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| Here are some of the new features introduced in Media Center version 11. Items in italics are new in v11.1. | | Here are some of the new features introduced in Media Center version 11. Items in italics are new in v11.1. |
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− | ==Views & Display Panes== | + | ==Views |
− | * ''Playlist/Smartlist View Header in Display Pane, where notes can be added to a Playlist/Smartlist.''
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− | * ''Library Browser view replaced by View drop-down menus at top of content pane.''
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− | * ''Improvements to Theater Mode''
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− | * Split View. View up to three different panes at once.
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− | * New view customization system with more flexibility for thumbnail size, text, etc.
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− | * Pane auto-sizing
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− | ==New Supported File Types and Devices==
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− | * ''Podcasts (feed.itpc.pcast.podcast), Podcasts RSS (rss) and Podcast XML (xml).''
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− | * ''MicroSoft Media Center Recorded Television File (.dvr-ms)''
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− | * ''DTS and AC3 audio (see Supported File Types for details)''
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− | * ''Video support for iPods.''
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− | * Adobe files (pdf)
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− | * MS Office files (doc, xls, csv, ppt, mde and mdb)
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− | * Text files (txt, rtf)
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− | * Web Files (html, htm, mht)
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− | * Programs (exe)
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− | * CUE file playback support with sample-accurate MP3 seeking
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− | * MKV and OGM (requires DirectX filters to be installed)
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− | * Support for ATI HDTV card
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− | * Support for Hauppauge WinTV PVR 150
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− | * ''Full Support for the Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB2 Device''
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− | * Full support for the Audible Store as a Service Plug-in
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− | * Support for Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable)
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− | * Support for some UPnP Devices
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− | * Support for RIO 500
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− | ==General==
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− | * ''Improvements to the logging function (for troubleshooting)''
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− | * ''Improvements to thumbnail storage and loading engine (much faster now).''
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− | * ''Automatic library backup every three days''
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− | * New database engine capable of handling 100,000's of files and large amounts of metadata (lyrics, bios, etc.). Now 5 times faster.
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− | * Several memory and speed enhancements -- like database and skin unloading when minimizing MC
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− | * Much of MC's interface can be translated to other languages
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− | * MC can run with guest permissions on Windows 2000 / Windows XP
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− | * Multi-zone synchronization
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− | ==Interface and Menu Items==
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− | * ''Podcast menu in the tree''
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− | * ''New Spectrum Analyzer in Player Window''
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− | * ''Media Center now supports user-created language files that translate the interface into another languages.''
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− | * ''Webpages inside Media Center accept drag-and-frop of other webpages.''
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− | * ''New Library Header Bar appears at the top of the Content Pane when displaying View Schemes.''
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− | * ''Dropping files onto a Media Center shortcut begins playback''
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− | * New Library Browser view
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− | * Many Theater View enhancements
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− | * Online Shopping Services – integrated on-line shopping (see Service Manager).
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− | ==TV, TiVo and Video==
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− | * Support of Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB2 device.
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− | * When resuming normal play from FF/REW, TV backtracks to compensate for reaction time.
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− | * Supports TiVo 7.1
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− | ==Playback==
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− | * Podcasting Support with OneClick Podcast subscription.
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− | * RealAudio files play natively in Media Center (requires applicable DirectShow filters)
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− | * Play WM Profesionnal content as a bitstream (for S/PDIF or ASIO output)
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− | * Play WavPack audio format (requires DirectShow filters)
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− | * Native playback of m4a files (requires filters)
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− | * Dropping files onto a Media Center shortcut begins playback
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− | * Preview mode to play the intro of songs
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− | * Video CD playback support
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− | ==Import==
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− | * Import Podcasts (manually or through scheduled automatic downloads)
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− | * Integrated database import and update with smart broken linking repairing, and other nice features
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− | * Import of new files types (see New Supported File Types and Devices
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− | ==Search & Smartlists==
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− | * New search syntax for date elapsed, using suffixes s,m,h,d,y (seconds, minutes, hours, days, years). Example: files less than 3 hours old: [Date Imported]=<3h.
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− | * New ~fill search modifier automatically detects and fills space left on Handheld/Portable device
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− | * Searching inside txt, html, source code files, and rtf documents using [Text]=
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− | * Document support with full text searching / indexing
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− | ==Tagging==
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− | * Improved Real Audio tag importing
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− | * File tagging happens in a background thread so MC can continue to be used while it's saving tags
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− | ==Images==
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− | * Photo Album support for the iPod
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− | * Photos uploaded to an iPod now support NTSC output to a TV
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− | * Basic image editing
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− | * Enhanced album grouping for pictures so pictures taken together get grouped without any user intervention
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− | ==Misc==
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− | * UpnP Server can specify a fixed TCP port to use.
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− | * UpnP Server no longer requires IP address configuration.
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− | * Album Gain support.
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− | * Audio resampling uses Shibatch's high-quality SSRC filters
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− | ==Handhelds/Portables==
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− | * OS-level eject on devices like the iPod
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− | * Image support for iPod
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− | * Album Art support for iPod Video
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− | * Number of simultaneous conversions for handheld uploading is configurable
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− | * Ipod Shuffle support (will not shuffle Podcasts)
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− | * Improved support and performance for Creative Zen Touch and other "All Content" style WMDM devices
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− | [[History]]
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Here are some of the new features introduced in Media Center version 11. Items in italics are new in v11.1.