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[[Category: Software]]
Here's a list of new features and bug fixes in the 0810 release.  This list is not exhaustive - it is meant to highlight the features most users will notice.

==Media==
===New Features===
*[http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Release_Notes_-_0.21 Upgrade MythTV to 0.21]
**Add ability to use myth's player from Video scenario, enabling some of myth's playback features such as commercial skipping (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/131 131])
**Added ability to choose where to save recordings - including private recordings (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/124 124])
*Media Metadata
**[http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=6571.0 Media metadata import feature] (SVN: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21538 21538], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21543 21543])
**[http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=6919.0 Pull metadata from IMDB] (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/53 53], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/52 52])
**Added button to clear all missing media files from the database (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/6 6])
**Added ability to filter out all media with cover art from media sync (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/47 47])
*[http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=5677.0 On-Orbiter TV Guide]
*[http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=5803.0 Play list export feature]
*[http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=4083.0 MAME (Arcade Game emulator) game support] (Trac [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/40 40] SVN: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21567 21567], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21568 21568], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21569 21569], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21570 21570], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21573 21573], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21574 21574], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21597 21597], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21598 21598], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21599 21599], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21603 21603], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21620 21620], and probably others)
*Infrared repeats parameter can now be edited in the web admin
*The playlist editor has been redone, and a Vertical mode added as well
*Playlist export to .m3u and .pls functionality
*New Unmanaged room type allows you to designate a room where no automatically generated scenarios appear. This give you total control over scenarios for that room.
*Added ability to grow ext2/ext3 Software RAIDs from the web admin (SVN: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21687 21687], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21685 21685])
*Added new ability to fix the most common software RAID problem from the web admin. When a drive is kicked from the array, it can be re-added now from the web admin instead of having to fix it with the command line. (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/108 108] SVN: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21694 21694])
*Media files on CD's or DVD's are automatically detected and imported into the media database (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/141 141])
*Auto-tagging rules are available on a per-directory basis (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/158 158])

===Bug Fixes===
*Media attribute import from Amazon/IMDB is now smarter (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/52 52])
*Fixed path/filename escaping in web admin (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/57 57])
*"Docs" scenario removed - no supporting player (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/56 56], SVN: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21572 21572],)
*Fixed mounting of shares with special characters in their names (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/55 55])
*Fixed mounting of "non-browsable" samba shares (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/38 38])
* *.dvd.keys.tar.gz, *mpg.png, and *.mpg.png.tnj are no longer displayed in the web admin
* accompanying *.dvd.keys.tar.gz will follow source file when renaming/deleting from the web admin
* fixed a bug where deleting a performer's picture would delete the file entirely from the system. Now the picture is only deleted if nothing else references it
* fixed similar bug that would permanently delete a picture when disassociating it from a file.
* changing privacy settings via web admin now flags the orbiters to regenerate

==Hardware Support==
*USB Microphone Support (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/39 39], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/161 161])
*[http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=6210.0 New Z-Wave driver] (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/44 44], SVN: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21621 21621], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21622 21622], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21623 21623], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21624 21624], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21648 21648])
*Better support for CM11 X-10 module (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/8 8])
*Mobile orbiter support  for S60 v3 devices (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/43 43])
*Initial support for EnOcean devices (Trac: http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/100)

==Other==
===New Features===
*Updated base distribution to Kubuntu 0810 (with standard 2.6.27 kernel - updating as Kubuntu updates)
*Cleaned up many packages so they're as close as possible to (if not the same as) Ubuntu's Apt repository versions
*LinuxMCE can now be installed without an active Internet connection (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/26 26])
*Cleaned out a lot of hard coded stuff from scripts (SVN: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/changeset/21582 21582], and others)
*Dutch language support (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/34 34], [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/35 35])
*Enhancements to Climate Control (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/127 127])
*New Launch Manager (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/48 48])
*Interactive tool tips in the web admin (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/155 155])
*New web orbiter option - iOrbiter (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/16 16])

===Bug Fixes===
*Scenario Sorting works more reliably (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/140 140])
*Dynamic DNS now obtains actual external address (Trac: [http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/154 154])

==LinuxMCE Dev Tools==
===Bug Fixes===
*SqlCVS has been fixed and now works
==LinuxMCE Project Infrastructure==
*Bug tracking now managed by [http://svn.linuxmce.org/ Trac] (formerly Mantis)
*[http://linuxmce.org/news.php?id=28 New 12-month release schedule]
*[http://linuxmce.org/news.php?id=28 New servers]