MediaPortal

What's new in this version:

- MediaPortal 2.5 is a full-blown media center software that addresses most common user requirements out of the box. Aside from its support for live TV and radio, it offers a complete media server for music, movies, and series. Info is automatically downloaded from various sources to provide posters, fanart, album art, and various additional metadata, such as cast, staff, and more. MediaPortal 2.5 also provides access to online video sources. Integrated news, weather information, and management for your digital images complete this software package. User management for your family let you configure users (e.g. kids) and restrict age dependend content and settings.
- New Features:
- In the installer you can choose between 3 TV engines (or non if TV functionality is not needed):
- TVE3 (only in NET4.8 version of Mediaportal 2)
- TVE3.5
- TVMosaic

Other Changes:
- Potential deadlock when disposing GENA event subscription
- Separate Fullscreen/Windowed toggle from "Always On Top" behavior
- Update Nuget.config to use https myget source
- Update build process to use Transifex CLI instead of the now obsolete Transifex client
- Workflow navigation to child screens does not respect some parent screen properties
- Centralized MediaLogo and Certification images to Default skin to avoid redundant storage in multiple skins
- Fix shortcut items not displayed on Weather and News home content
- Fix Potential Infinite Loop In VirtualizingPanels
- Extended age certification logos for Canada, Japan, Denmark, Italy, Finland and Australia
- Add MediaPortal 2 version infos to settings
- Play/Pause OSD button restarts playback from beginning if pressed whilst seeking
- Nfo SeriesFanArtHandler can throw a null reference exception if actors list is null
- Opening the Diagnostics config page breaks server communication and other weird issues
- Wrong exception is logged/displayed if there is an issue during startup
- FanArtService can throw a NullReferenceException on shutdown

TV:
Dedicated Radio Tile:
- So far radio was part of TV, with MediaPortal 2.5 we added a dedicated radio tile
- In main menu you have a radio tile with own home content
- Radio has own EPG screens
- Recordings and schedules are still shared between TV and Radio, but can be distingished by media type

TVMosaic:
- The current TV engine (TVE3) for Media Portal 1 and 2 was developed long time before and is not state of the art any more
- Accordingly we decided to develop the TVMosaic plugin as alternative TV provider. The TVMosaic Community Edition is freeware and can be configured by web browser. Because it is not bonded to windows it may run on many platforms. The client plugin can be selected in the installer now. Further improvements and bugfixes as improved EPG loading time were integrated since previous version.

TVE3.5:
- The current TV engine (TVE3) for Media Portal 1 and 2 was developed long time before and is not state of the art any more
- The TVE3.5 is a further development of the TVE3, with mainly better support for SAT>IP
- The development was unfortunately stopped, so this plugin is just the latest, but stable state of unfinished work
- Check the wiki for further information

Other:
- All EPG screens have clear focus texts explaining the function or behavior
- Downloading of TV and Radio logos is improved
- SlimTv ChannelContext is not thread safe
- Remove hardcoded limit of 4 digits when channel zapping

Nereus Skin:
Dialogs:
- A scale and fade animation was added when dialogs dis-/appear. The dialog appearance was significantly improved with a skin setting to configure (glow effect, edge radius, transparency).
- Fix dialog closes if non-clickable element within dialog is clicked