Media Browser 2.5.2 (Apollo) Released

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Version 2.5.2 (Apollo) is now available for download. This version started out as a quick maintenance release but evolved into a new version that should provide significant performance and feature improvements in several areas.

Please see the changelog for a complete description of the changes and new features.

Also, please note that this version will only install on Windows 7 systems. Hydra was the end of our official Vista support.

Thanks as always to all my beta testers and, especially this time to Chip for the development help on the default theme.

Posted by ebr on January 15, 2012

24 comments

XXXBerto55 XXXBerto55 says:
January 15, 2012

Harmony theme appears to be broken, prevents Mediabrowser from launching.

Riccardo Riccardo says:
January 15, 2012

Congratulations on another great release!

ebr ebr says:
January 15, 2012

XXXBerto – run the configurator and any incompatable versions should be removed.

skynet600 skynet600 says:
January 15, 2012

Simply brilliant. You have worked hard on this EBR, many thanks. A well done for Music and Coverart too!

Not forgetting ST and Throg too of course.

Maleficarum Maleficarum says:
January 16, 2012

Looking forward to giving this release a try, many thanks ebr !

Yogi Yogi says:
January 16, 2012

Great job guys,a big well done to all involved.

swhitmore swhitmore says:
January 16, 2012

Great work! Love it.

deimos deimos says:
January 16, 2012

Just a small nitpick. If you do try to install this on Vista the error message says “Media Browser can only be installed on Microsoft Windows Vista (Home Premium or Ultimate Edition) or Windows 7…”. Just thought you should know the error message needs updating.

As soon as AT&T gets out here to fix my DSL line I’ll be throwing this on the HTPC. Can’t wait!

Revenent Revenent says:
January 16, 2012

Awesome work! Upgrade worked great after installing the updated themes.

birkoff birkoff says:
January 16, 2012

@deimos: nice catch, please post a bug report about it so it can be fixed in the next version.

One2Go One2Go says:
January 16, 2012

Smooth and painless upgrade. After changing mymovies.xml to movie.xml, next step is downloading the MSI file and installing. No errors on the configurator. Next updated all the Throg themes plus CoverArt then ran MB Services on the two content servers and it was a done deal.

Excellent and painless experience in upgrading. Here are a few attaboys from me.

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swhitmore swhitmore says:
January 16, 2012

The download page also says:

videobrowser

Media Browser: Movie and TV Show Interface for Vista/Win7 Media Center

hometheatercreation hometheatercreation says:
January 16, 2012

Stuck at work, can’t wait to get home to download it!

cow666 cow666 says:
January 16, 2012

Great work guys.. no longer suffering when going into my 1000+ movie collection.

thetesterman thetesterman says:
January 17, 2012

Congrats on yet another great release. Win7x32 Installed last night, updated Coverart & Subdued, no issues at all.

Thanks !!!!

deimos deimos says:
January 17, 2012

Just wanted to say I finally got this installed on the HTPC and everything is great! Between this and the new NEO, everything is running smoother than ever. Great update!

mdoering mdoering says:
January 17, 2012

I agree with all above that this release introduced some marked speed improvements. One problem I seem to be having is that when I go up to the top bar and select quit to return to the normal EHShell, it ends up crashing media center prompting an error dialog saying mediacenter needs to be restarted. Has anyone else seen this?

ebr ebr says:
January 17, 2012

Please post a question in the tracker. Much easier to track down what’s going on there.

jordy jordy says:
January 18, 2012

Only one thing to say, outstanding and seamless…. well done guys

Zyban Zyban says:
January 18, 2012

Better and better! The next version may be named “Voyager”!?

Thank you for your work!!!

Rominator Rominator says:
January 23, 2012

Upgraded from 2.3.2 all smooth no errors.

Thanks for your fantastic work !!!

Unknown977 Unknown977 says:
January 23, 2012

Do I have to uninstall the previous version for this upgrade?

ebr ebr says:
January 24, 2012

MSI installers automatically un-install previous versions so, no.

Maleficarum Maleficarum says:
January 25, 2012

Installed on my main machine and everything is working great so far. Installed on a new machine as well and was told it needed to migrate my library. Everything seems to be working ok but I just thought it was odd to need a migration on a fresh machine.

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