Kinoma Notes

I’m happy to announce that we’ve got a great, new update of Kinoma Play (and Kinoma FreePlay!) for you today.

You’ll be notified about the update automatically. Or to update immediately, go to Kinoma Play’s Main screen, show the menu pod and select Player > Check for Updates.

Scanner improvements

We’ve been thinking about how to make what people love about the media scanner even better. With this release:

• Kinoma Play now scans for media when you select My Media Files, instead of on startup. This is especially convenient when you launch Kinoma Play primarily to play online media.
• You can now choose between Automatic and Manual scanning in Settings > Library.
• Even with Automatic scanning turned on, scanning can now be cancelled other than the first time a new source — like a new Storage Card — is detected.
• A new Scan command appears at the top of My Media Files if Kinoma Play detects that My Media Files may not be up-to-date (i.e. if a previous scan was cancelled, or if Automatic scanning is off).

Rotated playback improvements

• On the HTC Touch Diamond, Kinoma Play now uses its orientation sensor to automatically rotate the screen to the correct orientation (0, 90, and 270°)
• Software keyboards (SIPs) are now handled properly on rotated screens.
• Rotated video playback performance has been improved on some phones.

Other improvements

• Kinoma Play responds more quickly to the appearance and disappearance of Bluetooth audio devices, like Bluetooth headphones and speakers.
• The installer now works on “Tier 2″ phones, which have more stringent security requirements. For anyone who experienced a “security failure” on installation, this release should fix that.
• This release includes preliminary support for the soon-to-be-released Sony Ericsson Xperia X1.

Kinoma Play is designed to work on all Windows Mobile phones. You can always find an up-to-date list of all phones known to be compatible with Kinoma Play at http://kinoma.com/support/devices/play/.

Enjoy!

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