New In 0810

Here's a list of all the new and fixed stuff in the 0810 release.

Media

New Features

• Upgrade MythTV to 0.21
• Media Metadata
  • Media metadata import feature (SVN: 21538, 21543)
  • Pull metadata from IMDB (Trac: 53, 52)
  • Added button to clear all missing media files from the database (Trac: 6)
  • Added ability to filter out all media with cover art from media sync (Trac: 47)
• On-Orbiter TV Guide
• Play list export feature
• MAME (Arcade Game emulator) game support (SVN: 21567, 21568, 21569, 21570, 21573, 21574)
• Infrared repeats parameter can now be edited in the web admin
• The playlist editor has been redone, and a Vertical mode added as well
• SqlCVS has been fixed and now works
• Playlist export to .m3u and .pls functionality

Bug Fixes

• Media attribute import from Amazon/IMDB is now smarter (Trac: 52)
• Fixed path/filename escaping in web admin (Trac: 57)
• "Docs" scenario removed - no supporting player (Trac: 56, SVN: 21572,)
• Fixed mounting of shares with special characters in their names (Trac: 55)
• Fixed mounting of "non-browsable" samba shares (Trac: 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

Home Control

Device Support

• New Z-Wave driver
• Better support for CM11 X-10 module (Trac: 8)

Other

• Updated base distribution to Kubuntu 0810 (with 2.6.27-9-generic kernel)
• Cleaned up many packages so they're as close as possible to Ubuntu's Apt repository versions
• LinuxMCE can now be installed without an active Internet connection (Trac: 26)

LinuxMCE Project Infrastructure

• Bug tracking now managed by Trac (formerly Mantis)
• New 12-month release schedule
• New servers