MC14 Features

Upgrade to MC14

Audio

• Native support of DirectShow DSP filters
• Audiophile -- WASAPI exclusive output using high-end USB DACs
• Audiophile -- Added ability to play files from memory instead of disk
• Audiophile -- Support for high end USB DAC's with WASAPI
• Headphone DSP makes listening more natural and comfortable.
• /SoundcardSwitch command for the launcher (MC14.exe), allows soundcard selection on Vista and W7
• 3D album view adjusts text size to display more tracks when necessary
• 3D album view allows playing, adding, shuffling, and adding as next to play

Images

• Image preview allows zoom from a thumbnail to rotate, delete, compare, edit, and more
• Image thumbnail frames (optional)
• Photoshop PSD file support
• Single command copy / send to an editor like Photoshop, and stack new image with original

Video

• Video tagging using sidecar files
• Chapter Support for MKV and MP4
• Chapters added to On Screen Display
• Info Panel displays metadata

Television

• Added new "watched" column to metadata
• Automatic correlation of XML channel names and MC channel names
• Automatic XMLTV data retrieval
• Info Panel displays metadata, including TV program art

Theater View

• Hulu and YouTube in Theater View
• Customizable nested views in Theater View
• Customizable File Info panel to display metadata
• Speed and quality enhancements
• Custom backgrounds
• Touch screen support

Remotes and Servers Remote Relay using IR transceivers for controlling a set top box or receiver

• Remote Setup Wizard
• Media Center Remote learning and blasting
• Media Center can connect to another Media Center to act as a remote (TRemote)
• New HID remote control plug-- supports shortcuts with keyboard, mouse, & gamepad

Remote control with REST based web service interface in Library Server

• Library Server supports read and write to allow for shared, multi-user database access
• DLNA added to the UPnP Server
• Library Server clients can write changes back to server
• Library Server connections allow playback on server as Playing Now zones

Optimization

• Faster file import on multi-core systems
• Faster drawing on multi-core systems
• Faster image rendering
• Faster MP3 ID3v2 tag reading

General

• New import wizard finds and suggests folders to import
• Animated scrolling in lists and trees
• Improved search box suggestion
• New Media Center 14 Service runs when the player is running to allow talking to hardware (for remotes, portable devices, etc.) when UAC is enabled.