Today the final release of My Movies 4.01 have been made available for download, there have been plenty of pre-release version over the last couple of weeks but this is the final version.
Don’t forget in a few weeks Brian and Rasmus from the My Movies team will be guests on The Digital Lifestyle Show and they will be taking your feature requests and answering your questions about the My Movies products, it could be about the Windows Media Center edition, the Windows Home Server version or the iOS version.
So if you have questions about My Movies or want to have your suggestion for version 5 leave them in this thread and I will collate them together and Garry, Andrew and I will put them to the guys on the show
My Movies for Windows Media Center and My Movies Collection Management 4.01
Added: Ctrl+W and remote “Clear” button now toggles an elements watch status when clicked in lists. Added: Small and Transparent icon styles. Added: “By episode added date” sorting added. Added: Resume functionalities for movies, including VIDEO_TS folders. Added: Option to contribute Blu-ray and HD DVD covers with non-standard sizes. Added: Check when contributing that the front and back cover images is of the same size. Added: Barcode check when contributing covers Added: Rolling backdrops (requires 2500 points) Added: Slim view for TV Episodes Added: Play next unwatched episode feature. Added: PowerDVD 11 to external players configuration. Added: Settings page added within Windows Media Center. Added: Option to include an evidence file when contributing covers where the barcode is not visible. Added: Transcoding configuration in Media Center. Added: Navigation button configuration in media center Added: External Links on TV Series editing.
Change: Debug disabled by default. Change: Overlay icons changed to match profile. Change: Last added now sorts by “Episode added date” instead of added date for TV Series and Seasons. Change: Watched icon on lists are now also configurable. Change: Watched icon on lists are now also configurable. Change: “Specials” is now sorted last on season overview. Change: Vista style text input boxes changed to Windows 7 styled with on-screen keyboard Change: Point requirements changes to only have four steps (0, 500, 1250 and 2500). Change: Online collection, high quality now requires 1250 points, previously 1500. Change: Covers centered now requires requires 1250 points, previously 1000. Change: Cover row and details now requires 1250 points, previously 1000. Change: Backdrops 1080P now requires 1250 points, previously 1000. Change: Filter point requirements changed, 0-3 filters requires 0 points, 3-5 filters requires 500 points, 5-8 filters requires 1250 points and above 8 filters requires 2500 points. Previously, point required was 250 points per filter above 3 (maximum 2500). Change: If the database is of a newer version and the client cannot connect, it will check for updates to allow updating of the client. Change: The database can now be updated directly from Windows Media Center, so that it is not needed to load the Collection Management program on updates.
Update: MediaInfo.dll files
Fix: Some TV Series on the Dune’s did not play. Fix: An invalid genre could cause a crash. Fix: minor error when editing profile pictures. Fix: Minor adjustments due to incoming crash logs. Fix: Bug when adding a new TV series without a language specific title and showing it in the title list. Fix: Print report did not include nodes in series/box sets. Fix: Null pointer error when trying to get the name of an episode without a name. Fix: If a title somehow got an empty title, the Dune index could get destroyed by it. Fix: error in FolderMonitoring when handling queue with directories that has been updated. Fix: Update of all persons didn’t update the date for when the person was last updated. Fix: Update of TV Series is now done one series at a time, to avoid freeze of progress. Fix: Decades on Dune meta-data storage could include titles from wrong production years. Fix: SaveTV properties file included an incorrect running time. Fix: Resume was missing from detailed view. Fix: Automatic update works again. Fix: Issue with resume on VIDEO_TS folders Fix: Exception from TreeList because of disposed images. Fix: Image sorting now sets neutral with same level as specific language. Fix: Chapter/episode titles are now saved as unicode chars. Fix: Issue with external players on X64 systems. Fix: Exception when previous selected overlay icon style no longer existed. Fix: Series overview now merges with info from all languages to make sure all possible episodes are there. Fix: Total progressbar is now used on database optimize. Fix: Delete of tv episode in Media Center did not work. Fix: Updates of TV series and episode images now works better. Lock on images removed. Fix: Personal data was not remembered on episode updates.
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I have a question for Brian Binnerup when he is on the show. The question revolves around pricing. To purchase all the points required to acquire the complete functionality in My Movies 4 amounts to $100US. This is an extreme amount to pay for a software application, in my opinion. I can’t help but think the pricing of the product is extremely elastic or should be given the nature of the product. Has there been any discussion within the company to consider what a change in price would do for sales? I, personally, have held off buying the software for a few years waiting for a deep discount, significant reduction in price, or some other promotion that would bring the product within my value range. I have not used the free version since v2 as I prefer a paid solution. I do occasionally visit the MyMovies website, read the change log, and am aware of the different ‘modules’ within the complete package. I simply adore the product, but not at the current price level to receive complete functionality. Any thoughts Brian or the team has on this would be greatly appreciated.
I agree with eric. The main problrm with my movies is his ‘full’ price. You can have all the same feature with mediabrowser for free, even more if you donate 5 bucks. And it’s even more customable.
You can earn point by adding movies but everyone doesn’t have a full collection of dvd/blu-ray at home. So, and i guess it’s the same for eric and other mediacenter addict, either we’re stuck with MB (wich works fine btw), either we do sell a kidney to have full mymovies features unlock.
Do they plan to keep their pricing the same way?
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I have a question for Brian Binnerup when he is on the show. The question revolves around pricing. To purchase all the points required to acquire the complete functionality in My Movies 4 amounts to $100US. This is an extreme amount to pay for a software application, in my opinion. I can’t help but think the pricing of the product is extremely elastic or should be given the nature of the product. Has there been any discussion within the company to consider what a change in price would do for sales? I, personally, have held off buying the software for a few years waiting for a deep discount, significant reduction in price, or some other promotion that would bring the product within my value range. I have not used the free version since v2 as I prefer a paid solution. I do occasionally visit the MyMovies website, read the change log, and am aware of the different ‘modules’ within the complete package. I simply adore the product, but not at the current price level to receive complete functionality. Any thoughts Brian or the team has on this would be greatly appreciated.
I agree with eric. The main problrm with my movies is his ‘full’ price. You can have all the same feature with mediabrowser for free, even more if you donate 5 bucks. And it’s even more customable.
You can earn point by adding movies but everyone doesn’t have a full collection of dvd/blu-ray at home. So, and i guess it’s the same for eric and other mediacenter addict, either we’re stuck with MB (wich works fine btw), either we do sell a kidney to have full mymovies features unlock.
Do they plan to keep their pricing the same way?
Ps : sorry for my bad english, i’m french …