Home Server Plus

Experience Level: Standard

Play the Music, Videos and Photos stores on your home server on any TiVo in the house.

Developer: Rob Durfee

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v1.31

• Resolution is now properly determined for some files which prevented transfer (e.g., m4v).
• Large Music or Photo libraries should now work properly.
• Fixed The TV Db searches not working due to API change.
• Updated ffmpeg build to r13712

v1.3

• FLAC, OGG, M4A (AAC unprotected) audio formats are now supported.
• Video Aspect Ratios are preserved.
• Updated ffmpeg to newer release (2/5/2008, r11870).
• TagLib# library is now used to read audio file tags.
• Additional Video Metadata fields are now viewable on the TiVo (e.g., year, cast, ratings).
• Updated the Video Metadata Editor to support additional fields and added Search (using thetvdb.com, movie-xml.com, or Amazon). (See the previous post regarding the WHS data bug.)
• Re-arranged a few of the items in the Settings window.
• Added Audio Bitrate slider to the transcode settings.
• Better support for TiVo Series3/HD hardware.

The following bugs are also fixed:

• Encrypted TIVO files now transfer back correctly.
• Video folders work properly (1 subfolder down).
• Music shuffle now works properly.
• If a video transcoding error occurs (i.e., ffmpeg encodes no data), an error image is sent instead to notify that there was a problem; the ffmpeg error is also logged.
• Playlists now ignore missing files instead of stopping.

v1.2

• Windows Firewall Port exceptions are added automatically when the add-in first starts.
• FLV and files with the .DIVX extension now appear in Videos.
• Playlists now show up in Music (they appear as folders). M3U and WPL playlist formats are supported.
• WMA audio format is now supported and transcoded on the fly.
• Improved the Music directory code to enhance stability when encountering unknown files
• Added Settings toolbar button in the WHS Console
• Added Video Metadata editor
• Folder names with a “%” symbol now work properly
• Pressing the “Play” button on an artist folder now plays the music in the sub folders

For more, see developer’s website.

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