And a Linux/OSx mono based server is under development. If you are an experienced Linux/osx dev, and would like to help out or join our team please feel free to stop by this thread here!
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So what exactly is MediaBrowser?
Media Browser, beginning with version 3, is no longer a single program. It encompasses a large suite of applications all communicating with a central server that manages your library.
No longer locked inside Windows Media Center, Media Browser can now bring your entire media library to not only all of the computers on your network, but also many of your portable devices. Whether it's the Roku in the living room, or your tablet on the back porch, Media Browser will bring your media right to you.
And, we mean right to you as the user profile feature allows you to set up completely different views and options on your library based on who is accessing it. Keep different display styles, parental control levels and watched and favorite status' for all the different members of your household and all of that information travels with the user no matter what client or device they are using.
Start watching something at home on the HTPC and pick it back up where you left off on your phone or tablet on the train.
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A little History on MediaBrowser?
Some of you may remember VideoBrowser which eventually matured into MediaBrowser and was solely a Windows Media Centre Plugin which allowed a user to display rich and detailed information about their media collections much like other available media front ends. The benefits of using MediaBrowser were having Live TV readily available and a large media collection in the same application. It then started allowing themeing and plugins to enhance the media experience?
MediaBrowser has come on leaps and bounds within the last year or so. Firstly, it’s no longer confined to Windows Media Centre, it’s undergone a complete overhaul, complete recoding and opened up a world of new beginnings for the HTPC world, where the community is always listening to improve the MediaBrowser experience as a whole to the end user.
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So What’s Changed? Out with the old in with the new!
MediaBrowser now has a brain, a central nervous system which uses its Server Application and currently runs on your Windows based PC or even your server(Linux/Mono server is currently under development). The server is the hub of all things to do with your media collection, from Movies to Music Videos, Books to Games, MB has it all and allows the user to organise and categorize their collections as they deem fit for their use and application. Furthermore, it allows almost any device to connect to it from anywhere, such as Android, Windows Phone, iOS, Roku, Sky’s NowTV box, your favourite web browser, and standalone applications such as MediaBrowser Theatre, Windows 8 and still MediaBrowser Classic(WMC integration). These are all refered to as Apps/Clients within the MB world.
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Collection Organization - Metadata Compatibility with Plex & XBMC​
The Server and what it does for you?
The server runs on the PC where your media collection is or has fast access to, such as NAS drives, Everything is in place to automatically collect the right metadata information for your media collections including all the art that fanart.tv provides, it stores all this artwork in your item’s folder but can be edited from the metadata manager within the web dashboard. What’s beautiful about MB is that if you use MediaPortal, XBMC, Plex then MB is intelligent enough to understand the metadata structures for those front ends and also integrate with them. We now have many users using MB-Server and XBMC Front End. The server has the right amount of configuration available to not daunt a new comer to the HTPC world and can leave the settings at default, where as a power user can get stuck in and, tweak things the way they want their metadata scraped and saved.
The screen shots below show just how easy it is to edit images and the selection available that MB recognizes and uses.
At the moment, our server currently only runs on windows, however, a linux/OSx mono based server is under development. If you are an experienced Linux/osx dev, and would like to help out or join our team please feel free to stop by this thread here!
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Poster Editing - Backdrop Editing - Image Editing​
Apps and Accessing the Servers Content
Think about the Apps like shoppers in a mall, where the mall is the MB-Server and the MB-Apps are the customers, shopping around for things they like or want to see. It seems appropriate to call them these as that’s exactly what these MB-Apps do. Just about any handheld device, pad, laptop or pc can access the server using a dedicated app or access via a web browser, which in my eyes make life easy.
MBClassic (Original MB, WMC integration)
MBTheatre (Standalone PC based application)
Win 8 App (Windows Tablet or standalone PC based application for Windows 8)
Android App- (Available on google play and Amazon for Android OS devices and Kindle)
WindowsPhone App (Available in the WindowsPhone Store)
iOS App (Available thru AppStore)
Roku (Available from Roku Store || NowTV box from Sky is available for side loading)
WebClient (Browse your collection from your favourite internet browser thru HTML5)
XBMB3C (XBMC integration using MBServer with XBMC Front End)
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Android
Windows Phone
MediaBrowser Theater
iOS
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WebClient / WebClient on iPad(or any HTML5 enabled device)
XBMB3C
Roku​
​Fanart.tv and MediaBrowser
There has been a long standing partnership with MB and fanart.tv and MB would like to commend them on their hard work over the years and may it continue. I feel it’s only fair that there should be some screen shots to wet your appetite. These Screenshots have been taken from MB-Classic and show just how beautiful fanart has helped to make themes like Subdued(An MBClassic Theme) look beautiful.
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ClearArt - DiscArt - ThumbArt​
Paid
Free
For more information please visit www.mediabrowser3.com
Or for support visit www.mediabrowser3.com/community/
Git-hub https://github.com/MediaBrowser

Newly supported:
Live TV
We now support live tv through the use of a modular service provider system. You'll need to install a service provider plugin, and at launch we have one, ServerWMC. We'd like to thank krustyreturns for being a part of this.
A next pvr plugin is also in development, and we also have a few more on our wish list - Argus TV, DVBViewer and DVBLink. If you would like to get involved and help develop one of these plugins, please let us know.
So let's get down to live tv. You have the ability to view the guide, watch a channel, and full recording management capabilities. And the web client design is responsive so that you can use it on your smartphone to schedule a recording when you're not home.
Transcoding Engine Improvements
Perhaps just as exciting as live tv, we've made significant improvements to our transcoding service that will really help reduce server cpu usage.
Media Browser Companion (Chrome Extension) Released
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/media-browser-3-companion/egofcbleniceaoleohckegkeepennpcn
Media Browser 3 Chrome Extension Gives You Quick Access to MB3 Notifications and Features
I am pleased to announce the Media Browser 3 Companion for Chrome. With this extension, you can quickly access status updates, latest news, and other important MB3 features without the need to load up the MB3 web client.
Features include:
Notification status icon displays number of unread notifications
Click status icon to review notification details including: new plugins that are available for download and new updates that have completed installation
Status icon turns red if your server is inaccessible so you can restart it ASAP
Restart server remotely through the extension
Link in header takes you directly to your MB3 server web client in case you want to restart
Coming Soon
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Only copy freely content available thru serverWMC just for clarity...
The mb3 server is fantastic and ALL the clients are great.
The dev has done a great job with the windows phone app. Open to suggestions for improvement too. ServerWMC support coming soon, best feature on that is remotely setting recordings in my opinion. That said i don't watch much media on the go...
The android app is cracking on a tablet and the dev is looking to support android media players in the future. Which with serverWMC should make for an impressive cheap mediacenter!!!
Sent by my HTC8X using Tapatalk

Media Browser for Android now supports ChromeCast

TRusselo said:
Media Browser for Android now supports ChromeCast
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I bought this app so I can get the chromecast support, but whenever I try to play a video the app freeze completely. This happens on My tmo s4 kitkat and nexus 7 2012 kitkat

kawaiichi said:
I bought this app so I can get the chromecast support, but whenever I try to play a video the app freeze completely. This happens on My tmo s4 kitkat and nexus 7 2012 kitkat
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THIS THREAD IS FOR INFORMATION AND GENERAL QUESTIONS ONLY. FOR SUPPORT VISIT
www.mediabrowser3.com/community/
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but...
what speed of router are you using? B/G/N/AC? what type of content? avi, mkv, mpg?
what is the processor speed of the server machine? it has to transcode if the file bitrate exceeds your wifi speed.
the problem is not your phones, it is your server, network, or content.
it works wonderfully on my Bell S4 on a N network, playing all my files, from a AMD FX 8 core server machine (any dual core 2.5 GHz or better should suffice)

Geet work
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[Android 4.0+][APP]nuVue for Plex & Media Browser - rich notifications for new media

[Android 4.0+][APP]nuVue for Plex & Media Browser - rich notifications for new media
Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.immersiondesignstudio.nuvue
nuVue is a companion app for Plex users that displays rich notifications when new items are added. There is nothing additional to install on your Plex servers. Just sign in with your Plex.tv credentials and nuVue does the rest.
Know when there is something new to watch without opening Plex
Perfect for cord-cutters who use automated downloads
Supports multiple Plex servers
Supports shared libraries from other users
Automatically handles both local and remote connections
Group notifications and listings by media type
Group notifications and listings by server
Group all recent items into a single notification and list
Easy setup--just sign in to Plex.tv and go
Be sure and join the Google community to read about future development, and submit bug reports and feature requests: http://plus.google.com/communities/115195631692310173087
View the development roadmap on our Trello board: http://trello.com/b/slbsUoiA/nuvue-for-plex
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

New feature release 1.1 is available in the Play Store:
Added advanced filtering; choose which servers and libraries to be notified about
Added setting for number of days to display in lists
Improved notification for single items
Added display of library name to items
Check back for future feature development!

Release 1.2.0 is available in the Play Store and adds a new media details screen. Stay tuned for further feature additions to this screen.

nuVue 1.2.1 has been released with improved media info on Android Wear notifications and the ability to filter notifications by TV show. Subscribe to shared libraries? Now only get notified about the media you're interested in.

nuVue 1.3.0, a.k.a. the "why can't we just get along?" release, has been pushed to the Play Store. We are very pleased to announce that nuVue now supports Media Browser servers in addition to Plex. Could it be the first step toward word peace? Probably not. But at least both Plex and Media Browser users now have something in common to talk about.

You will probably have to change those screenshots to comply with Play policy mate - theyre showing IP content and the big g is pretty serious about that now. Ive had a couple of apps flagged this week for having images of book and album covers. If you look at the big players, you will see that none (other than IP distributors who have rights) show IP content in their screens. While your app may not be big enough yet for them to actively pursue you, you should probably start early - theyre notoriously vague in their flagging policy

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You will probably have to change those screenshots to comply with Play policy mate - theyre showing IP content and the big g is pretty serious about that now. Ive had a couple of apps flagged this week for having images of book and album covers. If you look at the big players, you will see that none (other than IP distributors who have rights) show IP content in their screens. While your app may not be big enough yet for them to actively pursue you, you should probably start early - theyre notoriously vague in their flagging policy
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Thanks for the heads-up. I guess I'll have to figure out how to be creative in my screen shots.

As if nuVue didn't add enough convenience to your media experience, version 1.3.1 now adds the ability to start playback on connected clients* with just a few simple taps. Also in this release:
- Added option to flag unwatched items or hide watched items
- Added support for Media Browser mixed TV and movie libraries
- Bug fixes and enhancements
(*does not include Chromecast devices)

nuVue 1.4.0 (a.k.a., the "what's new is what's old, what's next is what's new" release) is rolling out now. Not only will you never miss anything new that is added to your libraries, now you will also be able to see what TV series and movies are currently in progress and start or resume playback. Plus, we will be coming soon to the Android App Store.

Do you sometimes add entire seasons of a show at once? Now nuVue will collapse episodes from the same season into a single expandable entry. Update rolling out.

Will this support connecting to other upnp servers besides Plex??

Hi I need your help .
Do i need to buy the $4.99/mth subscription to use plex on my android? Cause i jave already bought the app. Please reply.