Good news for testers of My Movies 5.00 for Windows, the 6th Pre-release of My Movies for Windows has been released. The update changes the ports so that the service runs whether the user is logged in or not, plus there are a big long list of fixes including fiing a bug with Windows Media Center not starting from mobile devices.

This version of My Movies combines the Media Center version and the server versions into one edition.

Download link: My Movies for Windows 5.00 Pre Release 6

5.00 Pre Release 6:

IMPORTANT: If you have posted about problems prior to this Pre Release, and still have the problem, please reply to your post to notify about it.

Added: Warning about it taking time to install SQL Server.

Change: The data service API is now available on port 51415 as an alternative to 51414. The port 51415 is recommended for future usage on My Movies 5, as it also on desktop PC’s runs under a service that is always available, no matter if a user is logged in or not.
Change: Popcorn Hour NMJ meta-data storage have temporary been removed, and will be replaced by an updated NMJ 2.0 implementation later.

Fix: Windows Media Center could not be started from mobile devices.
Fix: Auto generated master database password could contain characters that caused inability to log into the database.
Fix: Update statistics call on DB was not longer possible with new credentials situation.
Fix: Incorrect version of a DLL could cause problems with dashboards crashing.
Fix: Minor progress issue could cause a crash under optimize database task.
Fix: The right click menu for TV Episodes had a delete option when an episode was connected to a disc, which did not do anything.
Fix: The icon was not correct after setting a path on a TV Episode, and pressing save.
Fix: The “GetEpisodePlayOptionsForDune” returns that id is invalid, when it in fact was not.
Fix: The external connection to the server was broken on WHS 2011 and Essentials 2012.
Fix: Prior selected cleaning path was not remembered.
Fix: Apply button could be activated in settings panel, even though no changes was made.
Fix: Create new database option could fail if the database had a lot of content.
Fix: There was a firewall rule created each time the service was restarted.
Fix: The ability to use different cover profiles were broken in Windows Media Center.
Fix: The music disc copier could fail with a certain combination of paths and not having a mobile conversion configured.
Fix: There was an error message shown when applying music disc copier settings if the mobile path was set to a local path, and the path would not stick.
Fix: The sub settings for Media Center interface button and default list configurations did not populate correct.
Fix: External paths were in some situations not connected when storing meta-data.

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